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767 Belly-Lands In Warsaw

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. The crew of a 767 out of Newark made a successful gear-up emergency landing in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday, with sparks flying as the airplane skidded to a halt on the runway. The […]

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House Caucus Acts To Stall LightSquared

Congressman Sam Graves, R-Mo., chair of the House General Aviation Caucus, has asked the Federal Communications Commission to shelve LightSquared’s request for a waiver until testing ensures that there will be no interference with all types of GPS devices, Helicopter Association International said on Monday. The conflict over the LightSquared deployment is intensifying, as the […]

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Court Says FAA Misread Its Own Regs

A federal court has found that the FAA misread its own regulations during its review of aviation hazards presented by a proposed wind farm off Cape Cod in Massachusetts, the Boston Herald reported on Friday. “The FAA catapulted over the real issues and the analytical work required by its handbook,” the court said in its […]

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Laser Pointing Web Page Launched

The FAA has launched a page on its website to allow laser-pointing incidents to be reported online. Although penalties for shining a handheld laser at an aircraft have been beefed up (fines can be as high as $11,000) the number of reported incidents continues to climb. As of this month, there were about 2,800 reported […]

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Oil Light Started Vancouver Crash Sequence

The pilot of a Northern Thunderbird Air King Air 100 that crashed in Vancouver last week told passengers they were turning back to the airport because of a minor oil leak in one engine. He notified the tower and said an emergency stand-by from the airport fire department wasn’t necessary. Ten minutes later, while the […]

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ELT Homes In On Rescuers

It’s not often an ELT homes in on its would-be rescuers but that’s the position Canadian search-and-rescue volunteers found themselves in last week. Members of the Regina, Saskatchewan chapter of the Civilian Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA) hopped in a Cessna 172 to help a Canadian Forces search-and-rescue C-130 pinpoint the location of an […]

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SNF Hopes Insurance Covers Tornado-Related Costs

A total of 25 exhibitors and attendees whose airplanes were damaged or destroyed in the March 31 tornado at Sun ‘n Fun have by now received an invoice from the show for the towing and environmental cleanup costs associated with their aircraft. In a podcast interview, SNF spokesman Jim Bernegger said the show’s insurers did […]

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Qantas Ordered Back In The Air

Australia’s labor tribunal Sunday ordered Qantas to resume operations a day after the airline locked out its employees and ceased operations. The tribunal Fair Work Australia also put an end to rolling walkouts by three of the airline’s unions, which Qantas officials say led to the unprecedented action. In a showdown with pilots, baggage handlers […]

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Diamond Fleet Bounces Back After Hail Event

Diamond aircraft is using the outcome of an Oct. 17 hailstorm that ravaged Middle Tennessee State University’s (MTSU’s) 20 Diamond aircraft and 5 Pipers to tout the repairability of its composite airframes. Hail cracked one canopy during the storm and put two holes in composite wing skins while also pelting other airframes, including some metal […]

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Industry Coalition Forms To Fight Taxes

A coalition of nearly 30 industry groups (including AEA, ALPA, AOPA and NATCA) has organized to fight aviation tax increases while supporting aviation spending programs. The Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) issued a statement Friday that urged Congress to “reject the proposed taxes” it says are part of a White House and Congressional Super Committee proposed […]

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