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(SUMMARY) We promise not to post every single one of the videos the astronauts shoot from the International Space Station, but they ve been capturing some nice scenes lately in High-Definition, including this trip up the East Coast of the United States . And,...

(SMART SUMMARY) A New Hampshire pilot is facing manslaughter charges in the death of his daughter after the twin he was flying without a multi-endorsement crashed in Massachusetts.

(SMART SUMMARY) About 400 pilots are affected by sweeping layoffs proposed by American Airlines as it tries to emerge from bankruptcy.

(SMART SUMMARY) Goshawks can fly at top speed through dense forest, and researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are studying the birds to help design unmanned aerial vehicles that will fly at high speeds through city streets and other crowded environments.

(SMART SUMMARY) Southern California, Atlanta, Chicago and New York were identified as areas that face the risk of having too few controllers as veteran controllers retire, according to a report by the Department of Transportation.

(SMART SUMMARY) What appeared to be human bodies recently seen flying over New York city made passes along the Brooklyn bridge, flew past the Statue of Liberty, and some even performed loops -- they were also part of a viral marketing campaign.

(SMART SUMMARY) Aviation organizations reacted with relief this week to news that a $63 billion, four-year FAA funding bill has finally been agreed on in Washington.

(SMART SUMMARY) Stratolaunch Systems, the new company formed in December by Paul Allen to build a giant Burt Rutan-designed aircraft that will launch payloads into Earth orbit, has started construction on a production facility and a hangar at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California.

(SUMMARY) Air Medical Holdings Gets Milestone Aircraft Bell Helicopter has delivered the 4,000th commercial product since it began production at its Mirabel, Canada, facility 25 years ago. During a small ceremony at Bell Helicopter's facility in Mirabel,...

(SUMMARY) Sprint Nextel Has Given The Company Another Six Week Extension LightSquared has until mid-March to resolve its issues with the FCC over its proposed 4G broadband network under an extension of its deal with Sprint Nextel. The move comes after a 30 day...

(SUMMARY) Join Pilots And Flight Instructors In Clearing The Way For Final Merger Flight Attendants from Southwest Airlines, represented by the Transport Workers Union (TWU) 556, and AirTran Airways, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA)...

(SUMMARY) Main Rotor Blades May Fail During Flight The FAA has issued an emergency airworthiness directive (EAD) (2012-02-51) for Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited (Bell) Model 206L, 206L-1, 206L-3, and 206L-4 helicopters with certain main rotor blades...

(SUMMARY) New Video Shows SuperDraco Engine in Action Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has successfully test fired SuperDraco, a powerful new engine that will play a critical role in the company's efforts to change the future of human spaceflight....

(SUMMARY) Transport Workers Union Launches Site As Lobbying Tool Representatives of the Transport Workers Union, Local 514, have launched a website it hopes will rally support for unionized American Airlines workers by emphasizing how jobs could be affected by...

(SUMMARY) Victim Was Hand-Propping 1974 Cherokee A resident of Lakeside, California was reportedly killed when the propeller of a Piper PA-28R-200 he was hand-propping struck him in the head at Gillespie Field in El Cajon. The accident happened Monday at about...