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Company officials won’t confirm it but, if it’s true, the missile attack on a DHL Airbus last month in Baghdad is one hell of a flying story. Shortly after the incident, AVweb received word that the missile knocked out all three hydraulics systems on the A300 and the unidentified crew had to make the emergency […]

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_______COLUMNS Pelican’s Perch #76: Those Dreadful POHs (Part 2)Last month, AVweb’s John Deakin described some strange events from his airline days that were caused by too-strict reliance on “The Book.” This month, the pelican gets on his perch to tackle a few GA POHs and finds (gasp!) inconsistencies, errors, and just plain dangerous recommendations.

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Hunters could soon be back in the air, gunning down wolves from airplanes near the remote Alaska village of McGrath. Animal rights forces promise they won’t be far behind in urging a tourism boycott of the state. An Alaska judge last week rejected an attempt by Friends of Animals to stop a state-sponsored aerial hunt […]

All pilots and students in Australia will undergo background checks under a new security program launched by the government. The Australian Security Intelligence Organization and other Aussie agencies will probe the history of everyone who flies before issuing new “tamper-proof photographic licenses.” The measures are part of a $93 million (AUD) aviation security package announced […]

The race for the X Prize, the $10 million award for the first practical private space launch, is getting tighter as two more teams have joined the race and the well-established groups are getting nearer to flight. Space Transport Corp., of Washington State, announced its entry and says it will have an unmanned three-stage rocket […]

Today it’s Massachusetts but tomorrow it could be property owners bugged by your flying threatening to sue you out of the air. Pilots under the legal gun on the east coast have started the General Aviation Legal Defense fund. Several pilots who legally practice aerobatics near Hanscom Field are being sued by the landowners below […]

Creators of the Wright Flyer replica that will (hopefully) fly on Dec. 17 say modern influences are making conditions for their attempt at history trickier than those the Wrights faced. Wright Experience owner Ken Hyde said progress has increased turbulence at the hallowed patch of sand near Kill Devil Hills. “In 1903, this area was […]

Try as you might, it’s hard to keep the first flight of a new airplane secret, but give Honda full marks for trying. The automotive giant’s foray into the bizjet market flew for about an hour from its not-so-secret development facility at Aero Atlantic’s FBO at Greensboro-Peidmont Triad International Airport (GSO) last Wednesday. And although […]