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The FAA has issued a notice to advise pilots and maintenance personnel of the potential for easily damaging angle of attack sensors on aircraft.

New rulemaking updates current FAA security threat disqualification regulations and consolidates them into one regulation that applies to all pilots.

Retired race car driver Dale Earnhardt, his family, and the two pilots emerged without serious injuries after their Citation Latitude overran a runway.

Weeks after reaching a settlement agreement, the town of Norwood, Massachusetts, has apparently reneged on a deal to allow BEH to establish an FBO.

The FAA is investigating an incident in which a Boston MedFlight pilot briefly fell asleep at the controls of a helicopter while transporting a patient.

Since the first engineered materials arrest system was installed in 1999, there have been 15 incidents where an aircraft has rolled onto one in an overrun.

The rule facilitates use of IFR departure and approach procedures at airports/heliports without approved weather reporting source.

The FAA alleges Steel knew it was in violation because it previously had faced similar allegations.

After years of litigation, Norwood Airport and Boston Executive Helicopters reached a settlement that allows BEH to open an FBO at the airport.

OpsGroup has advised its international operator members of four new ICAO bulletins updating North Atlantic Track (NAT) operations.

The Air Line Pilots Association has published a white paper decrying any effort to permit single-pilot airline operations.

National defense, homeland security, intelligence, and law enforcement entities will be allowed to terminate ADS-B transmissions during sensitive missions.

The sole-occupant pilot was subsequently arrested on one count of driving under the influence after crashing a Citation 550 at Nevada’s Mesquite Airport.

Participants in the recent European safety seminar agreed that there should be wider participation in regulatory process and stronger communications.

Camp is required for Part 121 and certain Part 135 operators, but is optional for other Part 135 and 91K operators.

EASA is exemption aircraft weighing 100,000 pounds or less that have a certified maximum seating capacity of 19 passengers or less.

A caregiver suffered broken bones after the aircraft she was riding on encountered several intervals of severe turbulence.

A new SAFO advises that airports may not be able to fully report accurate runway conditions.

The regulation calls for non-Russian certified business aircraft to receive government approval and to receive no objections from airlines.

The FAA is advising against using the DELETE selection for waypoints.

According to preliminary statistics, 19 people died in four business jet crashes and 28 lost their lives in five turboprop crashes during the first half.

Proposal would pave the way for testing and development of a supersonic aircraft.

The formal opinion issued followed the review of nearly 1,800 comments on a runway safety NPA.

An ELT previously modified with a new hermetically-sealed longitudinal G-switch is sufficient to address the concerns of the SAIB.

The June 7 crash claimed the lives of all four people on board the turboprop-powered Piper.

The country is attempting to standardize its nebulous cabotage position, according to FltOps Group.

Currently, EASA promotes evidence-based training on a voluntary program for airplane operators that fly multi-pilot operations with access to simulators.

Nav Canada has released a proposal to revise customer service charges to recover the costs of ADS-B surveillance data services.

Nav Canada is not budging on its requirement for ADS-B diversity antenna configurations, meaning antennas mounted on the top and the bottom of aircraft.

FAA is urging MU-2 operators to perform a fluorescent penetrant inspection of the wing spacer plates for cracks and replace any cracked wing spacer plates.