On The Fly…

NATCA says FAA is dragging out contract talks…FAA testing new wind shear-detection technology at Las Vegas…Feds say American Airlines failed to investigate a fuel leak…Chelton to provide glass cockpits for Bell Helicopter 407…The Flight 93 Memorial Project has chosen a design for a memorial…Sino Swearingen wrapped a flight-test phase for its SJ30 light jet.

NATCA says the FAA is deliberately slowing the pace of contract negotiations, being "disruptive and counterproductive..."

The FAA is testing new wind shear-detection technology at Las Vegas airport...

Federal prosecutors have sued American Airlines for $1 million, alleging the airline failed to investigate a fuel leak detected by an FAA inspector on a flight in 2003...

Chelton Flight Systems will provide glass-cockpit systems for Bell Helicopter's 407 light single-engine helicopter...

The Flight 93 Memorial Project has chosen a design for a permanent memorial at the site of the crash...

Sino Swearingen has wrapped another flight-test phase for its SJ30 light jet and hopes for FAA certification this year.