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Carbon dioxide emissions from aircraft in the United Kingdom rose 85 percent between 1990 and 2000, according to a government report quoted Monday in the Financial Times. Another 30-percent increase is expected in this decade. The latest figures, coming on the heels of a recent report that showed air travel to cause more pollution than […]

The NTSB on Tuesday released updated information on its investigation of the crash of a Raytheon (Beech) King Air A100 (N41BE) carrying Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone and seven others. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and fire on October 25, at Eveleth, Minn.; there were no survivors. Both engines and propellers appear to have […]

Despite the downturn in general aviation aircraft sales, there may be a bright spot in the gloom: more business owners with the bucks to learn to fly are turning to light aircraft to make their meetings and appointments rather than suffering the misery of coach class airline flying. In its December 23rd issue, Time magazine […]

It’s been a tough year for airport closures and restrictions but, through it all, some communities are fully behind their local fields. Muncie, Ind., for example, voted last week to continue to help pay for the cost of private air traffic control at Delaware County Airport. The FAA abandoned the tower in 1995 because it […]

A new Airworthiness Directive for Cirrus SR20 and SR22 aircraft requires owners of certain aircraft to modify the parachute systems on their aircraft to make sure they’ll work in an emergency. The problem is with the igniter pin and cable assembly that fires the rocket to deploy the ‘chute. Owners of Textron Lycoming engines with […]

United Air Lines and American Airlines, other than helping create the world’s largest airport at Chicago O’Hare, say they currently have other priorities — perhaps attempting to ensure they’ll be around to use it. The plan at O’Hare is to ultimately build eight runways and attendant facilities to accommodate some 1.6 million passengers a day […]

As we enter the year of the 100th anniversary of the Wright’s famous homebuilt, EAA is pouring on the patriotism to mark Wilbur and Orville’s world-changing achievement. The next phase of EAA’s Countdown to Kitty Hawk program is 50 Flags to Kitty Hawk, descriptive of EAA member pilots from each state who will fly their […]

Earlier this year, the FAA allowed pilots based at College Park Airpark (CGS), Potomac Airfield (VKS) and Washington Executive/Hyde Field (W32) to fly in and out of their home fields after passing a battery of security tests. Last week, the feds allowed those vetted pilots to also fly to the other two airports. That makes […]

The NTSB synopsis of a public meeting Tuesday concluded that a lack of grease on the jackscrew in an Alaska Airlines MD-80 ultimately caused the crash that killed 88 on Jan. 31, 2000, but also that “The airplane was dispatched in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations and approved Alaska Airlines procedures.” The draft report […]