NTSB: Judge Geraghty Also "Distressed" Over Riggs Suit Against Witnesses

The ongoing battle between those attempting to keep aviation safe and scoundrel-free, and a persistent aero-con-man, got a new start this morning as aviation bad-boy, David Glen Riggs, stood before NTSB Administrative Law Judge Patrick Geraghty. This is Riggs' most recent attempt to stave off the FAA's fight to revoke his certificates for this part in an unlawful commercial operation in which an associated airplane, flown by another pilot crashed, killing the pilot, Doug Gilliss, and his passenger Rick Winslow. Early indications are that Riggs is in for a rough ride. FAA Counsel, Naomi Tsuda, started in early as Tsuda told Judge Geraghty in the public hearing that she believes the

The Corporate Pilots' Fun Airplane

Nestled among the multi-million-dollar business jets and high-performance turboprops at the NBAA static display in Las Vegas in October was something a little unusual... a motorglider. Alexander Papenberg, CEO of Stemme USA, was showing off the Stemme S10-VT at NBAA for a simple reason. "Lots of corporate pilots fly from A to B IFR during the workday, and on weekends they want to fly a real airplane. They come here, they look at it, and fall in love."

"NASA and its industry partners are committed to the goal of safely and cost-effectively launching astronauts from home within the next five years." Source: Phil McAlister, director of the Commercial Spaceflight Development Division at NASA.

A service provided under a letter of agreement to military single-piloted turbojet aircraft which permits use of a single UHF frequency during approach for landing.

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