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Cook County Circuit Court Judge William Maki has ruled the City of Chicago and its Park District must turn over all relevant documents and answer written questions about the March 31 late-night destruction of the runway at Meigs Field. The city and park department have asked the court for a “stay of discovery” in their […]

Here’s a chance to own a swatch of history and help keep it in the air. On April 5, a hailstorm hit the Dallas-Fort Worth area, damaging two of the Collings Foundation’s prized possessions: its B-17 and B-24. The historic bombers were parked outside at the Addison Airport during the unforeseen storm and were significantly […]

When it rains, it pours, and the Asian airline industry has experienced a monsoon of late. First was the worldwide economic downturn, then the Iraq war. Now, SARS is taking its toll on the Asian market. The deadly flu-like virus has infected more than 1000 people in Hong Kong and killed 35 in the area, […]

Workers went on strike at Lockheed Martin Corp.’s aircraft manufacturing plant in Texas on Monday. About 4,000 workers began picketing outside of the company’s facility at 12:01 a.m., just as the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ contract with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics expired. Lockheed Martin spokesman Joe Stout told the Associated Press the plant, […]

A little help may be on the way for thousands of laid-off GA workers. As companies continue to lay off staff in the post-9/11 slowdown that has pummeled the industry, congress is working on passing legislation that would offer up to 26 extra weeks of benefits as part of a supplemental spending bill. While the […]

While the investigation of the Columbia crash continues, researchers are already working on the shuttle fleet’s replacement. The University of Florida is the lead institution in the Institute for Future Space Transport, which also includes researchers from six other universities in a $16 million initiative. The Associated Press reports researchers there are looking into new […]

Supporters are trying to save the Chambersburg Municipal Airport in Pennsylvania. Borough council members seem intent on selling the 93-acre airport this year to land developers. Airport supporters are considering several options to keep the airport open for the forseeable future. One option is to educate the local government on the field’s economic value and […]

A new study has aviation industry analysts buzzing and Boeing furiously denying the conclusions it reaches. According to the study, done by Prof. Alan MacPherson, of State University of New York at Buffalo, and David Pritchard, Boeing will be out of the airliner business within 10 years and will be concentrating on military and special […]

There don’t seem to be any obvious connections between the crash of two similar aircraft from the same airline on the same day last Tuesday. The Daussault Falcon 20s crashed five hours and 400 miles apart. Three pilots were killed in a crash about a mile short of the runway at Toledo Express Airport — […]