Controller Orders 172 Pilot To Land For Being 'Risk To Aviation Safety' A controller at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Arizona ordered a pilot to land and then grounded her after she appeared to be confused and disoriented while flying in the immediate area of the airport. The Cessna 172 pilot, who said[…] Read this article
Avgas Issue Comes To A Head And It's About Time We attend so many different types of events at AirVenture that my colleagues and I have learned to never be surprised at what one might yield. Some of the most seemingly insignificant events have resulted in some of the best[…] Read this article
California Airshow Includes Beach Runway Scores of attendees, aircraft and performers will again flock to Huntington Beach this fall for the Pacific Airshow—a cornerstone event for Southern California and the largest airshow in the U.S. by attendance. To commemorate its return to Surf City Oct.[…] Read this article
Emergency AD Issued For PT6 Turbine Blade Failures Transport Canada issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) on Feb. 15 mandating the grounding of aircraft equipped with certain Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PT6 turboprop engines until turbine blade replacements are conducted. The move comes as there have been reports of three[…] Read this article
NBAA Launches Customs Tool For GA Airports The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) developed a new GA Airport Fact Sheet tool outlining critical port-of-entry details at more than 300 airports across the United States. The tool consolidates hundreds of airport fact sheets created and distributed by U.S. Customs and[…] Read this article
