Livermore, California, Mandates Providing Unleaded Fuel At Its Airport The city council of Livermore, California, has approved a resolution that would require the FBO at the city-owned airport to provide unleaded fuel within 24 months. According to a story in local online news outlet Pleasanton Weekly, the resolution amends[…] Read this article
NTSB's 'Most Wanted' List Of Safety Issues To Be Retired The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced today it will discontinue its “Most Wanted” list of transportation safety improvements at year-end. Begun in 1990, the list has highlighted safety issues the board viewed as priorities for attention from related government[…] Read this article
Expectation Bias Cited In NTSB's Final Report On 2022 JetBlue Tail-Strike The NTSB has concluded a JetBlue captain’s decision to take off prematurely to prevent a potential head-on collision with an opposing King Air led to a heavy tailstrike that forced an emergency diversion. As we reported at the time, the[…] Read this article
USAF Fighters Top Off From A Civilian-Operated Air-To-Air Tanker For the first time, a civilian-operated KDC-10 tanker supported U.S. Air Force fighters in aerial refueling operations early last month. Operated by San Antonio, Texas-based Omega Aerial Refueling Services, the KDC-10 was equipped with “mission-essential personnel and equipment” and refueled[…] Read this article
EAA Announces Lineup Of Jet Demo Teams for AirVenture 2024 The Experimental Aircraft Association reported today (Dec. 14) that multiple military aircraft demonstration teams and a “unique private jet group” are slated to perform at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, scheduled for July 22-28. The EAA has commitments from the F-22[…] Read this article
