Aero Linx: The Airline Pilot's Historical Society
The Airline Pilot's Historical Society is a non-profit, charitable foundation whose purpose is to educate through the preservation of aircraft parts and components. What money we raise goes either to educational projects, or to children's hospitals and organizations that specialize in the needs of children. We are all volunteers...we have no paid employees. Founded in 1997.
Cleared For The Option
ATC authorization for an aircraft to make a touch-and-go, low approach, missed approach, stop and go, or full stop landing at the discretion of the pilot. It is normally used in training so that an instructor can evaluate a student’s performance under changing situations. Pilots should advise ATC if they decide to remain on the runway, of any delay in their stop and go, delay clearing the runway, or are unable to comply with the instruction(s).
“Contrary to some media reporting, the NTSB is, and has been since Friday, actively investigating this crash. Our investigation of this crash does not rely solely upon our physical presence at the crash site, in fact, on-scene activities are but one portion of the many necessary to our investigative process.”
Source: Tim LeBaron, Deputy Director for Regional Operations in the NTSB’s Office of Aviation Safety, discussing errant media reporting and the NTSB's attempts to correct the record.
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