Nearly 4,000 Reports Of Lasers Being Directed At Aircraft
The FAA has released a report showing an increase in lasers being aimed at aircraft over the past year with 3,960 such incidents in 2013. That's up from 3,482 in 2012, and 384 in 2006, the first year such statistics were kept.
Two Airplanes Flying Together Collided, One Fatally Injured
The NTSB has released its probable cause report from a midair collision which occurred in Alaska on September 2, 2011 that resulted in the fatal injury of one pilot.
Larry Lee Whitesitt, EAA 1088285, of Fairfield, Washington, was honored with the FAA's Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award signifying 50 years of safe, violation-free flying - many as a bush pilot in Canada's Northwest Territory. Minard Thompson, FAASTeam program manager at the Spokane FSDO, presented the award at the Chapter 79 Christmas party held in December.
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