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Two small aircraft got an up-close encounter with fighter jets during President Bush’s visit to Kansas City last week. On Monday morning, an airplane nipped into the edge of the TFR while en route from Pittsburg, Kan., to rural Roosterville Airport, and was intercepted by two F-16s. The jets determined the airplane was not a […]

As Florida continues mopping up from two recent hurricanes — and hopes to be spared a direct hit from Ivan — money already is starting to arrive to help with the recovery. The FAA last week OK’d a grant of $404,700 for repairs at Melbourne International Airport, where damage from Hurricane Frances was estimated at […]

Two Northwest Airlines pilots have been fired for landing at the wrong airport in June, and their union is protesting the dismissal. “We believe the punishment is excessive,” said Will Holman, spokesman for the Northwest Airlines Air Line Pilots Association. Since the incident, charts and navigational databases have been modified to clearly distinguish the airport […]

Cirrus Aircraft announced on Friday that sales orders so far in 2004 have already surpassed the total number of aircraft deliveries in 2003. Last year, Cirrus reported 469 aircraft deliveries, and last week, Cirrus said it has sold its 475th aircraft for 2004. “Recently we had an incredible week [43 aircraft sold] that pushed us […]

It seems counterintuitive that while Delta Air Lines is cutting 7,000 jobs and Alaska Air says 900 jobs will disappear, Delta’s flight-school subsidiary is expanding and the airline is worried that a looming pilot shortage may cause flight cancellations — but the juxtaposition shows to what degree the industry is in flux. Delta Connection Academy […]

About three dozen representatives from the aviation industry met at the FAA’s newly minted Light-Sport Aviation Branch in Oklahoma City last week and spent three days working on the details of the Sport Pilot regulations. On the agenda were defining the practical test standards for all Sport Pilot ratings; written tests for Sport Pilots and […]

_______BRAINTEASERS Quiz #85 –Got Speed? Got ‘Chute?Airspeed control is essential to safe flight. Without it, a good parachute might be advisable. Let’s see what you know about good airspeed and good parachute management. Cirrus pilots may wonder what the difference is.

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