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Volume 25, Number 33b

August 15, 2018

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Pilot Crashes Jet Into House

Mary Grady

A professional pilot, Duane Youd, stole his employer’s Cessna Citation 525 jet and deliberately crashed it into his own house, in Payson, Utah.

A Suicide in Seattle

Aweb Staff

We may all wish for an explanation of why a ramp worker would steal an airliner and crash it. But it's futile to expect one.

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ADS-B On The Tail: tailBeacon Is Latest ADS-B Out Solution

Larry Anglisano

With a follow-on to the skyBeacon wingtip ADS-B Out product that's been snagged in FAA TSO certification, uAvionix announced what it calls a zero-install ADS-B Out solution.

Alaska Wreck Declared Unrecoverable

Mary Grady

The National Park Service has ended its efforts to reach the crash site of a de Havilland Beaver, operated by K2 Aviation, that hit the side of a mountain during a sightseeing flight in Denali National Park last week.

Bill Promotes Flight Training For Veterans

Mary Grady

A bill now under consideration in the U.S. Senate would provide grants to flight schools to help them recruit veterans to train to become commercial airline pilots.

NTSB: Turbulence Forecasts Need Improvement

Mary Grady

The National Weather Service needs to do a better job of forecasting low-level turbulence, which can affect GA pilots, the NTSB said in a recent Safety Recommendation.

Healthy Pilot #14: Bad Back? Welcome to the Club

Tim Cole

Your body’s wondrous structure of bone, muscle, tendons, ligaments and assorted odds and ends is a fantastic erector set that keeps vital organs safe, and allows for all of life’s perambulations. It lifts, twists, bends on command, and permits pilots to go about their cockpit tasks without a second thought.

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Picture of the Week, August 9, 2018

We were about 45 NM north of EYW on the 2nd leg of my first flight in a Cirrus SR22 GTS. N900KP was rented from Paragon Flight (KFMY) and flown from Page Field to Key West International (KEYW). Photo by Robert Murray.

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