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8/13/2010 4:39 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) EAA's estimate of 535,000 in attendance for this year's AirVenture Oshkosh sets 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.

8/12/2010 8:35 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) Readers have provided us a great batch of photos this week, but we won't have them ready by press time.

8/12/2010 6:34 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) Our blog about protecting flight students from financial loss has earned a lot of response, and now Cessna, whose chain of affiliated Cessna Pilot Centers train many of the world's new pilots, has something to say in this guest blog by Cessna's Julie Filucci.Plus: Last week, we asked AVweb readers what new EAA president Rod Hightower might have in store for the organization;

8/12/2010 4:34 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) The Internet is trying to come to the rescue of Stephen Slater, the most famous (possibly ex-) flight attendant in the world after his dramatic departure from a JetBlue flight on Monday.

8/12/2010 4:34 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) The same crash that took the life of former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens proved a challenging search and rescue mission for the Coast Guard and Air Force, according to new reports early Wednesday.

8/12/2010 4:34 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) As rescuers were struggling to transport survivors of the Stevens crash near Dillingham, a second SAR case cost the U.S. Army one of its Black Hawk helicopters on Tuesday afternoon.

8/12/2010 4:34 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) Julie Filucci from Cessna Pilot Centers agrees with our blog that flight students need protection — but she argues that California's new law will unnecessarily burden small flight schools with paperwork and added cost that might force them to close.

8/12/2010 2:34 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) The Vice President's C-32 transport, a modified Boeing 757 dubbed Air Force Two, was involved in an incident Wednesday at Gabreski Airport, N.Y., that had an unfortunate outcome for a parked and tethered Piper Cub.

8/12/2010 12:33 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) Summer is still in full swing, but soon enough the days will get shorter, and if there's time for TV, you'll find some new options to help ensure you get your aviation fix.

8/11/2010 8:33 PM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) Like the flagship LSA event in Sebring, this show aims to bring shoppers together with an assortment of airplanes in a casual setting where they can easily arrange demo flights.

8/11/2010 4:30 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) Although normally the soul of propriety and a stickler for discipline and procedure, Paul Bertorelli suggests that he may very well have followed Jet Blue flight attendant Steven Slater down the emergency slide.

8/11/2010 2:29 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) Quest Aircraft had an exciting time last week at EAA AirVenture, announcing the delivery of nine of its Kodiak turboprops on floats to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but this week the company laid off 65 workers at its factory in Sandpoint, Idaho.

8/11/2010 12:29 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) Former NASA head Sean O'Keefe and his son survived an aircraft crash in Alaska Monday night that killed former Republican Senator Ted Stevens.

8/10/2010 8:28 PM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) The last straw for Slater reportedly was a passenger who ignored instructions to stay seated, swore at him, and started to remove bags from the overhead bin, hitting Slater in the head in the process.

8/10/2010 6:27 PM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) Former NASA head Sean O'Keefe has been confirmed as one of the passengers aboard an aircraft that crashed in Alaska Monday night and former Republican Senator Ted Stevens is also believed to have been on the turboprop-powered deHavilland Otter that went down about 20 miles from Dillingham in southwest Alaska.