http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 9:35:16 EDT National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators are investigating the Aug. 12 crash of a Beechcraft Bonanza into a shopping center parking lot in Easton, MA, fatally injuring all three aboard. The Angel Flight carrying a cancer patient to Boston nose-dived into the parking lot of a Hannaford store... http://www.aviationtoday.com/asw/categories/bga/25212.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT On November 6, 2007, a Cessna 208B (N701SE) operated by Florida Air Cargo, and a Beech E18S (N18R) operated by Island Air Service, collided on taxiway C at the intersection with taxiway N at Opa Locka Airport (OPF), Miami, FL. There were no injuries but both airplanes sustained substantial damage. The... http://www.aviationtoday.com/asw/categories/bga/25215.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Alaska Airlines was forced to cancel nearly 50 flights between the state of Alaska and Lower 48 states and had to add flights to re-accommodate about 5,200 passengers affected by earlier cancellations due to the threat of volcanic ash. The airline suspended flying to and from Adak, Anchorage, Fairbanks... http://www.aviationtoday.com/asw/categories/bga/25216.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT ALPA Condemns Criminalization of Concorde Accident Captain John Prater, president of the Air Line Pilots Association, deplores the decision by French prosecutors to pursue a criminal investigation of the 2000 Concorde crash in Paris. "France's archaic approach to this tragic event represents a step... http://www.aviationtoday.com/asw/categories/bga/25218.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Special Awareness Training for the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Final rule. SUMMARY: The FAA is requiring "special awareness" training for any pilot who flies under visual flight rules (VFR) within a 60 nautical mile radius of the Washington, DC VHF omni-directional range/distance measuring... http://www.aviationtoday.com/asw/categories/bga/25220.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks July 03, 2008 McCarthy, AK Cessna 185 N80596 A/c sustained substantial damage during emergency, off-airport landing, 22 miles SE of McCarthy. Pilot ran one main fuel tank dry 10 minutes into flight. Turned on auxiliary fuel pump, and switched fuel tank... http://www.aviationtoday.com/asw/categories/bga/25221.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Eight people, six passengers and the flight deck crew, were killed when a chartered British Aerospace BAe-125-800A (N818MV) crashed July 31 in Owatonna, MN. The business jet flight originated in Atlantic City, NJ, (Atlantic City-ACY ) and crashed beyond Runway 30 at Owatonna's Degner Regional Airport (OWA)... http://www.aviationtoday.com/asw/categories/bga/25040.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT A new rule has been implemented by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that extends the terms of first- and third-class medical certificates. The rule took effect July 24, 2008. "The purpose of the new ruling is to improve the efficiency of the medical certification program and process. It will... http://www.aviationtoday.com/asw/categories/bga/25042.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an updated Airworthiness Directive (AD) for the Eclipse 500 fleet of aircraft manufactured by Eclipse Aviation, clarifying how the Very Light Jet's (VLJ) Throttle Quadrant Assembly (TQA) should be inspected. Today's AD replaces the prior emergency AD... http://www.aviationtoday.com/asw/categories/bga/25044.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Airworthiness Directive; MD Helicopters, Inc. Model 369A, OH-6A, 369D, 369E, 369F, 369FF, 369H, 369HE, 369HM, and 369HS Helicopters. Final Rule. SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that requires repetitive tap inspections of each tail rotor (T/R) blade abrasion strip. This... http://www.aviationtoday.com/asw/categories/bga/25047.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT