On The Fly…

Northrop Grumman now owns all of Scaled Composites. The deal was concluded Friday. The company previously held 40 percent of the Mojave, Calif.-based Scaled, which was founded by Burt Rutan…

A Mississippi pilot did some aerobatics to scare a grey rat snake from the cockpit to the rear of the plane last Thursday. Dr. Ed Carruth said he noticed the snake when it started licking his arm. A snake expert removed the reptile after Carruth landed in Brookhaven…

A San Diego developer has begun taking off the top two stories from a building he put up in defiance of FAA height restrictions near Montgomery Field. A deconstruction camera has been set up to monitor the progress.