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8/17/2010 7:30 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) A Rans S-9 Chaos piloted by 22-year-old Dino Moline lost its wing during an air show routine in Argentina Sunday.

8/17/2010 7:30 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) A 22-year-old Argentine aerobatic pilot is out of business for the moment but living to blog about it thanks to the BRS ballistic parachute he installed in his RANS S-9.

8/16/2010 3:22 PM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) NASCAR racing legend Jack Roush appears to blame air traffic controllers working EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh for the events that led to the crash landing of his Beech Premier jet on July 27.

8/16/2010 3:22 PM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) Authorities on the Colombian resort island of San Andres say it's amazing more people weren't killed when an Aires Airlines Boeing 737 crashed on landing and split into three pieces early Monday.

8/16/2010 7:18 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) When the NTSB studied Alaska accident trends 15 years ago, it found something it called "bush pilot syndrome."

8/16/2010 5:17 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) >>> AVWEB FUEL FINDERCURRENT PRICE FOR 100LL: $4.78 (up 1¢ from last week)CURRENT PRICE FOR JET A: $4.43 (up 2¢ from last week)Fuel prices provided weekly by AirNav, based on prices from the past 2 weeks.

8/16/2010 3:15 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) NASCAR racing legend Jack Roush appears to blame air traffic controllers working EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh for the events that led to the crash landing of his Beech Premier jet on July 27.

8/15/2010 9:13 PM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) The man who made certified helicopters reasonably affordable is retiring although a little later than he intended.

8/15/2010 7:05 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) Jonathan Trappe is a sort of super-hero to some children and a crazy man to some adults, but we found him to be a rather enthusiastic, and appropriately certificated, lighter-than-air gas balloon pilot.

8/15/2010 7:05 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) Jonathan Trappe is a sort of super-hero to some children and a crazy man to some adults.

8/15/2010 7:05 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) EAA's estimate of 535,000 in attendance for this year's AirVenture Oshkosh seems to set a new low since 1998's high of 855,000 (when the Concorde graced the grounds of Oshkosh for the fifth and final time), but there may be some simple reasons for that.

8/14/2010 11:01 PM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) Although passengers had already started deplaning through the bridge, a fire warning light in the cargo hold prompted the crew to open the emergency exit and pop the slide, providing some drama for pax waiting inside the terminal.

8/14/2010 9:00 PM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) Aside from seeking training, the alert requests that Cirrus pilots carefully review their aircraft's operating procedures "with special attention to approach stability, traffic patterns, landing procedures and go-arounds."

8/14/2010 4:58 PM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) Returning from a banner towing flight out of Albert Whitted Airport, a 25-year-old pilot was faced with few good options when he suffered engine trouble Thursday near St Petersburg, Fla., landed on a relatively busy road near a mall, and walked away unscathed.

8/14/2010 6:53 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) Former Sen. Ted Stevens and four others, including pilot Terry Smith, died of blunt force trauma and wouldn't have survived no matter how speedy the response to the crash of their Otter floatplane near Dillingham, Alaska earlier this week.