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Pilot William Greenhaw, an experienced flyer and aircraft mechanic, crashed in his plane in Dixie County, Florida, as he flew from Guntersville, Alabama, to Orlando Melbourne International Airport, according to reports. Bob Martin, manager of the Guntersville Municpal Airport, said he saw Greenhaw take off Wednesday afternoon.
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According to Guntersville Airport manager Bob Martin, federal investigators contacted the airport Thursday to say they've been searching for a plane all day with no success. The search will resume Friday morning.
This all started after a massive power outage at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, leaving thousands of passengers stranded. The FAA has issued a ground stop for flights to Atlanta, meaning planes are being held at their departure airports.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits atop a barge in the Atlantic Ocean after making the company's first successful booster return from space. The new Alabama Space Authority took its first steps Tuesday as members met around Wernher von Braun's conference table in Huntsville to push for more aerospace activity and jobs in a state where the industry is surging.
The ticketing and baggage areas were a bit backed up, but security lines were moving quickly. Most travelers were patient as the world's busiest airport recovered from the outage.
Thousands of people were stranded Monday morning at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, where more than 1,000 flights were grounded just days before the start of the Christmas travel rush. A sudden power outage that Georgia Power said was caused by a fire in an underground electrical facility brought the airport to a standstill Sunday about 1 p.m. All outgoing flights were halted, and arriving planes were held on the ground at their point of departure.
Hundreds of flights were delayed or canceled at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Sunday as a power outage left passengers at the world's busiest airport stranded in darkened terminals or in aircraft idling on tarmacs. The partial shutdown at the start of one of the busiest travel weeks of the year forced the Federal Aviation Administration to hold back flights bound for Atlanta.
The Federal Aviation Administration tells WTVD a Cessna 150C aircraft crashed in Franklin County east of Louisburg on Saturday afternoon. Investigators said there was a small fire on the plane after the crash, but it was extinguished by fire crews.
We saw it in action last year when the governor vetoed the statutorily prescribed PFD payout; the Legislature failed to take action to override the governor, and the court upheld the governor's controversial action that many believed to be illegal.
Mei Rui, a cancer researcher and concert pianist, boarded a Spirit Airlines flight from Houston to Newark on Friday night with her 2-year-old son, mother and father. A mother from Houston was asked to leave a Spirit Airlines flight after breastfeeding her son.
A windfall for airports could mean a loss to Illinois municipalities as legislators determine the fate of millions of dollars in jet fuel taxes. At issue is how the General Assembly will divvy up about $20 million a year in aviation fuel taxes and how the jackpot can be used.
Preliminary information from an FAA spokesperson says at least two people were on board a Cessna 206 aircraft. Allen Kenitzer with the FAA says the plane crashed while inbound to the Molokai Airport under "unknown circumstances."
SANTA CRUZ >> After millions of jet noise complaints were filed since March 2015 by Santa Cruz County and Bay Area residents, a controversial flight path over Soquel, Capitola and the Summit may be returning to its original ground track over Santa Cruz's Westside and the San Lorenzo Valley ridgeline as early as August 2018. Rep. Jimmy Panetta announced the timeline at a public Save Our Skies Santa Cruz County meeting Dec. 2, where he appeared with Santa Cruz County Supervisor John Leopold, who confirmed that Panetta made the statement.
Swiss plane maker Pilatus's development costs of "well over 500 million Swiss francs" far exceeded the original budget for the company's first business jet, Chairman Oscar Schwenk told the Neue Zuercher Zeitung in an article published on Saturday. Founded in 1939, Pilatus made its name in prop aircraft and military trainers but is now staking its future on versatile, faster jets that appeal to affluent customers and corporate travellers.
If you've ever had dreams of flying, now may be the time to make them reality. The demand for pilots is sky high, and industry experts say that's not likely to change anytime soon.
A Delta Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration N340NW performing flight DL-886 from Atlanta,GA to New York La Guardia,NY , landed on La Guardia Airport's runway 22, vacated the runway and taxied to the gate. The FAA reported that subsequently a tail strike was reported, the damage is unknown.
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