Two Fatally Injured When The Aircraft Went Down With A Patient On Board
The NTSB has released its preliminary report from an accident in Wichita Falls, TX involving a medical helicopter transporting a patient. That patient and a flight nurse were fatally injured when the aircraft went down on approach to the United Regional Hospital helipad.
Sixteen Apparently Airworthy G222 Aircraft Sold To Afghan Construction Company For Six Cents Per Pound
The Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction has sent a letter to the Secretary of the Air Force questioning the scrapping of 16 apparently airworthy G222 aircraft for six cents per pound.
CFM International's LEAP engine took to the skies for the first time on 6 October on a modified 747 flying testbed at GE Aviation Flight Test Operations in Victorville, California, launching the next phase of testing for the advanced engine program.
Measure Already Approved By The Full State Assembly
The New Jersey State Senate Transportation Committee has passed a resolution that would ban tourist helicopter flights over the New Jersey side of the Hudson River.
Currently Being Integrated Into USAF F-16 Airplanes
A new NASA-developed Automatic Ground-Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS) that could significantly reduce the incidence of controlled flight into terrain aircraft accidents is currently being integrated into the flight control systems of the U.S. Air Force's fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft.
Traveled Back To Santa Monica, CA And Returned To Balloon Fiesta With Alternate Balloon
It was to have been a tribute to her father. Marilyn Wallace planned to fly her father Rick's balloon daily during this year's Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque. Rick Wallace had flown at the Fiesta for 30 years, but had passed away shortly before this year's event.
"The LEAP engine behaved like a real veteran as we took it through its aerodynamic clearance points. I think this flight was a very positive foreshadowing of great things to come for the LEAP engine family." Source: CFM International chief test pilot Steven Crane.
As an authorizing agency, the FAA manages surplus property transfers for airports, military base conversions, and the promotion of joint-use of existing military air bases.