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For years, the FAA has been building up stacks of useful information on its Web site, but trying to find that information (if you even knew it was there to be found) could be cumbersome. A fresh new redesign that went online last week aims to make it easier for pilots to find the info […]

FAA officials said on Monday they plan to charge British Airways with “careless and reckless operation of an aircraft,” because the airline flew a 747 from Los Angeles to London with one of its four engines shut down, the International Herald Tribune reported on Monday. A British Airways spokesman said the flight crew did nothing […]

The Navajo Nation has opted out of a partnership with Utilicraft Aerospace to build a new twin-prop freight hauler. The project was announced in December, but then two state agencies in New Mexico reviewed the proposal and warned the tribe to proceed with extreme caution before putting any money into the project, IndianCountry.com reported on […]

An Air Transat Airbus 310 was about 30 minutes into a flight from Cuba to Quebec City on Saturday when the rudder became partially detached. The airplane returned safely to Cuba. Three other Airbus airplanes were grounded for inspection but returned to service after no problems were found. Reports that the Airbus was denied permission […]

TSA chief David Stone took some heat last week from a congressional panel for being late with a report on reopening Washington’s airports to GA traffic. During a budget hearing on Thursday, U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) asked about the status of a progress report on the airports (Reagan Washington National and the three small […]

New Piper was hit hard by the hurricanes that stormed through Vero Beach, Fla., last fall (not to mention hand-me-down crankshaft complications compliments of Lycoming … or Interstate … depending on whom you talk to) but the company is back to full production and all of its laid-off workers have been recalled, spokesman Mark Miller […]

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COLUMNS As the Beacon Turns #87: What Customer Service?For too long pilots and wannabe pilots have put up with mediocre (or worse) customer service from some aviation businesses, who are relying on our dogged enthusiasm to keep us coming back. AVweb’s Michael Maya Charles says that we have no chance for growing GA unless we […]

AVmail: March 7, 2005Reader mail this week about lying to the FAA, growing military airspace, more NTSB accidents and much more.