On The Fly

A Piper landed on a Tulsa racetrack instead of the nearby airport…A Continental 757 landed on a taxiway at Newark…An Alaska Airlines 737 took off from the wrong runway at Sea-Tac…Two airliners clipped wings while taxiing at Newark…Mooney Aerospace Group will become a private company…PATCO says it will proceed with a class-action suit against the FAA.

The pilot of a single-engine Piper landed on a Tulsa racetrack instead of the nearby airport on Saturday afternoon...A Continental 757 mistakenly landed on a taxiway at Newark on Saturday night...

An Alaska Airlines 737 took off from the wrong runway at Seattle-Tacoma on Monday...Tuesday night, two airliners clipped wings while taxiing at Newark...

Mooney Aerospace Group, based in Kerrville, Texas, announced Tuesday that it will become a private company. Outstanding stock will be bought back at 35 cents per share, and shares will cease to be publicly traded. Mooney Airplane Company will continue to be a wholly owned subsidiary of Mooney Aerospace...

The FAA has lost an appeal, and the PATCO union can now proceed with a class-action suit against the agency, alleging age discrimination, PATCO President Ron Taylor told Avweb yesterday.