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FAA "Errors" On Fatigue Rules Exemption

Sat, 19 May 2012 21:37:19 +0000

Justice Department attorneys representing the FAA Thursday said the agency made “errors” in enacting pilot fatigue rules that exempt cargo carriers and the issue would be revisited.FAA officials originally estimated that including cargo carriers in new pilot rest rules would cost the industry $214 million over ten years.Based at least in part on that cost estimate, the FAA exempted cargo pilots from the rules. Attorneys representing the FAA now say errors in the cost calculation are “sufficient” to review those calculations. The decision to revisit the issue is concurrent with a lawsuit brought against the FAA by UPS’ pilots union. And the FAA’s attorneys have made a request regarding that action.

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James Polehinke, Sole Survivor

Fri, 18 May 2012 23:29:26 +0000

On August 27, 2006, Comair Flight 5191 crashed during an attempted takeoff from the wrong runway at Lexington’s Blue Grass Airport, killing all 49 aboard, save the co-pilot, James Polehinke, who has now become the subject of a documentary. A Chicago film maker will feature Polehinke in the movie “Sole Survivor,” which creates accounts of the lives of people who became sole survivors of commuter aircraft crashes. It will be released this fall. Polehinke was at the controls of Comair’s CRJ-100 as it sped into the grass off the end of the airport’s shorter, narrower Runway 26. It had been cleared for the twice as wide and twice as long Runway 22. Polehinke awoke from a coma after the crash to learn he had facial fractures, a complex fracture of the pelvis, two fractures of the spine, and broken bones in his left leg, right foot and right hand. The film may show that wasn’t the worst of it.

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Continental’s Mattituck Services To Close

Fri, 18 May 2012 01:15:00 +0000

Troubled by decreasing volume in a flat aviation economy, Mattituck Services, one of the northeast’s longest-established engine shops, will close at the end of May, according to Continental Motors. Some of the 23 affected employees will move to Continental’s Fairhope, Alabama facility, which offers similar services on overhauls and factory service.

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Legendary CFI Evelyn Bryan Johnson Dies At 102

Thu, 17 May 2012 03:11:32 +0000

Evelyn Bryan Johnson, who logged 57,635.4 hours in the air — more than six years — during her long flying career, died last week at age 102. Johnson, known as “Mama Bird,” taught more than 5,000 students and gave more than 9,000 check rides for the FAA. She ran a small airport in Morristown, Tenn., until she was past 100. “Mrs. Johnson said she would retire when she was old enough, which she never was,” reads her New York Times obituary. “Each time she went up in a plane — her last flight was as a passenger in 2009 — she said she saw something new and beautiful.”

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FAA Tweaks Drone Rules

Wed, 16 May 2012 05:00:59 +0000

The FAA on Monday released some revisions to its rules governing the use of unmanned aircraft systems in the National Airspace System. The changes increase the allowable weight for UAS operated by law enforcement agencies from 4.4 pounds to 25 pounds, and also establish a procedure for those agencies to obtain a waiver to fly UAS. The applicant will first get a waiver for training and performance evaluation, then “when the organization has shown proficiency in flying its UAS,” it will receive an operational waiver. The FAA said it has already streamlined its procedures for obtaining waivers and lengthened the duration of operational waivers from 12 months to 24 months.

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Bombardier Introduces Learjet 70 and 75 At EBACE

Tue, 15 May 2012 06:53:14 +0000

Bombardier introduced two new aircraft, the Learjet 70 and 75, at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in Geneva on Monday morning. The jets will be based on the fuselage of the Learjet 40 and 45, but with new Honeywell engines and winglets added to boost performance and efficiency. In the cockpit, the new Garmin G5000 Vision Flight Deck will provide widescreen displays and touchscreen controls. The cabin interior will be based on the Learjet 85, with upgraded seats and a new cabin management system. The company already has orders for more than 50 of the airplanes, Steve Ridolfi, president of Bombardier Business Aircraft, said at EBACE.

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Canadian Midair Kills Five

Mon, 14 May 2012 08:49:04 +0000

There are few details available from initial reports but Canadian officials are investigating how a Lake Buccaneer and a Piper Cherokee came together near the tiny town of St. Brieux, Saskatchewan (population 492) on Saturday, killing both occupants of the Buc and all three on the Cherokee. St. Brieux is a small rural community about 125 miles northeast of the nearest large town, Saskatoon. St. Brieux has an airport, however, and that’s where the Cherokee was headed. Initial reports said the collision occurred near the airport.

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P-40 Discovered After 70 Years

Sat, 12 May 2012 12:25:36 +0000

An early model RAF Curtis P-40 Kittyhawk (Warhawk) wearing markings from the 260 Squadron and likely lost in 1942 was found last month largely in tact in western Egypt’s Al Wadi al Jadid desert. The aircraft has been photographed sitting on its belly with the canopy nearly closed. It is suspected to be that of Flight Sergeant Dennis Copping who went missing while ferrying a damaged Kittyhawk with markings “HS-B.” If so, it could be associated also with Canadian ace James Francis “Stocky” Edwards. The aircraft’s resting place is 200 miles from the nearest town and no evidence of the pilot’s remains have been found. A museum may now attempt to recover the aircraft, but there are complications. Video after the jump.

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GAMA First Quarter Report

Fri, 11 May 2012 14:22:09 +0000

The first three months of 2012 saw total billings for aircraft fall eight percent, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), but piston-powered airplane shipments dropped by a smaller margin. Piston aircraft shipments totaled 184 units for the first three months of 2012, versus 188 shipments over the same period last year. The figures account for a 2.1 percent decrease that matched the decrease in total worldwide general aviation shipments. GAMA president and CEO, Pete Bunce offered a theory and some legislative advice.

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Denny Fitch, Sioux City Flight 232 Throttle Man Dies

Thu, 10 May 2012 16:16:48 +0000

Denny Fitch, the off-duty United Airlines DC-10 instructor who worked the throttles in the crash landing of Flight 232 at Sioux City, IA on July 19, 1989 died of brain cancer on May 7. Fitch, along with 184 others survived in a legendary feat of airmanship credited with initiating the now-standard concept of crew resource management. Nobody had a right to walk away from that, Fitch told the Sioux City Herald just after the accident, in which 111 people died. Fitch was deadheading from United’s training center in Denver to his home near Chicago when he heard the bang that signalled shards of turbine blades on the tail-mounted No. 2 engine slicing through lines supplying all three hydraulic systems on the aircraft. As the engine shook itself to a final smoking death,the only controls left were the power settings for the wing-mounted engines. After reassuring a flight attendant that everything would be alright, Fitch headed for the cockpit.

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