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If the thought of jumping from a perfectly serviceable airplane just once gives you the jitters, consider how Jay Stokes spent his Saturday. The Yuma, Ariz., skydiving instructor got in 640 jumps (641 if you count the night jump where he missed the airport) in 24 hours. That’s one jump every two minutes and 14 […]

Among the FAA’s new work rules imposed on air traffic controllers last week was a ban on napping during breaks and, predictably perhaps, the agency and the controllers union differ on the impact of such a rule. “Even though they’re on break, they can be called back to work at any time,” FAA spokeswoman Laura […]

A Denver television station says, “More than 10 percent of all Mitsubishi’s MU-2s ever built have been involved in fatal accidents,” and Colorado Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo plans to introduce a bill that would ban the Mitsubishi MU-2 from U.S. airspace until the FAA does a full safety review of the aircraft. Tancredo has also […]

As a flood of details about the crash of Comair Flight 5191 two weeks ago in Lexington come to light, there is one glaring omission and it’s likely to stay that way. So far, the FAA, NTSB and National Air Traffic Controllers Association have been able to keep the identity of the lone air traffic […]

BRAINTEASERS Quiz #111: Flapped, Foiled and DraggedThe Earth’s atmosphere is composed of 78 percent nitrogen and 21 percent oxygen, leaving only one percent for airplanes. Let’s see what we can force into that airspace with a few aerodynamic questions and controversies.

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Jim Carlaccini and John Long plan to fly from Florida to California next month to raise money for children’s charities. They’ll fly an FPNA A-22 Valor LSA and an Airborne XT-912 trike. The trike has been adapted with hand controls for Carlaccini, who uses a wheelchair since a skydiving accident several years ago. Their trip […]