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(SMART SUMMARY) Our tower does periodic checks.

(SMART SUMMARY) Besides the military teams, however, much of the season's schedule remains to be filled -- the slot for EAA AirVenture, for example, is nearly empty -- but you might find your favorite airshow on the 13-page list.

(SMART SUMMARY) Authorities in the Philippines are focusing on the fuel system of a Beech Queen Air that crashed into a school in the Manila suburb of Paranaque City on Saturday killing at least 13 people, including 11 on the ground, and leveling the school.

(SMART SUMMARY) Air Canada officials told authorities that two rowdy passengers who caused the diversion of a Toronto-Beijing flight last week actually chewed threw the restraints used by the crew and passengers to subdue them.

(SMART SUMMARY) Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has sent a letter to the FAA seeking designation as a spaceport and the ability to create facilities for that purpose.

(SMART SUMMARY) In a state TV broadcast, Thursday, Iran showed off what it says is a U.S. drone brought down in that country, but some observers have found reason to question portions of that account.

(SMART SUMMARY) Piper is seeking to renegotiate a deal it made with the state of Florida and Indian River County to avoid paying back some government incentives, TCPalm reported, Thursday.

(SMART SUMMARY) This week's winning photo comes from Kenny Lisle & Mike Damiani of Watsontown, PA.

(SMART SUMMARY) After a weekend arrest on DUI charges, FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt promptly resigned his position.

(SMART SUMMARY) Pilots at LIAT, a caribbean airline, this week took action, crippling their employer with a sickout that cancelled 110 flights when their union leader was fired shortly after suggesting that pilots' pensions had been mismanaged by the airline.

(SMART SUMMARY) We don't normally associate general aviation aircraft with the events of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, 70 years ago this week, but a flight instructor and student out flying that day nearly collided with a Japanese Zero -- an event that was re-enacted Wednesday morning in Las Vegas.

(SMART SUMMARY) With more experimenters seeking to test airborne wind-energy systems aloft, the FAA said on Wednesday it has revised its policy to ensure the safety of the national airspace.