News on General Aviation

FAA: Ariz pilot who crashed had 2 other accidents

2010-03-18T13:15:59Z

<div id="subtitle">FAA: Pilot who crashed experimental plane south of Phoenix had 2 previous accidents</div><div><p>A pilot who crashed an experimental airplane in the Arizona desert this week had two previous accidents and did not have the required medical certificate to fly a plane, a Rihanna at the security check on her way to board a private jet at Schoenfeld Airport at 1am. Berlin, Germany - 05.03.10

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Texas plane crash exposes gap in US air security

2010-02-19T23:00:27Z

<div id="subtitle">Texas plane crash exposes gap in US security - but can and should anything be done about it?</div><div><p>After 9/11, cockpit doors were sealed, air marshals were added and airport searches became more aggressive, all to make sure an airliner could never again be used as a weapon. Yet little has been done to guard against attacks with smaller planes.</...

Austin plane crash exposes gap in US air security

2010-02-19T17:30:29Z

<div><p>After 9/11, cockpit doors were sealed, air marshals were added and airport searches became more aggressive, all to make sure an airliner could never again be used as a weapon. Yet little has been done to guard against attacks with smaller planes.</p><p>That point was driven home with chilling force on Thursday when a Texas man with a grudge against the Denise Exima in a private jet while being evacuated to Children's Hospital in Philadelphia by the Boston-based aid group Partners in Health from Port-au-Prince, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010. Doctors skirted a bureaucratic logjam to save the ...

ODD Gold Course Landing

2010-01-26T12:00:41Z

Jerry McMorrow watches his tee shot on the 11th hole Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010, Houston where a Cessna 170 on a flight from Lafayette, La. ran out of fuel and glided on to the grass the previous night. Veteran pilot Brendon Ford says an a...

brittney spears airplane

2009-11-21T17:16:50Z

Atmosphere Britney Spears departs Sydney Airport aboard a private jet after the Sydney concert dates on the Australian leg of her 'Circus' tour. Sydney, Australia - 21.11.09

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tom cruise arrives austria

2009-11-19T19:18:29Z

Tom Cruise arriving at Salzburg airport on a private jet. Cruise is Austria to film his new movie "Knight And Day". Salzburg, Austria - 19.11.09

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CORRECTION Emirates Dubai Airshow

2009-11-17T04:01:02Z

Emirati officials visit the flydubai Airbus plane during an Airshow in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday Nov. 15, 2009. Ethiopian Airlines confirmed an order Sunday for 12 A350 XWB aircraft from Airbus in...

Emirates Dubai Airshow

2009-11-17T03:46:28Z

Emirati officials watch planes performing overhead during the Airshow in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday Nov. 15, 2009. Ethiopian Airlines confirmed an order Sunday for 12 A350 XWB aircraft from Airbus ...

britney spears plane

2009-11-14T17:19:09Z

Britney Spears carries her son Jayden James Federline as she arrives into Sydney Airport aboard a private jet for the the Sydney leg of her 'Circus' Tour. Sydney, Australia - 14.11.09

shakira schoenefeld

2009-11-06T13:33:22Z

Shakira checking in for a flight on a private jet at Schoenefeld Airport right after the MTV Europe Music Awards 2009. Berlin, Germany - 05.11.09

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Philippine plane crash in Manila suburb kills 4

2010-02-24T17:52:57Z

<div id="subtitle">Philippine DC-3 plane on test flight crashes in Manila suburb, killing 4</div><div><p>A propeller-driven plane on a test flight crashed and burst into flames in a suburb of the Philippine capital on Saturday, killing at least four people onboard, airport officials said.</p><p>The DC-3 plane scraped the roofs of 14 houses in

2 killed in small plane crash near Ohio school

2010-02-25T17:12:59Z

<div id="subtitle">Pilot, passenger killed when small biplane crashes near Ohio high school's football field</div><div><p>Officials say two people have been killed when a biplane crashed near a football scrimmage at an Ohio high school.</p><p>The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the single-engin...

2 killed in small plane crash north of Los Angeles

2010-02-26T07:40:22Z

<div id="subtitle">Both people aboard experimental airplane die in northern Los Angeles County crash</div><div><p>Authorities say both people aboard an experimental airplane have died when it crashed in northern Los Angeles County.</p><p>Federal Aviation Adm...

PRESIDENT OBAMA: DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO

2010-02-26T19:38:36Z

<div><h1> PRESIDENT OBAMA: DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO </h1><p>I was reading "Public Flak Grounds Private Jets," which cites President Obama's criticisms of executives using private jets (BTW, June 8), when I glanced up at the TV to see the Obamas boarding Air Force One for dinner and a show in New York.</p>&lt...

Continental says biofuel did well in flight test

2010-02-26T20:03:32Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Continental Airlines said a blend of biologically derived fuel and jet fuel performed slightly better than jet fuel alone during a test flight by the world's fifth-largest airline.</p><p>During some parts of a 90-minute test flight in January, the blended fuel displa...

Economy buffeting student pilots, flight schools

2010-02-27T16:18:58Z

<div id="subtitle">Losing altitude: Economy grounding student pilots, causing turbulence for flight schools</div><div><p>Ivan Nogalo can often hear small planes buzzing over his machine shop in Cleveland. "You want to be up there," the 33-year-old said.</p><p>But Nogalo can't be. The would-be pilot has been grounded because the economy has forced him...

Private jet sales, premium travel slump

2010-03-03T12:10:34Z

<div><p>Battered by the crisis and under pressure to ditch the high-flying lifestyle, executives from Tokyo to New York are shunning private jets and business-class fares, spelling hard times for both industries.</p><p>North American private jet makers, from Bombardier to Cessna and Air New Zealand on Tuesday successfully flew a test flight powered by second-generation biofuel, and hailed it as a "significant milestone" in the development of sustainable fuels for aircraft.</p><p>The airline used a 50-50 blend of standard jet fuel and synthetic fuel made from the oil of jatropha plant seeds to power one of the engines on a