WASHINGTON, DC — As part of its continuing effort to support the rebuilding of the civil aviation system in Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) helped secure the donation of two surplus aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicles for the Mazar-i-Sharif Airport in Northern Afghanistan
December 15, 1943 Fw-190A2 ‘Yellow 16′ took of from the airfield Herdla in Norway. Shortly after takeoff, the pilot experienced engine trouble and had to make a controlled emergency landing on the water near the village of Solsvika west of Bergen. Almost 63 years later, on November 1, 2006, the aircraft got air under its wing again, when it was raised from a depth of 60 meters after a 5 hour recovery operation.
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You have less than two months to obtain a passport if you are planning to fly to Canada, the Caribbean, Bermuda, Mexico, or other points in Central and South America next year.
Launching a new era for the 70-year-old lightplane manufacturer, Piper Aircraft president and CEO Jim Bass last month took the wraps off the design mockup for the single-engine, six-seat PiperJet, an airplane priced at $2.19 million that adds another serious player to the market for very light jets.
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The 17th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship, held at Tochigi in Japan from 18 to 26 November 2006, came to a successful conclusion, thus closing the 2006 FAI World Championships season.
Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth, Texas, factory is gearing up for the inaugural flight of its first all-new plane produced in more than three decades.
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Published Monday, November 20th, 2006The Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea’s flag carrier Korean Air said Tuesday it will buy 25 aircraft from Boeing Co. for around $5.5 billion, the largest aviation deal in the nation’s history.
MOSCOW, November 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russia’s global positioning system Glonass should be extended to cover the whole country by the end of 2007, the Russian defense minister said Wednesday.
Published: Thursday, November 09, 2006
Public concern over the safety of small aircraft was recently brought to light by the fatal crash of Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle’s airplane in New York.
