Archive for July, 2009
 

 

On This Day in Aviation History: July 22

India's first fighter pilot is killed, and the US forces dispatch Uday and Qusay Hussein.
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Tiny Airports Take Off With Stimulus

The Federal Aviation Administration has now allocated all of its $1.1 billion in stimulus money for airport improvements. But the complex set of rules laid out in the recovery act has led to some counterintuitive results: The b...
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica

 
 

Pilot Gets Lost, Wreaks Havoc at JFK

A retired Navy pilot flying his home-built plane from Virginia to Long Island made a wrong turn along the way, leaving him smack in the middle of Kennedy Airport's bustling airspace and perilously close to an inbound 747.
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JetAmerica Folds

After extensive speculation that JetAmerica was on the ropes before it had even taken off, the AP reports JetAmerica has thrown in the towel.
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VIDEO: Airbus A380 Makes Hard Crosswind Short Field Landing at Oshkosh

The big Airbus makes a bouncy, swervy landing on a short runway at Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
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