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An F-15 pilot who was hurt when the airplane broke up in flight sued Boeing…Sales of Light Sport Aircraft have slowed…FAA has prohibited first flights in homebuilt aircraft at Placerville airport…Two Russian Tu-95 bombers escorted away by NATO jets near Alaska…Montana college student pilot rescued after mountain crash.

An F-15 pilot who was hurt when the airplane broke up in flight has sued Boeing, alleging "gross indifference" to the safety of flight crews...

Sales of Light Sport Aircraft have slowed, perhaps reflecting economic uncertainty, says Dan Johnson of bydanjohnson.com...

EAA is working to reverse an FAA decision that prohibits first flights in homebuilt aircraft from the Placerville, Calif., airport...

Two Russian Tu-95 bombers that flew close to U.S. airspace near Alaska were escorted away by NATO jets early Wednesday...

A Montana college student pilot spent a cold night on a mountain near Billings after taking a wrong turn on a cross country. Andrew Sheffer was walking out through waist-deep snow when he was found by rescuers.