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Homebuilt Crashes In Anchorage Neighborhood

A homebuilt crashed and burned in an Anchorage neighborhood Saturday, killing the pilot and his dog but not causing any other damage. It apparently just missed a man walking his dog, however. The aircraft, described as a Super Cub-type homebuilt on floats, was spotted flying low over a subdivision on the Anchorage Hillside before it […]

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NTSB Investigators Unhappy With Portrayal In Sully

Investigators who probed the ditching of USAir 1549 into the Hudson River in 2009 say the recently released movie about the event portrays them in an inaccurate and unfair light. The movie, Sully, directed by Clint Eastwood, was released over the weekend in U.S. theaters. For dramatic purposes, Sully portrays the NTSB investigators as prosecutors […]

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FAA: Samsung Galaxy Smartphones Pose Fire Hazard

The FAA is warning owners of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones to keep their devices turned off during flights due to the risk of battery fires. “In light of recent incidents and concerns raised by Samsung about its Galaxy Note 7 devices, the Federal Aviation Administration strongly advises passengers not to turn on or charge […]

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Red Bull Pilot Hannes Arch Dies In Helicopter Crash

Austrian pilot and Red Bull Air Race competitor Hannes Arch died Thursday in a helicopter crash in the Alps. Arch operated a company that flew deliveries to mountain huts in the region, according to European news outlets. The helicopter, flying at night to Salzburg, crashed into terrain about 9 p.m., The Local of Austria reported. […]

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New SpaceShipTwo Completes First Flight

Virgin Galactic’s new SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, flew a first trial Thursday as the company continues to develop the newest version of its space-tourism vehicle. Virgin Galactic called the test, which lasted 3 hours and 43 minutes, a “captive carry” trial, during which the WhiteKnightTwo aircraft carried the space vehicle throughout the flight to monitor performance. […]

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New York City Firefighters To Deploy Drones

Drones hovering over fires have often been the bane of firefighters, but now special versions of the unmanned aircraft are going to be put to work on emergency response teams. The New York City Fire Department is training some of its crews to deploy bright red drones to view fires using video and infrared cameras,according […]

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Two Airplanes Collide At Georgia Airport; Three Dead (Updated)

Two GA airplanes collided Wednesday morning at the Carrolton, Georgia, airport, killing all three people on board the aircraft.Photos from a WSBTV helicopter show wreckage just south of Runway 35 at West Georgia Regional Airport.An instructor and her student from a flight school in Newnan, Georgia, were flying a Diamond DA20, while another pilot was […]

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Military Needs More Drone Pilots

There’s been a lot of talk lately about a shortage of pilots for both military and civilian jobs, and now the U.S. Air Force says it has to hire private contractors to fly its drones. The contract drone pilots are not allowed to fire weapons, but they can operate reconnaissance missions, according to a story […]

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NASA Research Aims To Improve Engine Performance

Researchers at NASA are “investigating promising advances” in high-temperature materials that can be used to make turbine engines run more efficiently, the agency said last week. The materials, called ceramic-matrix composites, or CMCs, are lighter and stronger than the metal alloys used today, and can withstand the extremely high temperatures of 2700 degrees Fahrenheit and […]

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Icon Expands Into Mexico

Icon will establish a production plant in the city of Tijuana, in Baja, Mexico, company spokesman Brian Manning told AVweb on Tuesday, confirming an online report published over the weekend at a Tijuana news site. The new facility will produce composite airframe components for the A5 assembly plant in Vacaville, California, Manning said. It’s scheduled […]

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