An FAA Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin released on Nov. 27 warns of potential problems with the Boeing Company Model 737-100, -200, -300, -400, and -500 aircraft. 737 owners and operators...
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Jeff Harrell of The Shape of Days blog offers up two humorous stories that he doubts are true, but are fun nonetheless. Both allegedly occurred near LAX in the 1990s. The first one goes like this:...
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A Eurocopter EC120B Colibri helicopter, equipped with an all glass-cockpit, has been delivered to to its proud new owner, private pilot Shawn Murray. The state-of-the-art creation of avionics...
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Filed in archive by Beverly Durfee on November 27, 2006
A small town in Idaho will look even smaller to its visitors if a skydiving business gets the Buhl City Council to approve an expansion of the business there. Paul and Denise Janes already own and...
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Chabua, India: An Indian Air Force duo, neither of them pilots, have set an Indian national record by flying 3,700 km in the longest-ever expedition of powered hang gliding. The previous Indian record...
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For a glimpse of "yesterday's tomorrow, today," the Modern Mechanix Blog brings us the story of helicopter innovator and teenager Stanley Hiller Jr., who took Leonardo Da Vinci's...
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YouTube has certainly opened the world up to our view, but I think this pilot needs to widen his vista a little. This flight video is described as: This pilot passes through a mountain gap that is...
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Aeroflot, Russia's national airline, has missed a deadline to buy Boeing's new 787 passenger plane. The deadline for placing an order for 787 jets for delivery by 2010 expired Nov. 1. Valery...
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South Korea has told the United States that it wants to purchase four Global Hawk surveillance unmanned aerial vehicles to track North Korean activities, the U.S. has expressed concerns about the...
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Boeing Company has announced it will eliminate its "Connexion by Boeing" an in-flight satellite-based Internet service for passengers. The reason for phasing out the service have nothing to...
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Air Force Maj. Burke H. Morgan of Manitou Springs, Colorado, listed as missing in action since August 1967, has been identified and his remains interred at the Air Force Academy. Morgan was lost on a...
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Brig. Gen. Stephen L. Hoog, U.S. Central Command's air component director, gives high marks to the recently formed Iraqi Air Force. Using a fleet of Bell 206 helicopters, C-130s, and small prop...
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In a letter of intent released in September, NATO announced that it wants to buy three or four C-17s for strategic airlift needs. Thirteen allied nations have agreed to jointly purchase the aircraft,...
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The Chandler Air Service flight school is hosting a tribute to veterans by flying in the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Sentimental Journey" for a public tour, including sightseeing flights....
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According the Air Force Magazine, the monthly journal of the Air Force Association, the entire fleet of the ill-fated 110 T-3A Firefly training aircraft will be scrapped. The fleet has been in storage...
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