Flying News

Why is aviation fuel i. e. much more expensive than auto fuel? Yes, partially there is a small difference in the actual chemical composition of the fuel - but mainly, every drop of aviation fuel is additionally taxed in order to finance the aviation.

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Some of the craziest pictures I have seen in a long time! Parachutist John Frost was landing at Florida Airfield just as 87-year-old pilot Shannon Trembley was coming in for a landing in a Cessna light aircraft.

EWING - The continued success of Frontier Airlines and recent improvements at Trenton-Mercer Airport have helped increase revenues, which officials hope will erase the airport's deficit and lead to a profit in the future.

Jeff Skiles, co-pilot from Flight 1549, Miracle on the Hudson, and Bret Steffen, director of education at the Experimental Aircraft Association in Wisconsin, recently flew to Port Clinton after receiving an invitation from EAA Tin Goose Chapter 1247 to stop in and see its Tri-Motor restoration project.

The Nanaimo Flying Club held a special event on International Women's Day to encourage girls to take up aviation.

During a release of the proposed budget for fiscal year 2015, the Obama administration on March 5, 2014 again proposed to establish a $100 per flight surcharge for air traffic services.

The Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority has issued a Request for Qualifications for development at the 5,000-acre Reno-Stead Airport.

The Massachusetts Port Authority has renewed and expanded its contract with Exelis to deploy a comprehensive package of situational awareness, decision-support, operations management and environmental compliance solutions.

The Obama Administration's budget for FY 2015, released March 4, recommends investing $90.9 billion in transportation improvements, a proposed increase of $18.6 billion over the amount enacted for FY 2014, or a 25.7 percent increase.

Provided City Council gives it the go-ahead tonight, the Springfield-Branson National Airport will begin a $5.6 million construction project that could help attract businesses to the area.

A small private plane piloted by Sharon Trembley crashes to the ground after getting tangled in the parachute of skydiver John Frost A skydiver and a pilot had a lucky escape when an aeroplane became entangled in the strings of the skydiver's parachute, sending both crashing into the ground near Tampa , Florida .

It takes a lot of practice, time and money to get your pilot's license. It can be a challenge for anyone, but it's especially challenging for someone who is deaf.

Authorities in Claiborne County said an experimental aircraft crashed Sunday morning before taking off at the New Tazewell Municipal Airport.

Fifty years ago on Feb. 20, 1964, Johnson joined the Pietsch family business in Minot.

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk across the tarmac at Ocean Reef's private airstrip following their arrival on the Marine One helicopter.

But as it turns out, China's not the only country that has caught the aircraft carrier bug.

Eissmann-Pence Architecture/Special to The R-C A rendering of the aviation center proposed for the east side of the Minden-Tahoe Airport.

Third- and fourth-graders from Minot and area schools gathered in front of the Wright Flyer in the Dakota Territory Air Museum to hear famous aviators the Wright Brothers Orville and Wilbur tell about inventing the first airplane and its first flight.

Over the years, I have compiled what I call my "Psalm Book of Corporate Gobbledegook."