PROMISES, PROMISES: FAA fatigue rules finally near

After a regional airliner crashed in western New York a year and a half ago, killing 50 people, the Obama administration promised swift action to prevent similar tragedies. High on the list: new rules governing the number of hours pilots may work, to prevent tired flight crews from making fatal errors.

HK aviation chief elected chairman of ICAO Asia Pacific air navigation regional group

Director General of Hong Kong's Civil Aviation, Norman Lo, was elected Chairman of the Asia Pacific Air Navigation Planning and Implementation Regional Group under the UN specialized agency ICAO at the group's annual meeting, Hong Kong's Civil Aviation said Thursday in a statement.

Appeals court upholds dismissal of helicopter lawsuit

A western New York man who wanted to land his helicopter in his back yard has lost a second round in federal court...

Observer Updates 09.09.10

+ Recount attorney requests voting evidence The attorney representing Charter Review Board candidate Kathy Bolam in her fight for a recount has asked Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent to preserve all evidence in the event a court allows a recount.

EMS Aviation Names Clifford Topham VP, Sales & Marketing, Dan Monahan VP, Finance

ATLANTA----EMS Aviation, a division of mobile connectivity leader EMS Technologies, Inc., announced today key management appointments that round out the division’s leadership team. The strategic appointments also will enable EMS Aviation to better exploit its full connectivity product capabilities, and achieve stronger operational integration division-wide.

Delta Renames Business Jet Subsidiary 'Delta Private Jets'

Delta Air Lines, Inc. today announced that its wholly owned private jet subsidiary, Delta Air Elite, will now operate under the new brand of Delta Private Jets. Delta is the only U.S.-based carrier with commercial and private jet service, enabling customers to design their travel plans with the combined reach and convenience of an on-demand charter service and the world's largest commercial ...

Lasers keep mini helicopter hovering for hours

(PhysOrg.com) -- Seattle research and development company LaserMotive has succeeded in keeping a model helicopter hovering for six hours, powered only by the energy of a laser.

Air Zimbabwe pilots in pay strike

Striking pilots at Air Zimbabwe have began talks with management over a pay dispute that has grounded the carrier's flights.

Pilot injured in small plane crash in Elkhart

Police say a small airplane has crashed at the Elkhart Airport, killing the pilot.

Helicopter leads police to bog grow-ops

A Delta drug section officer works on removing a marijuana grow-op that was discovered in Burns Bog last week.

Air Zim grounds all flights

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Assembly Begins On 1,000th 767

Airplane Is Slated For Delivery To ANA In February, 2011 Assembly of the 1,000th 767 airplane has begun at Boeing's factory in Everett, WA. Mechanics took the first step in major assembly by loading the wing spar, the internal support structure that runs through the full length of the wing, into the assembly tool.

Investigators probe deadly plane crash: Aviation business owner Bob Ross mourned at Watsonville airport

WATSONVILLE -- As federal investigators searched through the wreckage of a plane crash Wednesday in Arkansas looking for clues to the cause, the aviation community at Watsonville Municipal Airport was coming to grips with the loss of one of its own.

Chinese pilots with faked resumes allowed back in the air

Even worse than finding out that 200 pilots in China had faked their resumes (and most of them worked for Shenzhen Airlines, the mother company of Henan airlines) is finding out that they're now flying again . The Civil Aviation Administration of China mentioned on its website late Wednesday that while some had their licenses revoked, other pilots were given the chance to retrain and are now ...

Helicopter heist trial closes in Stockholm

The court trial of the ten men charged with the dramatic helicopter heist on a cash depot in southern Stockholm last September wrapped up on Wednesday, a judge in the case confirmed.

Nearly 200 commercial pilots faked experience, China says

Nearly 200 commercial pilots in China falsified their flying experience, Chinese aviation officials have discovered.

Air India flights frequency reduction 'temporary'

09 September 2010 KUWAIT: News reports about Air India's decision to cancel some flights bound to and from India and other Gulf destinations have been confirmed by the regional office in Kuwait.

Gene R. Groll, 1924-2010: Retired chief 1 of long line of firefighters

By MARK ZABORNEY BLADE STAFF WRITER Gene R. Groll, a retired Oregon fire chief whose father was a charter member of what was then a township department, died Wednesday in his Oregon home of lung cancer. He was 86. He was patriarch of his firefighting family. Sons Bob and Jeff retired from the department, grandsons Rob and Will are department members, and great-grandson Bo is a fire cadet at Clay ...

Aviation starts dousing wildfires in Altai Territory at dawn

BARNAUL, September 9 (Itar-Tass) - Aviation of the Ministry for Emergencies started suppressing wildfires in the Altai Territory at dawn.

Chinese pilots who faked resumes back in the air

Chinese pilots who had lied about their flying experience have been allowed to return to work after they took remedial action to make up their hours, according to the country's aviation watchdog.

Kazakhstan allows RF aviation to put out fires at border

MOSCOW, September 8 (Itar-Tass) -- Kazakhstan gave a permission to the aviation of Russia’s EMERCOM to extinguish fires in the regions bordering Russia, EMERCOM’s information department said on Wednesday.

Pilots cleared of faking credentials

No pilots have been found to have faked or lied on their resumes following recent aviation safety checks, a spokesman of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said Wednesday.

Police: Small plane crashes in Elkhart; pilot dies

ELKHART, Ind. (AP) - Police say a small airplane has crashed at the Elkhart Airport, killing the pilot. Lt. Ed Windbigler says the single-engine aircraft crashed as it was landing at the airport in northern Indiana shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Police: Small plane crashes in Elkhart; pilot hurt

Police say a small airplane has crashed at the Elkhart Airport.

Fallen soldier returns to Grand Island

As a charter plane from St. Louis approached the Central Nebraska Regional Airport in Grand Island Wednesday afternoon, more than 60 Patriot Guard Riders stood at attention holding flags.

Pilots' fake records confirmed

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said on Wednesday that 192 commercial pilots were found in 2008 to have falsified their flying records.

Pilots safely land Tupolev plane in Siberian bog

Pilots on a a Tupolev-154 plane in Russia have managed to glide it into marshy ground after developing engine trouble.

Minn. Aviation Hero Dies

A former Tuskegee Airman and Minnesota Aviation Hall of Famer died Sunday in his home in Golden Valley. Colonel Kenneth Wofford, who was 88, was inducted in the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame in 1999. He served during WWII under General Benjamin Davis who commanded the Tuskegee Airmen.

Australia flights deal in regulatory trouble

Plans by Delta Air Lines and Virgin Blue, an Australian budget airline, to collaborate on flights between the U.S. and Australia, are likely to be rejected by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Duelling views on safety oversight as Newfoundland helicopter inquiry winds down

A deadly helicopter crash off Newfoundland raises serious questions about whether the offshore oil regulator is as independent as it should be, says a lawyer for the families of the victims.Jamie Martin's remarks Wednesday to an inquiry into offshore helicopter safety ran counter to the stance...

Pilots take aim at laser pointers

When pilots, like Dino Kalush of the Maryland State Police, climb aboard their four and a half ton helicopters with 1600 horsepower whirling above their heads, they know time is of the essence.

70% flights stick to new policy for arrival timings

The stick-to-slot policy, implemented for arriving flights in the night from Tuesday, seems to have improved the situation only a little. Between 9.15 pm and 11.15 pm on Tuesday, 70% flights landed at the airport on time. The rest, however, remained late.

Russian Airplane Makes Emergency Landing: All Survived

The navigation and electricity supply systems failed. The plane went down, but no one was hurt.

United adding flights to Calif. resort town

United Airlines will add daily flights from San Francisco to Mammoth Yosemite Airport in the resort town of Mammoth Lakes, the company said Wednesday.

Pilots beach penguin-viewing operation approved

A new penguin-viewing tourism venture at the Pilots Beach reserve on Otago Peninsula has been granted consent, and the trust behind it hopes to have the venture operating by next September. read more

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Watsonville aviation business owner, son die when plane goes down in Arkansas

WATSONVILLE -- The owner of a Watsonville aviation business and his son died in a airplane crash Tuesday, the second small plane connected to the business at Watsonville Municipal Airport to crash in less than a month.

Appreciative crowd enjoys Thunder Over the Valley event

Airplane enthusiasts and families with children eagerly toured the planes on display last Saturday at the Thunder Over the Valley air show, walking through cargo craft and climbing into cockpits.

Helicopter drops geologists, engineers on cliff to inspect damaged Madison Dam

NEAR ENNIS - A helicopter dropped geologists and engineers on top of a cliff near the Madison Dam on Tuesday to inspect the cliff and determine if it is safe for crews repairing the dam.

Plane crash kills two along Buffalo River

An airplane crashed into a wooded area along the Buffalo River in northern Arkansas on Tuesday afternoon, killing both people on board, Baxter County authorities said.

Pilots Facing More Danger from Lasers

Maryland officials say law enforcement and commercial pilots are facing more danger from blinding lasers from the ground.

Request for tender for Antarctic charter services

From a "Flightglobal" article: A request for tender for the provision of charter services between Australia and Antarctica has been released by the Australian Antarctic Division.

Community briefly: State seeks charter group for Shreveport school

Louisiana's Department of Education is looking for charter organizations that want to run Linear Leadership Academy in Shreveport. Linear was one of 10 schools transferred to the jurisdiction of the state's Recovery School District in July 2009 due to poor performance.

Commercial flights to and from Jolo and Bongao commence

The first regular commercial flights between this city and Jolo in Sulu, and Bongao in Tawi-tawi will commence on Friday and Saturday, according to an official of a major airline.

Indulge in flights of fancy

At Airheads Trampoline Arena flights begin every 20 minutes. These aren't airplane flights. Instead, these are flights you can experience by jumping on the 11,000 square feet of trampoline space at the new business.

NTSB: Helicopter may have played role in plane crash

A small airplane that crashed at Logan Airport last month mighthave been driven into the ground by a helicopter’s downward wind,federal investigators say.

Air France: 'No concrete plans' to set up new LCC

Air France said it presently has "no concrete plans" to set up a new low-cost domestic carrier in a bid to win back market share in France, as reported in Les Echos last week. Dubbed "Air France Express," the newspaper reported the LCC could start service as early as next year from a series of bases across southern France, including Marseilles, Nice and Toulouse. According to the report, pilots ...

CHP Helicopter Rescues Injured Marin Hiker

SAN RAFAEL -- A California Highway Patrol helicopter scooped up an injured hiker who had fallen into a ravine along a Marin County hiking trail Monday afternoon, the CHP said.

Boeing wins $9 million US Navy contract

Airplane maker Boeing Co. has received a $9 million order from the U.S. Navy for landing gear kits for F/A-18 A-D aircraft.

Discovery Air's Top Aces Inc. Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification

Discovery Air Inc. is pleased to announce that the Quality Management System of Top Aces Inc. has been assessed and registered by Intertek Testing Services NA Ltd. as conforming to all of the requirements of ISO 9001:2008.