The FAA has been dragging its heels on the issue of driver’s license medicals for private pilots for the better part of two years, but the proposal might finally get the attention it deserves. FAA Administrator Michael Huerta recently sent a letter to AOPA apologizing for the delay in the association’s request to expand driver’s […]
The pilots of a Southwest Airlines 737 that mistakenly landed at the wrong airport near Branson, Missouri, won’t be flying again anytime soon pending an internal and FAA investigation into the incident, according to the airline. The Southwest 737-700 departed Chicago Midway Airport on Sunday bound for the 7,140-foot runway at Branson Airport, but landed […]
If you’ve ever wondered just how violent a bird strike really is, check out this harrowing cockpit video shot from the inside of a Cessna 210 a few weeks ago. The two men shown in the footage took off from Brookeridge Airpark in Downers Grove, Illinois, on December 28 and struck a Canadian goose just […]
A passenger aboard a Cessna Grand Caravan that crashed into the Pacific Ocean last month, killing another passenger, has released dramatic video he shot from inside the cabin as the airplane went down. The passenger, 39-year-old Ferdinand Puentes, was one of nine people on the flight that originated in Molokai, Hawaii, on December 11. The […]
Last summer, General Aviation Manufacturers Association president and CEO Pete Bunce worked elbow-to-elbow for two weeks with a group of high school students. They were assembling a Glasair Sportsman kit plane at the company’s Arlington, Washington, headquarters — under the “Two Weeks to Taxi” program. Now, as part of the 2014 program in cooperation with […]
The FAA’s latest issue of its Safety Briefing magazine places its editorial focus on advanced technology and how pilots interact with it. There has been a lot of concern about pilots’ overreliance on avionics and their lack of proficiency in basic flying skills. The FAA publication addresses some of the more pressing issues that face […]
Commercial airline fatalities plummeted in 2013, making last year the safest ever in the past decade for airline travel. A total of 17 airline accidents caused 224 deaths in 2013, as opposed to an annual average of 27 accidents and 703 fatalities during the years between 2003 to 2012. The numbers were reported by the […]
One man’s search for allegedly long-lost Supermarine Spitfires in Burma is continuing, thanks to new financial support from Claridon Group Ltd. English farmer David Cundall garnered worldwide attention in 2012 when he set out on a search for dozens of new-in-the-box Spitfires that he claims have remained buried beneath Burma soil close to Yangon International […]
A Navy helicopter carrying five crew members crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Virginia during a training mission Wednesday, killing two crew members and injuring two others, the U.S. Navy said. Rescuers are still searching for the fifth crew member. The service members were hoisted from 42-degree waters by a Navy helicopter and taken to […]
Industry groups are sounding alarms over a surprise change to the FAA’s longstanding policy toward GA flight simulators that one organization says will diminish many pilots’ ability to receive adequate training. In the policy reversal issued on January 2, the FAA said it plans to rescind all Letters of Authorization for general aviation flight simulators […]
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