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DOT Deputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg has been selected to serve as acting FAA administrator, replacing the eminently qualified Billy Nolen, who announced his intention to step down earlier this year. Kathryn “Katie” Thomson will serve as the FAA’s deputy administrator, replacing Brad Mims, who is assuming a new, senior role at the DOT as head of the agency’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. In the first week of June, low visibility instantiated by smoke from wildfires in the Canadian Province of Quebec occasioned flight delays, cancellations, and ground stops at New York’s LaGuardia (LGA) an
rescEU Aerial Firefighting Fleet Balloons to 28 Aircraft Ahead of Summer
The European Union has doubled its combined rescEU aerial firefighting fleet ahead of the 2023 wildfire season, with 24 fixed wing and 4 rotary wing aircraft from 10 EU member states. The composite fleet was announced at the 105th anniversary of the EU's Emergency Response Coordination Centre by Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic. The fleet will include 16 light planes from Sweden, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Germany, and Cyprus; 10 'medium scooping planes' from Spain, Italy, Greece, France, and Croatia; and 4 helicopters from Czechia, Greece, and France.
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After The Airplane Crossed The Runway Threshold, The Flight Track Data Showed The Flight Path Shift To The Right
On May 6, 2023, at 1522 central daylight time, a Cessna 310D, N6798T, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident in Ennis, Texas. The pilot and front seat passenger were seriously injured, and the backseat passenger was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) data revealed that the airplane departed David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (DWH), Houston, Texas, at 1424 and proceeded to Ennis Municipal Airport (F41) and arrived at 1522. ADS-B data also revealed that the airplane began a descent on final
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