On The Fly…
Columbia Aircraft off on 30-stop road tour…Need charts? RunwayFinder has sectionals online…Beach-buzzing pilot sentenced to 240 hours community service…New runway approach lights CVG extend across Interstate 275…AD requires cable inspection in some American Champion aircraft…EAA’s Young Eagles program has now flown over 1.2 million kids…GlobalFlyer has landed safely at Kennedy Space Center…Three aircraft came too close over Dallas on Nov. 2.
Columbia Aircraft is taking its airplanes on the road, with 30 stops scheduled for this year's tour...
Need charts? Here's RunwayFinder, another Web site with sectionals online, mashed up with runway info, weather reports and Google maps...
A pilot who buzzed beaches at Santa Cruz, Calif., last May was sentenced last week to 240 hours of community service. Kenneth Yanz pleaded no contest to misdemeanor unlawful flight. One witness said Yanz's Cessna was so low that people were ducking down on the sand and grabbing their children. The FAA has revoked his certificate...
Approach lights to a new runway at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport extend across Interstate 275...
The FAA has issued an Airworthiness Directive requiring the inspection of control cables in certain American Champion aircraft. If problems are found the cables must be replaced. The rule takes effect tomorrow...
EAA's Young Eagles program has now flown over 1.2 million participants...
GlobalFlyer has landed safely at Kennedy Space Center after a flight from Salina, Kan. The aircraft is ready to launch on a round-the-world record flight when the weather is right...
Three aircraft came too close over Dallas on Nov. 2 and the FAA didn't discover the error until the next day, WFAA-TV reported Friday. The three airplanes were a Southwest 737, a Piper Cheyenne and a Hawker bizjet owned by football player Troy Aikman.
