AD appears to ground T-34 fleet pending
action, follows second Texas Air Aces fatal crash
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an Emergency AD
applicable to all T-34 aircraft, all models. This action follows
the second accident involving a Texas Air
Aces T-34 in which the instructor pilot and passenger perished
after eyewitnesses reported separation of one of the aircraft's
wings, with a subsequent loss of control of the aircraft. The
first Texas Air Aces accident took place on November 19, 2003, and
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If you're one of the thousands of people that have plunked down
sizeable deposits to take that flight into space, your departure
date just got a bit closer.
Mr. Elling Halvorson, Chairman, Papillon Grand Canyon
Helicopters, Inc., Grand Canyon, Arizona, is the recipient of
Helicopter Association International’s (HAI) 2004 Lawrence D.
Bell Award.
Seventy Sport Pilot Examiner (SPE) and Sport Pilot Instructor
Examiner (SPIE) candidates were recently notified that they have
been selected by the Light-Sport Standardization Selection Board to
take the Examiner test, thus moving past the first hurdle in the
Sport Pilot process.
A Pilot's Guide to In-Flight Icing is a free, on-line course
primarily intended for the general aviation pilot who flies
aircraft certified for flight in icing.
Christmas came early for more than 70 Make-a-Wish children and
their families when they boarded two of Fleet Logistics Support
Squadron (VR) 52’s aircraft on the base’s flight line
for their Fantasy Flight to the North Pole December 4.
“Meeting Santa was my favorite part of the day.
The plane [ride] was fun, too. I liked hearing the pilots radio the
North Pole before we landed there.”
Source: Grace Foster, a child who "flew"
to the North Pole on one of VR-52's C-9B's out of NAS Willow Grove,
describing her adventure. This is the 12th year that VR-52 has been
giving children rides to the North Pole in a partnership with the
Make-A-Wish foundation.
The bad news seems to be coming fast and furious, of late. Two
members of Canada's famed Snowbird Flight Demonstration Team were
involved in a mid air collision Friday.
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