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When a Piedmont Airlines 727 and a Cessna 310 collided over North Carolina in July 1967, all 82 people on both aircraft died in the crash, and the pilot of the Cessna was blamed. But Paul Houle, a truck fleet manager whose hobby is historical research, looked into the facts and came to a different […]

While one church in Arkansas is glad to see a neighboring airfield shut down, a congregation in South Dakota goes out its way to invite airplanes in to visit. In Benton, Ark., the congregation at Holland Chapel reluctantly took down its steeple some 20 years ago to accommodate the traffic pattern at the GA airport […]

We had asked the FAA to comment for our Monday issue on the latest remarks from NATCA President John Carr (“we will fight”) regarding the failure of Congress to act on the FAA-controller contract, but when we heard back from spokesman Geoffrey Basye it was after deadline. He told us, “From Day One the FAA […]

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COLUMNS Probable Cause #8: Night Over WaterOn a clear night with a full moon, a visual descent to the airport turned into a splashdown on a poorly flown instrument approach. This report first appeared in AVweb’s sister publication Aviation Safety.

An engine that came apart during a maintenance run-up on an American Airlines Boeing 767 caused extensive damage (maybe even wrote off) a Boeing 767-200 at Los Angeles International Airport June 2. No one was injured when parts from the disintegrating engine sliced through the aircraft and scattered debris over a wide area. More than […]

The son of a pilot killed when his 1957 Bonanza crashed into a house in Reno last week says his father died doing something he loved. “No matter how tragic the result, I am glad he passed doing something he loved,” John Monday’s son, Ryan Monday, of Corinth, Texas, said in an e-mail to the […]