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Comment Period Ending for Citation Excel Tailcone Icing AD

February 9, 2012

Gulfstream Adds Brokerage Service to Pre-owned Sales

February 9, 2012

Bombardier Adds Upset Recovery Training to Leading Edge Program

February 7, 2012

FAA Issues Emergency AD for Bell LongRangers

February 2, 2012

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Cargo Carriage of Lithium Batteries Suspected in Some Accidents

February 1, 2012

Battery fires: keeping the Li-ion caged

Battery fires: keeping the Li-ion caged

February 1, 2012

Indian Air Safety Audit Could Draw Unwelcome Outside Scrutiny

Indian airlines are unhappy over the leaking of a government safety audit

January 9, 2012

Accident Rate in Gulf of Mexico Improves

January 5, 2012

Year Ends with Significant Increase in Bizav Accidents

January 5, 2012

Investigators Recommend Main Gearbox Changes in Wake of 2009 Super Puma Fatal Accident

January 1, 2012

FAA Forming Proposals on AeroNav Chart Charges

Following a meeting Tuesday with stakeholders to garner ideas and suggestions on the FAA’s plans to start charging for digital charts

December 15, 2011

Vaisala Upgrades Lightning Data

Vaisala, a provider of weather-measuring equipment and services, has upgraded the quality of its Global Lightning Dataset GLD360

December 8, 2011

NTSB To Hold Air Show/Race Safety Meeting

The NTSB plans to hold a one-day hearing on air race and airshow safety at its headquarters in Washington, D.C.

December 6, 2011

Fire-containment Bags Don’t Snuff Fires

AINalerts reported last week that fire-containment bags, like those sold by Aircare Access and Ship It AOG

December 6, 2011

Randy Babbitt Quits FAA After Weekend DWI Arrest

FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt has resigned from the FAA in the wake of his arrest Saturday night on a charge of driving while intoxicated (DWI).

December 6, 2011

Blue Hawaiian EcoStar Crashes on Molokai

Hawaii’s highly changeable, localized weather could be a factor in the fatal crash of another air-tour helicopter.

December 3, 2011

Bombardier Safety Standdown Speakers Put Premium on Professionalism

Safety Standdown Speakers Put Premium on Professionalism

December 3, 2011

Firebags Can Snuff Out Onboard Li-ion Battery Fires

The fiery failure of a lithium-ion battery powering an Apple iPhone 4 aboard Regional Express Flight ZL319 last Friday

December 1, 2011

Southwest To Deploy Wireless Ground Communications

Southwest Airlines says it will be the first major airline to widely use a wireless ground support communications system.

November 30, 2011

Part 91 Safety Survey Online

A business jet captain pursuing a master’s degree at Embry-Riddle is asking pilots at Part 91 turbine operators to take a survey to help with her degree

November 3, 2011

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