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9/2/2010 12:15 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SUMMARY) Florida Wing Chaplain Part Of Joint Forces Ministry Team Helping Volunteers Deal With Stress Although the Civil Air Patrol is receiving high marks and accolades for the daily flights aircrews are performing in support of the Deepwater Horizon oil...

9/1/2010 10:53 PM    Like   Read   Share  

(SUMMARY) Increased Freight Demand Foreseen By Fraport Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is offering an additional 66 acres of development land at CargoCity South. Fraport AG - the owner and manager of FRA - has issued a worldwide "Call for Expression of Interest"...

9/1/2010 10:51 PM    Like   Read   Share  

(SUMMARY) Trinidad & Tobago Converts Long-Closed Air Force Base To A Potential Driver For Its Economy A place that once played an important role in winning the second World War will now play a critical role in winning new investments through the country of...

9/1/2010 10:46 PM    Like   Read   Share  

(SUMMARY) Southwest Airlines Jet Was On Approach To Love Field The pilot of Southwest Airlines Flight 939 on approach to Love Field in Dallas was momentarily blinded by a flash of bright light in the cockpit. But this time, the light was not from some bored...

9/1/2010 10:32 PM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) NASA is often perceived as being all about space, but this week the agency said it will offer scholarships to encourage students to pursue careers in aeronautics research to develop vehicles that fly in the atmosphere as well as in space.

9/1/2010 10:28 PM    Like   Read   Share  

(SUMMARY) Southwest Airlines Is Considering Larger 737-800 Aircraft The Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association (SWAPA) met with representatives of Southwest's management Wednesday regarding their intent to convert current Boeing 737-700 aircraft orders to the...

9/1/2010 10:26 PM    Like   Read   Share  

(SUMMARY) 47 Passengers, Two Crew Were Fatally Injured In Departure Accident Families of some of the passengers who were aboard Comair Flight 5191, which crashed on departure from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, KY, on August 27th, 2006, broke ground last...

9/1/2010 9:08 PM    Like   Read   Share  

(SUMMARY) Pegoud in a Bleriot XI in 1913. (SI 2001-11634) French aviator Adolphe Pégoud ranks as one of the best and bravest pilots in history, and he knew how to wow a crowd. On this day in 1913 he introduced a trick that scared even other pioneers of...

9/1/2010 8:32 PM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) He flew across the Rockies via a 12,000-foot pass, and told the Sun the scariest part of the trip was flying across the wide, empty spaces along the border of Wyoming and Nevada.

9/1/2010 5:19 PM    Like   Read   Share  

(SUMMARY) It was a really bad day in Beverly Massachusetts on Saturday when the Chief Flight Instructor of Beverly Flight Center was fatally injured by a propeller. Early reports noted that Michael Costales age 30,  taxied into the run up area for runway 34...

9/1/2010 2:29 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) McEwen had a 28-year career in sales at Hawker Beechcraft before joining Piper.

9/1/2010 2:29 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) Stephane MayerStephane Mayer, who was CEO of EADS Socata before it was sold to DAHER, has now been hired in his old role by the new company.

9/1/2010 2:29 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) Although business aviation in much of the world has been downplaying the luxury aspect and emphasizing efficiency and productivity, a major exhibition in Abu Dhabi next February embraces the undeniable comforts that come with private air travel.

9/1/2010 2:29 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) John and Martha King will help the Santa Barbara Police develop training for members of the department to help them more effectively deal with incidents involving aircraft.

9/1/2010 2:29 AM    Like   Read   Share  

(SMART SUMMARY) The recent past hasn't been all that pleasant for the business and commercial aircraft sectors, so a group of leading industry execs is looking to the future.