A new radio network devoted to aviation debuted Feb. 1.
B-29 ‘FIFI’ to fly again
February 8, 2008 by Leave a Comment
The Cavanaugh Flight Museum and the Commemorative Air Force (formerly Confederate Air Force) have reached an agreement to get the world’s only airworthy B-29 back in the air.
Congressional impasse on FAA funding holds AIP grants hostage
February 8, 2008 by Leave a Comment
The fall-out from the Congressional impasse on the pending FAA Reauthorization continues.
MIT creates oil-repelling materials
February 8, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed a material that can repel oil.
BRS logs 208th life saved
February 8, 2008 by Leave a Comment
A pilot experiencing a probable control surface failure deployed a Ballistic Recovery Systems whole aircraft parachute at Laurel, Maryland, near Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, becoming the 208th save documented by the use of the parachutes.
February 2006 accident reports
February 8, 2008 by Leave a Comment
These February 2006 accident reports are provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, they are intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others.
HOW MANY WONDERFUL STORIES ARE LOST?
January 25, 2008 by Leave a Comment
In your Dec. 7, 2007, issue, in the article about David Tallichet (“David Tallichet, restaurant pioneer and airplane collector, dies at 84″), I found one lonely sentence that really caught my attention. “He found another fleet of Martin B-26s in western Canada, where the whole lot had crashed on the way to Alaska.” What a wonderful, colorful story has been missed here.
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January 25, 2008 by Leave a Comment
“These guys are heroes and we can’t forget them.”
Go online for local NOTAMs
January 25, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Pilots will be able to receive new local NOTAMs on their computers, beginning Jan. 28.
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