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The FAA has published its interpretation of the special rule for model aircraft (PDF) established by Congress and set a public comment period on what the FAA considers to be a model aircraft and thus exempt from future rulemaking action by the FAA. It also confirmed that it has the authority to take enforcement action […]
A female passenger is dead and two others were injured after a gunman opened fire on a Pakistan International Airways landing at Peshawar Airport in the fractious northwest part of the country. The airliner was on a flight from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and was on short final, about 300 feet off the ground, when it […]
The private pilot who was taking a lesson in a Champion 7KCAB agricultural airplane that crashed last July in Oak Ridge, La., was impaired by his “recent use of marijuana and hydroxychloroquine,” the NTSB said in its probable-cause report, released on Monday. That impairment was cited as a contributing cause to the accident. The probable […]
Pilot Jerry Parker, 63, of Livermore, Calif., wasn’t wearing a parachute when his homebuilt Loehle Mustang caught fire shortly after takeoff on Saturday afternoon, but he apparently jumped from the cockpit at about 1,000 feet, and was killed. The burning airplane hit the ground nearby and was destroyed. Parker had been working on the airplane […]
The Asiana Airlines flight crew mismanaged the descent of a 777 into San Francisco International Airport last July, causing a fiery crash that killed three passengers and seriously injured 49, the NTSB said in its probable-cause hearing on Tuesday. The pilots made several mistakes and delayed the execution of a go-around after they became aware […]
The Swiss Air Force PC-7 aerobatic team was returning in nine-ship Formation to Locarno Magadino Air Field (LSZL) some years ago. Team Leader:“Locarno Tower, Turbo 947 nine-ship inbound to split overhead.” TWR Operator:[Gives clearance to enter and split and to report on downwind individually.] Then … Pilot 1:“Number One downwind.” TWR:“Number One, report final — […]
The captain of MH370 is now the “chief suspect” in the loss of the aircraft after investigators found some deleted files in his elaborate home flight simulator. According to various reports, Capt. Zaharie Shah flew a route on the sim that ended on a runway on a remote, still unidentified, island in the southern Indian […]
Letter of the Week:USA Today‘s Strategy Only a personal injury lawyer would write a Lettre de Cachet like the black adventure story published in USA Today. My sympathies for their reduced ad revenues and declining circulation. But holding public executions and sensational smear campaigns has never worked for any publication. Even the networks hesitate to […]
Lots of pilots walk away from plane crashes but Fred Jackson admits he snuck away from one in Altamont, N.Y., June 14. Jackson told the Albany Times Union he was trying to keep the crash of his newly restored Piper Clipper from the FAA when he shinnied down a tree and left the expensive aircraft […]
In a previous blog, I commented on USA Todays attempt at an expose on the supposedly awful safety record of general aviation. I think most of us will concede that despite the reports flawed perspective and flat out factual errors, it raised some legitimate issues. But lacking any aviation sense, it failed to suggest solutions. […]
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