A story in today's LA Times reports that the FAA has issued fines totaling $175,000 to three airlines for stranding passengers on board aircraft overnight last August. Three aircraft from Continental, ExpressJet and Mesaba were forced to divert to...
EADS North America recently announced delivery of the first of five H-72A helicopters to the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. They'll be used for test pilot training by the Navy. Normally, I wouldn't bat an eyelash at news of a new aircraft delivery...
On Monday 19 October 2009, Delta Flight 60 was enroute to Atlanta’s Hartsfield airport (KATL) when a check pilot on board experienced a medical emergency in midflight. The crew decided to push on to Atlanta and were given clearance to land on Runway...
News broke friday that the NTSB has reported yet another crash of the CH-601XL, an aircraft that the FAA has previously issued a safety alert for. The release from the NTSB stops just short of telling the FAA we told you so... but makes sure to...
