Music to the ears

Is the sound of an airplane’s engine music to your ears? Do conversations with Air Traffic Control have a certain lyrical quality for you?

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Excel-Jet sues FAA for Sport-Jet crash

Excel-Jet Ltd. has filed suit against the FAA over the crash of the company’s Sport-Jet prototype last June at the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport.

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Build a Plane helps build our next generation

It’s a simple idea, really: Put airplane projects in the hands of high school kids.

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Are you working healthy?

Could working on or building an airplane make you sick?

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Keep the pressure on in user fee battle

Candice Miller is not a pilot, but she has become a voice for GA in the House of Representatives.

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Talk about a fish story!

You know that you are immersed in aviation when your company’s pet fish is placarded and lit up by a spotlight made from the piston of an aircraft engine.

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From Secret Navy Bomber to Flying Camper

The Beech 18 was a workhorse during the war years.

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Buzzzzz…..

“An FAA investigation is conducted by non-flying types who take six months to itemize the mistakes made by a crew that had six seconds to do something.”

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Third time the charm? Symphony to get new owner next month, but who?

A new owner for Symphony Aircraft, which filed for bankruptcy last year, is expected to take over operations next month. But the big question is who?

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Would you like mustard with that?

Each Saturday, Sporty’s Pilot Shop at Clermont County/Sporty’s Airport (I69) in Batavia, Ohio, welcomes visitors with a cookout. Guests are invited to chow down on hot dogs and do a little shopping. Since they started serving up the dogs in 1992, they’ve fed a lot of hungry aviators.

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