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My wife and I drew up a list of things that were important to us for a place to live. High on the list was a short drive to a general... Writing about landings gone bad is a perennial favorite of aviation columnists.
Dave Ruppel, Air and SpacePort Director of SpacePort Colorado, has his eyes on the future as the former Frontrange Airport transitions from an airport to a spaceport in Aurora.
Thomas Maharis, 19, started at $25 an hour repairing airline cabins for Delta and could earn $35 an hour in a few years. Photo: Leslie Josephs/CNBC After graduating from Aviation High School in Queens, Thomas Maharis was hired as a $25-an-hour aircraft technician at nearby JFK Airport, reports Leslie Josephs at CNBC.
Authorities say a 17-year-old student pilot making her first solo flight executed a successful emergency landing in Massachusetts after losing a wheel during takeoff. The Federal Aviation Administration says soon after takeoff the pilot of the single-engine, fixed-wing plane reported losing her right main wheel assembly.
The FAA, Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority , and Florida Department of Transportation have dedicated the new Air Traffic Control Tower at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport . The 128 foot-tall tower is a significant investment in the nation's airport infrastructure and enhances air traffic controllers' ability to provide the safest, most efficient service to flights at the busy Florida airport, the FAA said in a news release.
After over 40 years of ownership, Revo Inc. is offering for sale the assets of Lake Aircraft, the only FAA-certified single-engine amphibious airplane produced in the world. The offering includes all of the intellectual property and equipment needed to manufacture the Lake Renegade, Seafury and Seawolf airplanes.
As soon as Hurricane Irma had moved inland north of Florida, there was a lot of traffic heading east back into the Florida panhandle from... Writing about landings gone bad is a perennial favorite of aviation columnists. And guess what? There's an unending supply of raw... Even if no one died, mistakes of the past cling to the consciousness like a bad odor.
As summer vacationers start to pack up and head home, Congress is considering a sweeping tally of proposals that could affect travelers, from dictating seat size and legroom to rolling back rules that require airlines to advertise the full price of a ticket.
This photo provided by Eddie Ponsdomenech shows a twin-engine aircraft crashed near the South Coast Plaza shopping center in Santa Ana, Calif., Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Arlene Salac says the twin-engine Cessna 414 declared an emergency before crashing about a mile from Orange County's John Wayne Airport.
Frustration over the shrinking size of airplane seats has sparked debate over whether it's a safety threat when passengers need to evacuate a plane. After years of airlines squeezing more people onto planes with less legroom and narrower seats, some are concerned that during an emergency evacuation, passengers may have trouble getting out of their seats and making their way to the aisle in time.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Arl... An investigator says the pilot declared an emergency but didn't state the nature of his problem before a Cessna nosedived into a Southern California parking lot, killing all five people on board. The National Transportation Safety Board's Albert Nixon said he didn't know Monday how much time elapsed between the distress call and the crash.
Authorities said five people on board a small plane were killed but that nobody on the ground was hurt when the twin-engine Cessna 414 crashed in a Southern California parking lot. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Arlene Salac said the pilot of the plane declared an emergency Sunday before crashing about a mile from Orange County's John Wayne Airport.
A small plane crashed into a parking lot in Orange County, California on Sunday, killing all 5 people on board, authorities said. Nobody on the ground was hurt.
Authorities say five people on board a small plane were killed but nobody on the ground was hurt when the Cessna crashed in a Southern California parking lot. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Arlene Salac says the twin-engine plane declared an emergency Sunday before crashing about a mile from Orange County's John Wayne Airport.
Five people on board a small airplane were killed when it crashed Sunday in a Santa Ana parking lot, authorities said. The pilot of the twin-engine Cessna 414 declared an emergency before crashing about a mile from John Wayne Airport, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Arlene Salac said.
Photos from the scene show the plane upright but on its belly outside the South Coast Plaza shopping center in Santa Ana All five passengers aboard a small plane were killed on Sunday when the aircraft crashed in a Southern California mall parking lot, according to local authorities. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Arlene Salac says the twin-engine Cessna 414 declared an emergency before crashing about a mile from Orange County's John Wayne Airport.
Three airports in the San Francisco Bay Area will share $10.1 million in grant money from the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Improvement Program, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced Thursday. Oakland International Airport will receive $4.35 million to install airfield guidance signs and make taxiway, apron and service road repairs.
The mushroom house is patched, the graffiti is cleaned up, the trails have been re-surfaced. And just like that, the long-neglected fairy tale park looks to have a happy ending.
Officials said as many as six people could have died after a small plane crashed and burned shortly after taking off from a northern Oklahoma airport Saturday. Kay County Sheriff Steve Kelley and Highway Patrol Lt.
Unions representing nearly 50 commercial airlines are protesting federal legislation to study the idea of putting cargo planes in the hands of only one pilot with the help of remote-control pilots on the ground. The dispute includes a mystery: Officials of pilots unions don't know who put the language in the Federal Aviation Administration funding bill to study the idea of one pilot per cargo plane, or for what reason.