The 'Crowd Size' Vote Goes To 'GPS Approaches' -- So Far

Usually the most crowded seminar or presentation at any event is, "whichever one Rod Machado is presenting." But when we saw a spillover crowd outside a seminar at the AOPA Expo in Tampa, FL, we knew Machado's presentation was the next day, so it wasn't him.

Seniority List Squabble Delays Deliveries

The on-again, off-again Air Canada deal for some $6 billion worth of Boeing jets -- up to 32 new 777 and 787 Dreamliner aircraft -- is on again.

Million Air New Orleans recently became the first and only fixed-base operations (FBO) facility at Lakefront Airport to officially reopen its doors in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the Louisiana/Mississippi coast in late August.

Prevented German Bomber From Attacking Buckingham Palace

An RAF pilot who used his Hawker Hurricane fighter to ram a German bomber at the dawn of WWII, thus preventing it from launching an attack on the home of the British monarchy, was honored recently for his valor -- 65 years after the event occurred.

Move Follows Similar FIKI Approval by FAA

Transport Canada has certified Sikorsky Aircraft's S-92 helicopter, equipped with a new Rotor Ice Protection System (RIPS), for flight into known icing conditions (FIKI).

Carrier Purchases 10,000 Doses Of Antiviral Tamiflu

Britain's Virgin Atlantic Airways has ordered a stockpile of the antiviral drug Tamiflu to be used in case a human outbreak of avian flu sweeps through areas in which the carrier operates.

Sheriff Points To High Blood Alcohol In CA UL Accident

The witnesses agreed that David Brian Lane, an aviation enthusiast known to his friends as "Flyin' Brian," climbed aboard his white and yellow Sky Raider ultralight and blasted into the sky. Lane did that almost every day. What they didn't understand was why the sturdy single-seat bush plane zoomed up 100 feet and then plunged into the ground, nose-first.

The FAA is presenting its 2005 Excellence in Aviation Research Awards to Richard Dolbeer, Ph.D., Coordinator of the Aviation Safety and Assistance Program for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Colin Drury, Ph.D., University of Buffalo Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering at the university, for their work in airport wildlife hazard mitigation and aviation maintenance human factors, respectively.

Training Center For Helo Pilots Hosts Helo With No Pilot

The home of the US Army's aviation branch, and the training center for all the services' rotary-wing aviators, just hosted two rare events: a 50th anniversary ceremony and a 2-day demonstration of a helicopter with no pilot at all.

"I have directed the FAA to reopen the comment period for 90 days... There will be a full public meeting." Source: Department of Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, announcing to a packed house at AOPA Expo 2005 that Washington is listening (at least a little) to the voice of the general aviation community on the multitude of issues surrounding the Washington D.C. ADIZ. Mineta announced the comment period on the ADIZ will be reopened for another 90 days, allowing aircraft owners to weigh in with the FAA. The announcement drew cheers from the crowd, as did word a public meeting (not just be represented by Transportation agencies such as FAA, but also including security agencies) will be held on the matter.

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