Fire Wrecks Four Aircraft At Greenville Downtown Airport A charter operator in South Carolina has likely been hard hit by an early morning fire in its hangar. Authorities say at least four aircraft in the hangar owned by Special Services Corporation at Greenville Downtown Airport were destroyed by[…] Read this article
Best Of The Web: Chinook Helicopter Plucks Crashed CL-215 From Wilderness Buffalo Airways in Canada’s Northwest Territories is known for its can-do attitude, and when one of its CL-215 waterbombers was in a mishap on a remote lake, the decision was made to bring it home. It flew back to Yellowknife[…] Read this article
Balloonist Charged After Being Ordered To Land In National Park (Corrected) The pilot of a balloon carrying six passengers that landed in Grand Teton National Park in July is facing Class B misdemeanor charges under the Code of Federal Regulations. As reported by a local Wyoming news source, Richard Glas told[…] Read this article
SpaceX Aims For Friday Starship Launch SpaceX says it’s ready to launch its Starship rocket as early as Friday if the FAA can grant permission by then. The 400-foot system has been poised at the pad at SpaceX’s Boca Chica, Texas, “Starbase” for several weeks while[…] Read this article
Whitaker Gets NextGen Marching Orders From GAO Recently confirmed FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker has received his first assignment from the Government Accountability Office, and he should be familiar with the subject matter. The GAO says Whitaker should get cracking on the NextGen air navigation modernization program. Whitaker[…] Read this article
