Flying News

WHEN the two Red Arrow Hawks make that final turn to start rocketing towards each other at 700 mph for a double roll over Bournemouth Pier , one of their devoted spectators will know exactly how it feels.

With only 10 months before the planned opening of a new airport near West Bay, a Tuesday meeting of the Airport Authority pointed to a surprising number of unresolved issues still plaguing the airport relocation project.

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya tearfully recounted to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday his pre-dawn gunpoint rousting and forced flight to Costa Rica then vowed to return to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Thursday, escorted by two international diplomats and two Latin American presidents.

A FORMER airline pilot and his wife were at the centre of complaints that nearly grounded flights at Kemble Airport, it has been revealed.

It was Christmas 1944 when Warren Johnson Sr., an aircraft commander with the U.S. Army Air Forces, gave his 4-year-old cousin Ben his first model plane, along with a promise to build it when he returned from the Pacific.

The Pilots N Paws 5000 is a special event put on by the non-profit organization Pilots N Paws. The goal is to provide transport for 5000 animals from shelters to foster homes during a one week interval.

Rep. Jeff Fortenberry has introduced a resolution in the House to recognize the contributions of the general aviation industry to the United States.

I have spent the past few weeks traveling all around the country - mainly to speak with groups of pilots about the value of general aviation and the General Aviation Serves America campaign.

Airbus may be asked to issue a ground order for their world-wide fleet of long range aircraft starting tomorrow.

More often than we realize, private pilots across the country fill their planes with unlikely passengers, transporting them to safe new homes.

Kimberly Anyadike, 15, of Compton, Calif., stopped in Austin on Tuesday as part of her journey honoring the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II.

Both the National Business Aviation Association and AOPA said this week that current proposals now in play in Washington are good news for general aviation.

According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the world's airlines lost more than $3 billion in the first quarter of 2009.

Greeneville-Greene County Municipal Airport was a busy place on Saturday, with five airplanes and a helicopter taking youngsters on their first flights, 50 young people in all.

US Airways flight 1241, a Boeing 737-400, flying from from Philadelphia,PA to Tampa,FL, on Saturday, June 27, 2009, blew both front tires and ground the front strut gear upon landing.

Ten years after the Robert Mueller Municipal Airport closed, private developers are aiming to begin construction on its replacement, the Central Texas Airport.

Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 50 brings the old 1929 Tin Goose to Griffing-Sandusky Airport , 3155 Cleveland Road, Sandusky, from noon to 5 p.m. July 2; and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 3-6. Flight for EAA members is $50; non-members, $60. Tickets available on-site or online at http://flytheford.org. For information, call Ben Gleason at ...

A pilot was rescued in his lifejacket after a light aircraft ditched in the English Channel, coastguards have said.

Young Eagles took flight Saturday morning at the Moriarty Municipal Airport. From about 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., kids ages 8 to 17 received 15-minute flights.

There's a lot of discussion now about possible relocation of the existing airfield in Hailey for commercial jets and general aviation.