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In India, airlines are finding it difficult not only to find experienced captains for their jets — even low-time pilots straight out of school, to fill the right seat, are scarce. A recent effort to fill 239 vacancies turned up only 31 qualified candidates, according to the Times of India. In Oklahoma, a growing aerospace […]

Excel-Jet president and aircraft designer Bob Bornhofen said on Monday that the first eight hours of flight tests for the Sport-Jet validate his preliminary performance estimates, and he believes the jet may exceed initial projections. “Even at lower altitudes, we are indicating 195 KIAS,” Bornhofen said. “This figure comes while there is still plenty of […]

Airplanes, of course, aren’t the only ways to get aloft, and creative minds are always inventing new ways to defy gravity. One of the stranger flight modes we’ve seen is the one chosen by John Ninomiya, who gathers a cluster of small helium balloons together, straps himself in, and takes off. To ascend, he drops […]

The NTSB determined on Tuesday that errors by the flight crew and an air traffic controller led to the crash of a Learjet 35A near San Diego in October 2004. The jet was being operated as an air ambulance. Both pilots and all three medical crewmembers were killed. The board determined that the probable cause […]

The NTSB says that fatigued air traffic controllers caused two near misses at O’Hare International Airport, The Associated Press reported on Tuesday. The incidents reveal a recurring pattern of fatigue, and officials should “emphasize the importance of sleep management,” the NTSB said. On March 21, two airliners were cleared to take off from intersecting runways, […]

More private investment is needed to maintain the nation’s transportation infrastructure, including airports, Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta said Tuesday at the NASDAQ market in New York. Airline delays are robbing the economy of $9.7 billion each year, Mineta said, and congestion represents “a looming threat to our economic prosperity.” Mineta’s plan does not propose any […]

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