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WhiteKnightTwo, the twin-fuselage all-composite aircraft designed by Scaled Composites to carry SpaceShipTwo aloft, flew for the first time on Sunday morning, at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Southern California. The flight lasted about an hour. “Today Virgin Galactic passed a huge milestone in its mission to create environmentally benign, safe and affordable access […]

Air show pilot Patty Wagstaff says she’s sorry for the “undue or unwanted attention to EAA or the local community” her incident with Oshkosh authorities may have caused on July 31 when she was arrested for driving drunk on a runway at Wittman Regional Airport after the airport had closed. Wagstaff pleaded no contest to […]

Have you installed a Power Flow Exhaust on your airplane? Our sister publication, Aviation Consumer magazine, is conducting a survey on Power Flow exhausts and would like to learn about your experiences with their products. Send a note to aviation_safety@hotmail.com to share your experiences. We’re particularly interested in your opinions on the exhaust system’s price […]

If you’ve ever wondered just what kind of weather a weather radar site can withstand, the National Weather Service has an answer. It’s something less than 140 mph. The fiberglass dome that encases the radar gear at Virginia Peak looks something like a squashed ping pong ball after winds howling through the Sierras hit the […]

The FAA’s intent to reduce costs and better utilize information technology would remove meteorologists from all 20 air route traffic control centers and has prompted weather service workers union president Dan Sobien to tell the Miami Herald, “If we let this happen, people will die.” Sobien said a plan to be delivered to Congress on […]

The FAA Thursday invited comments on a proposal for a new airworthiness directive to correct flap failures on Bombardier Challenger CL-600-2B19 twin jet commuter aircraft, after the agency received a report that a previous AD was “not effective.” According to the FAA, flap failures on the aircraft have been reported over several years with the […]

Honda Aircraft hopes to have multiple conforming HondaJets in the air this summer for use in FAA certification testing, still aiming for first customer deliveries by late 2010. The company’s research and development facility was completed at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, N.C., earlier this month and plans to build its production facility while […]

The NTSB sent a Go Team to Denver, Sunday, to investigate the fiery crash during takeoff of a Boeing 737-500 operated by Continental as flight 1404 out of Denver International (DIA) for Houston Saturday evening that left at least 38 injured, two critically. At approximately 6:20 p.m. local time, the aircraft appeared to veer hard […]

Photos being displayed by 9News, the Denver NBC affiliate show a Continental Boeing 737-500 resting on its belly with its left engine sheared off in a ravine next to a runway at Denver International Airport Sunday morning. Thirty-eight of the 112 passengers and crew on the flight were injured in the accident, which happened about […]

Illinois Rep. Ray LaHood, currently a member of the House Appropriations Committee, was nominated Friday to serve as Secretary of Transportation and aviation’s alphabet groups are chiming in. AOPA president-elect Craig Fuller had positive remarks regarding President-elect Barack Obama’s decision. “The Appropriations Committee has adamantly opposed aviation user fees,” said Fuller, who said that LaHood’s […]