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The ATC problems that grounded hundreds of flights on Saturday were caused by “a recent software upgrade” at the high-altitude radar facility in Leesburg, Virginia, the FAA said in a statement on Monday. The upgrade, which was installed by Lockheed Martin Corp., had a new function that allowed controllers to set up a customized window […]
On my office wall is a print of a photograph any pilot will—or should—know. Its title is The First Twelve Seconds of the Age of Powered Flight. It’s a riveting photograph snapped by Tom Daniels, a Kill Devil Hills surfman, the moment Orville Wright lifted off from the sands of Kitty Hawk on December 17, […]
Two skydivers were hurt when they collided during an airshow performance of the Army Golden Knights and the Navy Leap Frogs on Saturday at the Chicago Air & Water Show, and one of the men later died from his injuries. U.S. Army Sgt. Corey Hood, 32, of Cincinnati, died in a hospital on Sunday. The […]
Five people died in the midair collision of a Sabreliner twin-engine business jet and a Cessna 172 near San Diego on Sunday. Both airplanes were trying to land at Brown Field Municipal Airport, about a mile north of the Mexican border, according to the FAA. Both aircraft came down in open fields near the airport, […]
A NASA T-38 flown by an astronaut was taxiing to the FBO when he turned into a private hangar’s parking area. Ground control rerouted him to the FBO, and the pilot thanked him and said: “It is so hard to find your way down here on Earth.” Gib Satterwhite
Letter of the Week:Risking Cancer to Keep Flying Regarding your Question of the Week on medical status: I get a special issuance every year. One of the requirements is for a nuclear scan for the heart. My current specialist says I should have one only when needed and he will know when it is needed. […]
Four people have been confirmed killed after the midair collision of a Sabreliner business jet and a Cessna 172 near San Diego on Sunday. The FAA told local media both aircraft were trying to land at Brown Field Municipal Airport, about a mile north of the Mexican border. The wreckage came down in an open […]
All 54 people aboard an Indonesian Trigana Air Service ATR42 are presumed dead after the aircraft crashed into a mountainside in the province of Papua on Sunday. The aircraft took off from Jaypura on a 42-minute flight to Oksibil and crashed 33 minutes into the flight.”Residents provided information that the aircraft crashed into Tangok mountain,” […]
Officials have called off the search for a California man now presumed lost after he apparently lost consciousness in his Lancair Evolution and crashed in the Pacific, about 460 miles west of San Francisco. Troy Johnson, 39, was on a flight from Phoenix to Hesperia, California, with what might have been a fuel stop in […]
In spring 2003, I was halfway through my flight training. My instructor and I were chatting about air traffic control. He’d just visited the local TRACON. From his description, I pictured a dark room filled with the intense chatter of men and women half-lit by radar scopes and blinking sci-fi lights. A few short years […]
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