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While only one in five birdstrikes is ever reported, one unusual strike this past January 15, with an even more remarkable outcome, gained global attention

On Tuesday, the NTSB opened a three-day hearing to focus on the January 15 ditching on New York’s Hudson River by an Airbus A320 operating as US Airways fl

What will the regional airline industry look like when the economic dust settles? That’s the question the Regional Airline Association challenged its panel

Daniel Baker, CEO of FlightAware (Booth No.

FreeFlight Systems announced that FAA certification was awarded in August for its RA 4000 radar altimeter, a package listed at $8,665 that consists of a re

The GEN-X electronic flight bag (EFB) made by DAC International and displayed at NBAA Booth No.

“When you think of a Honeywell navigation system, it’s in fact, built on a CMC unit,” said Bruce Bailey, v-p of commercial aviation at CMC Electronics, whi

The new Hi-Fly “t” series of espresso and coffee makers by Iacobucci HF Electronics S.p.A., enables brewers to connect their own external source of water r

Century CRM announced the addition of two pilot instructors to allow the company to host multiple cockpit resource management courses concurrently.

Completions group Yankee Pacific Aerospace of Rye, N.H., is celebrating just its second anniversary, but that hasn’t stopped the company from contemplating

“Business jets pose a serious problem for the future of the aviation system,” writes George Donohue in Terminal Chaos: Why U.S.

“Five hundred years from now, you’ll want to be able to pop open something on the aircraft and see how it worked,” noted David Hahn, acting collections man

Though the former Hong Kong International Airport–Kai Tak–closed on July 5, 1998, its passenger terminal, control tower and hangars remain in ad hoc use, r

“Kowloon City used to be the place for dinner before flying from Kai Tak Airport.

George Donohue and Russell Shaver launched a book and speaking tour for “Terminal Chaos: Why U.S.

There is no short-term fix for the high price of oil, concluded panelists at the Air Service Energy Summit, held on July 10 in Washington, D.C.

A fragile and intricate set of deals last month promise to keep Meigs Field (CGX) open until 2026, but the Illinois General Assembly could still reverse th

Despite a new blizzard of support for Meigs Field (CGX) using every media, general aviation’s most famous single-runway airport is set to close permanently

An unknown municipium in the Roman days, the city of Bergamo, Italy, was sacked and set on fire in the early Middle Ages.

Phil Garfinkle has nothing to fear but the lack of fear itself.

Early last month Midway Phoenix, a subsidiary of Phoenix Air Group of Cartersville, Ga., and the U.S.

Commuting from the central business district of Milan, Italy, to its three airports, the advantages of Linate and its eight-minute ride become obvious.

When the Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., opened last month to tell the tale of news gathering, publication and broadcast and to champio

As of June 13 at least 50,500 foreign nationals in the U.S.

Midway Phoenix of Cartersville, Ga., operates Midway Island Airport (MDY), some 1,200 mi northwest of Honolulu.

The 2003 Budget in Brief is, as the title implies, brief, but its complexity still leads the aviation alphabet groups to cherrypick for comment, while news

The President’s Budget of the United States has usually been delivered by the Government Printing Office to Congress bound in a sober, solid navy.

CybAero president Peter Muhlrad said users can pack the Vantage unmanned helicopter in a Chevy Suburban and have it aloft in 20 minutes with no specialized

The newly established airborne law enforcement unit of the Plaquemines Parish, La.