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Only loggers are as likely as pilots to get killed on the job, according to a report released last Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Both professions had a fatality rate of 92.4 per 100,000 workers for 2004, the BLS said, ranking above fisheries workers (86.4 per 100,000), and structural iron and […]

With sunshine and beach traffic, it’s high season for banner towing, but pilots have had a run of trouble this summer. Last week, pilot Blake Prosser, 24, lost power in his 1953 Piper Pa-18-105 and ditched into the ocean off Myrtle Beach. He escaped from the airplane and was quickly rescued, and the airplane was […]

FAA officials met with representatives from the sport-pilot industry last week at the EAA Aviation Center in Oshkosh, Wis., to discuss maintenance issues for light sport aircraft (LSA). Progress was made in the ongoing effort to make it easier for schools to train repairmen. “The repairman and maintenance courses are among the final pieces remaining […]

New Mexico’s new Spaceport Authority met for the first time last Wednesday to start making plans for a new commercial spaceport in the state. “Now we move into implementation,” Spaceport Authority Chairman Rick Homans told Space.com after the meeting. A site of 27 square miles, about 45 miles north of Las Cruces, has already been […]

A Snowbirds CT-114 Tutor jet crashed in a field in Thunder Bay, Ontario, last Wednesday afternoon, after the pilot ejected. Pilot Andrew MacKay was practicing a routine maneuver prior to an air show when something went wrong. According to early reports, the engine flamed out while the jet was inverted, MacKay ejected, and the jet […]

Eclipse Aviation launched its fifth and final conforming flight-test aircraft, N506EA, last Wednesday in Albuquerque. The jet will be used for function and reliability testing under accelerated usage conditions. “We now have all five of our FAA-conforming flight-test aircraft in various stages of flight testing and will be building flight hours at an unprecedented rate […]

ATIS The Right to FlightMore and more security restrictions have reduced the accessibility andviability of general aviation, and the proposed, permanent, D.C.-arearestriction takes the cake. AVweb wants everyone to realize that this canbe stopped with the right actions right now. _______COLUMNS As the Beacon Turns #92: Phoenix RisinA quiet morning on a sleepy ramp somewhere […]

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