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Rare Mosquito To Fly In New Zealand Airshow

A de Havilland Mosquito fighter bomber, the only one of its kind in the world that is flying, will appear at the Wings Over Wairarapa airshow in New Zealand, Jan. 18 to 20. The airplane is owned by Jerry Yagen, owner of Fighter Factory in Virginia Beach, Va. It first flew in September, and news […]

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Unidentifiable Flying Object

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. Here’s one we missed earlier this year but New Scientist‘s year-end wrap included its April coverage of a novel (and so far useless) method of propulsion the clever folks at German technology company […]

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Russian Runway Crash Kills Four

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. Four crew members died when a Red Wings Tu 204 overran a runway at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on Saturday. Eight others, all flight crew for the Russian airline, survived the crash but four […]

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FAA Database: Student Pilot Crashed King Air

A twin turboprop Beechcraft King Air 100 that crashed at night during a snowstorm on Dec. 19 near Libby, Mont., killing both aboard, was piloted by 54-year-old Carl Douglas who, FAA records show as of Friday, held only a student pilot certificate. Douglas was CEO of Stinger Welding and was flying with passenger John Smith, […]

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FCC Pushes Onboard Internet Services

The FCC Friday issued a statement that it has “adopted a Report and Order establishing rules to help speed deployment of Internet services onboard aircraft,” to meet with consumer demands and promote economic growth. The action formalizes a license application process for broadband systems and creates standards to establish that they do not interfere with […]

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2012 Could Be “Safest Ever” For Airlines

In November the International Air Transport Association said 2012 was on track to become its safest year on record and now Ascend, an aerospace analytics service, estimates that airline passenger fatalities and aircraft destroyed could set record lows for 2012 … and that’s not all good? Airline fatal accident rates are now twice as safe […]

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Balloon Pilots Compete For Longest Winter Flight

The Balloon Federation of America has invited balloonists across the country to take part in its annual Long Jump Challenge, an opportunity for pilots to use their skills and equipment beyond the usual treetops-and-champagne flight. The competition, which has been held every year since 1990, is open from November through March, and the idea is […]

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C-160 Transport Misses Photographers By Feet

Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to download the video directly. Pictures and video have emerged documenting the final landing of a Transall C-160 twin-turboprop last October in Germany that, because the aircraft bounced short, was very nearly the last thing a handful of […]

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70 Of 72 Escape Christmas Burma Crash

A Fokker 100 jet carrying 71 people for Air Bagan crashed in Burma on Christmas Day, breaking up the aircraft, which was then destroyed by fire, but the loss of life has so far been held at two, including one on the ground. The aircraft’s data recorder has been recovered and details of the accident […]

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40 Years Later, Memorial Sought For Crash Victims

Survivors and families of the victims of Eastern Flight 401 are trying to collect $15,000 for an engraved granite block to serve as a memorial to the 101 people killed when the jet crashed in the Everglades northwest of Miami on Dec. 29, 1972. The flight took off from JFK with 176 aboard and while […]

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