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More than 62 years after it crashed in a swamp, a Spitfire is back on display. The cockpit of the plane, a Battle of Britain participant, was shown off at Hooton Park airfield, in Britain, on the weekend. It took four years to recover and restore the cockpit of the plane, which was originally based at the same airfield during the Second World War…

The NTSB says a Piper Cherokee climbed into a Cessna 150 in a midair collision that killed the pilots of both planes near Kinnelon, N.J., on Aug. 7. Both planes were flying VFR and had taken off from different airports…

The Ninety-Nines will be flying for charity over the next couple of months. Members of the women pilots’ group will take pledges for four hours of flight time logged in September and October with proceeds going to breast cancer research. Participants don’t have to be members of the group…

Airline Pilots Against Age Discrimination (APAAD) has launched a new Web site devoted to the cause of overturning the Age 60 rule. APAAD claims membership from all major airlines and wants the U.S. to follow the lead of other countries in letting airline pilots work beyond the current mandatory retirement age of 60…

Jeff Evans has been named the assistant manager of the National Business Aviation Association’s GA Desk. The GA desk represents the NBAA in discussions with the FAA on airspace and air flow issues.

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