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Final Report: Controllers Blamed For Runway Collision
October 10, 2006, 10:01 AM
July 2005

Piper PA-46-350P Malibu Mirage, North Las Vegas, Nev., Sept.

Preliminary Report: Danish Jet Dunks At Atlantic City
October 10, 2006, 10:00 AM
July 2005

Cessna Citation 525A CJ2, Atlantic City, N.J., May 15, 2005–The pilot of Danish-registered CJ2 OY-JET said he “lost the brakes.” The airplane hit the water after landing at Atlantic City Municipal Airport/Bader Field, but investigators found no abnormalities in the brake systems.

Preliminary Report: MU-2 Takeoff Crash Kills Four
October 10, 2006, 9:58 AM
July 2005

Mitsubishi MU-2B, Hillsboro, Ore., May 24, 2005–The pilot, his wife and another couple aboard Mitsubishi MU-2B N312MA were killed when the twin turboprop crashed moments after taking off. VMC prevailed.

Factual Report: Irregularities Noted After Learjet Accident
October 10, 2006, 9:55 AM
July 2005

Gates Learjet 25B, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Feb., 20, 2004– Skylink Jets’ Learjet N24RZ was substantially damaged when it struck a fence and building after it overran the runway on landing at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE) in VMC.

Factual Report: MU-2 Flight Was Erratic Before Crash
October 10, 2006, 9:35 AM
July 2005

Mitsubishi MU-2B-36, Pittsfield, Mass., March 25, 2004– Royal Air Freight’s MU-2 was substantially damaged and the ATP pilot killed when the airplane crashed in Pittsfield in VMC. The Part 135 trip originated in Pontiac, Mich., about 11:30 the previous evening.

Congressional Observer: July 2005
October 10, 2006, 9:31 AM
July 2005

– The Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration finally surrendered to Congressional pressure and offered a plan to open Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to general aviation traffic.

Aeronautics Research Bill Lauded
October 10, 2006, 9:27 AM
July 2005

Rep. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) has introduced the “Aeronautics Research and Development Revitalization Act of 2005” to reinvigorate the nation’s aeronautics research program.

MAC Recommends Tracon Consolidation
October 10, 2006, 9:21 AM
July 2005

The FAA’s industry-government Management Advisory Council (MAC) is recommending that the agency take several steps to save money, including consolidating some Tracons, contracting out more VFR control towers and reducing the number of FAA regions.

FBO PROFILE: Skyservice Avitat
October 10, 2006, 9:15 AM
July 2005

People fly on general aviation aircraft because they can go where they want to, when they want to.

Supermarine moves east to New York, acquires Rifton
October 10, 2006, 9:12 AM
July 2005

David Price, chairman and CEO of American Airports (AAC, which hasoperated the Supermarine FBO at Santa Monica Airport in California for several years), addressed his purchase of theformer Rifton Aviation FBO at StewartInternationalAirport, 50 miles north of Manhattan.

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