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A survey that asked corporate pilots how their flight departments have altered security practices since the 9/11 terrorist attacks suggests that, in general, corporate flight department security practices have changed little. The survey, conducted by Aviation Marketing Consultants-a sister company, Aircraft Security and Alert Systems, sells aviation security devices-asked 55 corporate pilots based at 42 […]

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In the past 10 years, the National Transportation Safety Board has used the phrase “inadequate preflight inspection” in the probable causes of 15 fatal accidents. The most common direct cause is fuel contamination, usually with water, which typically leads to power loss after takeoff and a subsequent stall-spin. Other oversights include improperly latched baggage doors; […]

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The big day is almost here. On Wednesday, December 17, 2003, at 10:35 a.m., at the Wright Memorial at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, a pilot will climb aboard the most accurate Wright Flyer reproduction ever constructed and proceed to go flying, just as Orville Wright did for the first time precisely 100 years to […]

January 2003 : Lilienthal… and the Mysterious Book February 2003 : Birds… and the Twisted Box March 2003 : A Place Called Kitty Hawk April 2003 : Fall 1900… The First Flights May 2003 : Mosquitoes… and Disappointment June 2003 : Light at the end of the Tunnel July 2003 : The Mouse and the […]

The N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has announced a plan to provide free public transportation services for the six-day First Flight Centennial Celebration in December. About 35,000 attendees are expected each day of the celebration. Since there is no parking available at Wright Brothers National Memorial, the NCDOT plan is designed to get attendees to […]