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This year, however it may have been more timely, Bob Anderson said. Anderson, who serves as the chairman of the International Falls-Koochiching County Airport Commission, and Falls mayor, and other commission members met with the Minnesota Department of Transportation Office of Aeronautics Tuesday to discuss airport needs.
The Turbine Legend, originally called the Legend because the prototype was powered by a 575 HP Chevy Engine, first flew in 1996 and was built by Performance Aircraft. In 1999, the Legend was re-engined with a Walther M601 turbine of 724 shp and thus became the Turbine Legend.
The growth of Amazon.com and e-commerce in general is bolstering the fortunes of Rockford, Ill.' s Chicago Rockford International Airport and two air cargo carriers that use the airport, elevating the profile of a facility that must compete for air traffic with the Windy City's dominant O'Hare International Airport.
IMAGE: A plane flies over the Blueavion f1 data collection technology at the Purdue University Airport. The device uses data collection technology to help small airports improve operations data collection.
A China Airlines Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration B-18711 performing freight flight CI-5148 from Anchorage,AK to Chicago O'Hare,IL with 4 people on board, was on an ILS approach to runway 10L at 09:57L when the crew advised they were going around having had a last minute deviation on the runway. The crew of another aircraft on the ground advised the aircraft had gone off the runway, a third crew advised tower the runway needed to be inspected.
A small airplane crashed near Lake Tahoe on Tuesday, killing the pilot and a passenger and critically injuring the only other person on board the single-engine aircraft. The 60-year-old pilot from suburban Sacramento, who was declared dead at the scene, reported engine trouble shortly after takeoff and was trying to make it back to the airport in Truckee, California, when the plane went down about 7:40 a.m. Two male passengers were flown by a medical helicopter to a Reno, Nevada, hospital with critical injuries.
The first Mobile-made Airbus A321 is shown taking off on from Downtown Mobile Airport on its first flight in March 2016. A fresh round of Airport Improvement Program funding from the FAA means millions of dollars in grants for Alabama facilities, including $7 million for the Downtown Mobile Airport.
Authorities have identified the 60-year-old pilot from suburban Sacramento who died in a small airplane crash near Lake Tahoe. The Placer County sheriff says Kenneth Whittall-Scherfee of Carmichael was killed in Tuesday morning's crash south of Truckee that also claimed the life of one passenger and critically injured another.
In this world where cell phones can perform more functions than the computer of only a few decades past, many pilots prefer to brief... On a recent flight home, we were cruising along at 7,000 feet in good weather, except for the occasional encounter with the very top of a... With an expectation to hire 8,000 pilots over the next 10 years, Delta this week announced it has developed new career-path options to... This week, announcements have come in about a new aerobatics show at Oshkosh, the purchase of four simulators by Kent State University, a... Four people are dead after a midair collision between a Piper PA-34 and a Cessna 172 over the Florida Everglades around 1 p.m. local time... The crew of a CH-47F Chinook helicopter used an unusual maneuver-sitting the tail of their aircraft on the mountain for several... Daher's new TBM 930 is equipped with the Garmin G3000, the latest glass ... (more)
In this world where cell phones can perform more functions than the computer of only a few decades past, many pilots prefer to brief... On a recent flight home, we were cruising along at 7,000 feet in good weather, except for the occasional encounter with the very top of a... With an expectation to hire 8,000 pilots over the next 10 years, Delta this week announced it has developed new career-path options to... This week, announcements have come in about a new aerobatics show at Oshkosh, the purchase of four simulators by Kent State University, a... Four people are dead after a midair collision between a Piper PA-34 and a Cessna 172 over the Florida Everglades around 1 p.m. local time... The crew of a CH-47F Chinook helicopter used an unusual maneuver-sitting the tail of their aircraft on the mountain for several... Daher's new TBM 930 is equipped with the Garmin G3000, the latest glass ... (more)
The Vicksburg mayor and alderman have accepted a Federal Aviation Administration certificate allowing the police department to conduct aircraft operations at or below an altitude of 400 feet . Police Chief Milton Moore tells the Vicksburg Post that the department expects to buy the drone before the budget year ends Sept.
We just had our annual summer cookout here at the virtual airport. It was a success-we didn't run out of brats, burgers or beer... This week's letters brought comments from readers about the trainer refurb market, old vs. new, updated proficiency rules and airline... This week's letters brought comments from readers about the trainer refurb market, old vs. new, updated proficiency rules and airline... A chartered de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Turbo Otter float-equipped airplane crashed in a remote part of Alaska on Tuesday morning, but... Daher's new TBM 930 is equipped with the Garmin G3000, the latest glass panel technology that also includes the most sophisticated... The FAA says owners of certain Bonanza models can use an exhaust clamp made for Cessna aircraft as an alternative means of compliance for... If you ever owned an airplane, or even just flew one, you always remember the ... (more)
Authorities confirmed at least one person had been killed in the incident, which happened at around 5pm at 1100 block, Settlement Drive. The Federal Aviation Administration , which is investigating the crash, confirmed the pilot was the only person in the helicopter when it went down.
This week's letters brought comments from readers about the trainer refurb market, old vs. new, updated proficiency rules and airline... I was flying southbound in the Los Angeles basin in mid-July 2017 when I heard a VFR pilot trying to get a shortcut through the Los... This week's letters brought comments from readers about the trainer refurb market, old vs. new, updated proficiency rules and airline... Women in Aviation International has announced that it is now accepting applications for scholarships to be awarded in 2019. At... Atol Avion lost its prototype ATOL 650 amphibious LSA to an accident during a test flight on Tuesday.
A pilot may have saved lives by crashing a medical helicopter in a grassy area on the South Side of Chicago rather than on major interstate highways or a train station nearby, officials said Sunday. The Federal Aviation Administration said the crash occurred around 9:15 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of three expressways.
The crash happened on the Bishop Ford near 103rd Street around 9:15 p.m. The crash happened due to "unknown circumstances," according to the Federal Aviation Administration. At approx 9:15 pm, a Eurocopter 135 air ambulance helicopter crashed near 103rd street and the I-57 expressway in Chicago due to unknown circumstances.
Workhorse Group's SureFly Multi-Copter is scheduled to fly on Tuesday, July 24 during the Innovations Day session at the EAA AirVenture fly-in at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The manned flight will take place with an all-electric SureFly test vehicle from 3:03 to 3:08 p.m. Central Time, during the event's daily airshow.
I was flying southbound in the Los Angeles basin in mid-July 2017 when I heard a VFR pilot trying to get a shortcut through the Los... After being handed off from Colorado Springs Departure to Pueblo Approach, the Pueblo controller made contact with the Cessna but was not... Women in Aviation International has announced that it is now accepting applications for scholarships to be awarded in 2019. At... American Airlines subsidiary Envoy Air has announced the signing of an agreement with ATP Flight School to make ATP an official Envoy... If you ever owned an airplane, or even just flew one, you always remember the first.