Small plane crash lands near England Airpark; 3 aboard escape injury

Firefighters from England Airpark and Rapides Parish Fire Department District 2 douse a small plane that landed and flipped upside down in a field off Bayou Rapides Road Sunday afternoon.

A Texas family escaped uninjured after their airplane lost power and crash landed in a field near England Airpark on Sunday afternoon.

The pilot, Brad McCullouch of Kerrville, Texas, told law enforcement he called the England Airport tower telling them he was having engine trouble as he approached for landing around 3 p.m., said to Maj. Jerome Hopewell of the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office.

The engine cut out and he was forced to land the plane in a muddy field off Bayou Rapides Road near The Links golf course just short of the runway. Upon landing the plane flipped over.  ( More . . . . )

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Pilot Says Arms Bound for Kiev

BANGKOK — A Thai court on Friday ordered the crew of an Il-76 cargo plane carrying weapons from North Korea to remain in prison for 12 more days, while the pilot refuted reports that the arms were bound for Iran. Two weeks after the plane was seized, the key questions of who organized the shipment and where it was headed remain unanswered. ( More . . . . )

9 Hardest-hit Jobs of 2009

4. Pilots
With all the press that hero pilots got in 2009, the bad news about the profession at large was lost in the shuffle. Jobs for pilots and flight engineers plummeted by 30.4 percent by the third quarter of 2009 to 96,000 from 138,000 jobs in 2008, according to the BLS.Pilots looking for positions with major airlines will face stiff competition. Opportunities with regional airlines, low-cost carriers and cargo carriers will be the most abundant, according to the BLS.   

“Applicants also will have to compete with laid-off pilots for any available jobs,” the BLS reported. “Pilots who have logged the greatest number of flying hours using sophisticated equipment typically have the best prospects. For this reason, military pilots often have an advantage over other applicants.” The outlook: As the economy grows, demand for air travel is expected to grow as well, and with that growth will come more jobs for pilots.

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US orders body searches after botched airline attack

Australians travelling to the United States should arrive at the airport one hour early to allow for body searches introduced in the wake of an airline bomb scare on Christmas Day. New security measures introduced by the US Transport Security Administration for all flights into the US include pat-down searches at the airport gate, physical inspection of all bags and requiring passengers to stay in their seats without access to any personal items or overhead lockers for the final hour before landing. ( More . . . . )

New Security Restrictions Could Hurt Airlines

 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tighter security measures at U.S. airports following an attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound jet could dampen enthusiasm for air travel, hurting the airline industry just as it seemed poised to recover from a period of bruising losses, some industry experts say. ( More . . . . )

Attack Attempt Spurs Look at Air Security

U.S., Nigerian and Dutch Authorities Probe How Suspect and His Baggage Were Screened; New Calls for Better Scanning. The failed attempt to detonate an explosive device onboard Northwest Flight 253 is sparking new calls to rethink how authorities and airlines handle aviation security. ( More . . . . )

Mid-air near miss under investigation

It is believed one of the planes was from Virgin Blue.

(ABC News Online: Kathy Lord)

The Australian Transport and Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating a near collision between planes from two major airlines in Northern Territory skies on Tuesday. The two planes were travelling just south of Katherine when the incident occurred. The Cathay Pacific Airbus was travelling south of Katherine en route from Hong Kong to Melbourne. ( More . . . . )

Virgin Blue Boeing, Cathay Pacific Airbus 330 in near miss over Katherine, Northern Territory

Near miss: Investigators are probing how Virgin Blue and Cathay Pacific jets came to be on a collision course over the NT. Source: The Australian

AIR traffic controllers have been blamed for a serious near miss involving a Virgin Blue flight from Melbourne, and a Cathay Pacific flight heading to Melbourne.  The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating how the Virgin Blue Boeing and Cathay Pacific Airbus A330 passenger aircraft came to be on a collision course last Tuesday, and have described the incident as “serious”. ( More . . . . )

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Shattered! Passenger on Air India flight hit by stone says airports in India are far from being safe. His faith in Indian aviation is now...

Vishal Gondal has lost all faith in India's air transport. This 33-year-old CEO of a computer games developing company from Mumbai was on the Air India aircraft whose windshield was damaged last evening at the Delhi airport. The flight Chandigarh-Mumbai IC 863 via Delhi was in line for take-off at the taxiing bay around 5 pm when the pilot of a Jet Airways flight 9W 334 applied throttle.

The ensuing blast from the engine was so powerful that some foreign material, stones and dust flung onto and cracked the windshield of the AI aircraft. "I felt severe vibrations and heard glass pieces shattering. I panicked and ducked along with my kids and covered their ears. I went blank," said Gondal, who was travelling with his wife and two sons. (Read more . . . . .)

The Other Side

A spokesperson from Jet Airways said, "The matter is being investigated by the competent authorities, the initial indications are the damage could have been caused by the Foreign Object Damage (FOD) blown into the windscreen of the aircraft due to the Jet blast."

Video: Pilot killed in Kentucky plane crash

Kentucky State Police have identified the pilot who was killed when his small, experimental plane crashed in rural western Kentucky. Fifty-two-year-old Michael Davis, of Pleasant View, Tenn., was pronounced dead on Christmas Day by the Calloway County Coroner. According to police, he took off from Leitchfield, Ky., that afternoon en route to Union City, Tenn.  Police said the aircraft topped several trees before crashing in a side yard of a residence northeast of Murray. Federal Aviation Administration officials were expected to arrive at the scene on Saturday to investigate the cause of the crash.

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Helicopter accident kills 2 in north Brazil

BRASILIA, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian aeronautics command said Sunday that they found two bodies on Sunday morning together with the remains of a Robinson R-44 helicopter of the Brazilian Aerial Force (FAB).

The helicopter had seen last time on Dec. 23, when it took off from Sao Paulo heading for Sao Luiz, capital of Maranhao State in the north of the country, the sources said. According to the sources there were two people aboard the helicopter and none of them survived.

The last contact that the air traffic had with the helicopter was at 2:28 p.m. local time on Dec. 23, the sources said. Meanwhile, the National Center of Aeronautic Accidents Investigation and Prevention are in charge of determining the causes of the accident.

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N3657G Beechcraft C-45H Virtual GlobeTrotting - Agricultural Crash Monument

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Virtual GlobeTrotting - North American Aviation F-86 "Sabre"

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Description: USAF FU-738 12738 F-86 Sabre Jet at Michigan's Own, Inc., Military & Space Museum

Location: Frankenmuth, Michigan (MI), United States (US)

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Shorter routes make air traffic go green

Hoping to minimise the environmental impact of high air traffic movement, controllers at airports like Delhi, Mumbai and Pune have started putting airplanes on shorter direct paths. On an average, a plane adds 4 kilos of untreated greenhouse gasses per minute directly into the atmosphere. For instance, earlier a plane from Delhi to Pune would travel 670 Nautical miles but now that's down to 600 nautical miles. That would mean saving of 70 miles or 10 minutes of flying. ( More . . . . )

Traffic controllers oppose proposal to reduce gap between arriving aircraft

Aviation : Airport authorities look to reduce congestion, cut delays

Air traffic controllers have opposed the Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) proposal to reduce the separation gap between arriving aircraft at the airport. The MIAL proposal came in the wake of traffic congestion in the airspace because of the closure of secondary runway and the weekly six-hour closure of the intersection of the cross-runways at the airport.

It had proposed to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) that the separation be reduced from five nautical miles (10 km) or two minutes to three nautical miles (six km) or about a minute and a half. According to sources, the proposal was intended to reduce traffic congestion and thereby to minimise delays.

However, air traffic controllers told Newsline that the ground conditions remained the same and reducing separation between two aircraft would only worsen the ground congestion and put more pressure on the existing system.

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Anger as helicopter scrambled after father falls through ice on frozen loch

A man had a lucky escape after he fell through ice while playing with his son on a frozen loch yesterday. The Stornoway Coastguard rescue helicopter was sent to the loch on Lewis, but the man had already managed to scramble out before the aircraft arrived. He was helped by an ambulance crew.

The incident at Loch Barvas on the west side of the island was seen by a local, who alerted the emergency services at about 10:20am. A spokesman for Stornoway Police said the man should "have known better" as he played with his son at the seaward end of the large loch. He said: "Fortunately, this loch is very shallow for the most part. It was silly and he should have known better in the conditions.

"The ambulance attended, but was not needed. The man ended up in water up to his waist, and all he needed at the end of the day was a hot bath. He was not taken to hospital." One local said the man had been playing with his son when the ice gave way. He said: "The man and his young son were sliding on the loch and one of them went through the ice. Somebody who was watching saw what happened and called the emergency services.

"They did not need any hospital treatment. They were just a bit cold and wet. "Fortunately the loch is very shallow. The family are local and have young children. "They thought they were having fun in the conditions, but there are risks involved with playing on ice."

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Video: Crash #2 of 2 - Birdman TL-1A Utra-Light

Video: Crash #1 of 2 - Birdman TL-1A Ultra-Light

Security lapses at Lagos airport were a disaster waiting to happen

Named after an assassinated head of state, Murtala Muhammed international airport has long held a reputation for being one of the least secure in the world. Between 1992 and 2000 the US Federal Aviation Administration posted warning signs at US airports advising travellers that security conditions at Lagos did not meet minimum international standards.  ( More . . . . )

Saudi Aviation Flight Academy (SAFA) has signed a fleet purchase for 20 Diamond aircraft and 12 flight training devices

Press Release - 
Diamond aircraft, in cooperation with its regional distributor AMH, has signed the agreement with SAFA. In the future pilot trainees of SAFA will conduct their flight training utilizing aircraft that excite pilots and flight schools all over the world: the Diamond DA42NG and DA40NG.As a joint venture between the Saudi Aviation Club and the Private Sector, the Saudi Aviation Flight Academy, headquartered at the Thumamah Airport, 15 miles north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has placed a fleet purchase for the new generation of DA42 and DA40 aircraft to equip the entire flight school. Additionally, to enhance their training effectiveness, SAFA decided to purchase five Diamond FAA Level 6 and seven FAA Level 5 flight training devices based on the Diamond aircraft and designed for basic and advanced pilot training. ( More . . . . )

First Upgrade DA42NG successfully finished

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Diamond Aircraft is proudly announcing the successful completion of the first Upgrade DA42 New Generation for the European University College CESDA. During the program the two TAE diesel engines were swapped and changed against two new diesel Austro Engines (AE300), as well as all other necessary adoptions were performed in order to change the aircraft to a New Generation aircraft. ( More . . . . )

DA42NG equipped with Austro Engine has completed its 8,000 NM long “High and Hot Performance Tour 2009" through East Africa

 Press Release:  12.23.09

The DA42NG, piloted by Martin Richter, Leading Serial Production Pilot and Thomas Bolt, Diamond’s East Africa representative started from Wiener Neustadt via Dubai, where it was exhibited at the Dubai International Airshow, to its East Africa Demo Tour four weeks ago. Four weeks later they have completed 8,000 NM and have flown 80 hrs (including Demoflights) and have performed the long range flights on power settings between 50% - 70% at speeds ranging from 135 to 160 KTAS.  ( More . . . . )

FBI: Man On Evacuated Flight Was Sick

DETROIT -- A Nigerian passenger onboard the same Northwest Airlines route that was attacked on Christmas Day was taken into custody in Detroit on Sunday after locking himself in the bathroom for an hour and becoming verbally disruptive upon landing, officials said. ( More . . . . )

2 held at Sky Harbor amid security concern

Suspicious behavior by two men on a flight from Orlando to Phoenix Saturday night led to their being detained and questioned by federal officials once they arrived at Sky Harbor International Airport, a Transportation Safety Administration official said Sunday.  ( More . . . . )

Authorities detain 2 men at Phoenix airport

PHOENIX -- Authorities say two men were detained for acting suspicious aboard a flight bound for Arizona from Florida.  A Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman says passengers aboard U.S. Airways Flight 192 from Orlando, Fla., to Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport reported that two men were acting strangely.  ( More . . . . )

New scare on Northwest Airlines flight - Amsterdam-Detroit airliner involved

A confrontation with a passenger sparked another security scare Sunday at Detroit's Metro Airport involving the same Northwest Airlines flight that was the target of an in-flight bombing attempt two days earlier, officials said.

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N2484R Piper Turbo Aztec F: Coast Guard suspends search for downed aircraft in the Bahamas

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MIAMI – Coast Guard crews suspended their search for two men at 11 a.m. Sunday after receiving a report of a downed aircraft approximately 10 miles northeast of Plana Cays, Bahamas, Thursday.

Missing are Travis Compton and Bancroft Nyack. The two men departed Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Thursday in a Piper PA-27 twin-engine aircraft and were reportedly en route to Grenada.

Watchstanders at the Seventh Coast Guard District Command Center in Miami received a call from an FAA controller at approximately 11:30 a.m. Thursday reporting loss of radar and radio contact with the Piper PA-27. A civilian aircraft pilot transiting the area around the same time contacted the FAA and reported hearing an aircraft’s emergency distress call.

The Coast Guard covered more than 7,400 square miles while searching for the two men and their aircraft.

Assisting with the search were:

• HC-130 Hercules fixed-wing aircraft crew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla.
• HU-25 Falcon jet crew from Coast Guard Air Station Miami
• MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater deployed to Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, in support of Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos
• Coast Guard Cutter Confidence crew, a 210-foot medium endurance cutter homeported in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
  

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Coast Guard ends search for missing men - Flight was Fort Lauderdale to Grenada

The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday suspended its search for two men who were aboard a plane that left Fort Lauderdale and apparently crashed near the Bahamas Thursday morning. Travis Comptom and Bancroft Nyack flew out of Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport in a Piper twin-engine plane that was believed to be headed for Grenada.

The plane fell off the Federal Aviation Administration's radar about 11:30 a.m. Thursday. At the time, the Piper was about 10 miles northeast of Plana Cays, Bahamas, according to the Coast Guard. Another pilot who was in the area when the FAA lost contact with the missing men's plane reported hearing an aircraft's emergency distress call, officials said. The Coast Guard said it searched more than 7,400 square miles before calling off the effort at 11 a.m. Sunday. 

Source: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/fl-aircraft-search-over-20091227,0,1085492.story

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Did cost-cutting by AI lead to security breach?

NEW DELHI: It was a cost-cutting exercise that seems to have gone horribly wrong for the cash-strapped Air India. Each year during Haj season, the airline used to send some of its security personnel from India to Medina for ensuring safe operations. Among other things, this team would maintain a register of ground handlers going inside aircraft for maintenance work and tick off their names as they came out. ( More . . . . )

Aviation panel notice to Medina airport

NEW DELHI: The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has sought a report from Medina airport authorities on Air India’s stowaway case which saw a ground staffer, Habib Hussain, hiding himself in a plane’s toilet and flying to Jaipur last Friday. Air India, under fire for this breach, has also asked its ground handling agency there to explain how their employee stayed back on the aircraft. ( More . . . . )

Coast Guard Suspends Search For Missing Plane

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for two men who vanished in a small plane near the Bahamas last week. On Thursday, the Coast Guard launched search ships and aircraft after receiving a report around 11:30 a.m. from an FAA controller that they had lost radar and radio contact with the Piper PA-27 about 10 miles northeast of Plana Cays. Onboard the plane were Travis Compton and Bancroft Nyack; they had had left from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport early Thursday morning en route to Grenada. The Coast Guard covered more than 7,400 square miles while searching for the two men. After no sign of them or the plane, the search was suspended.

Source:   http://cbs4.com/local/coast.guard.plane.2.1392679.html

AI plane hit by stone, Jet blast to blame

NEW DELHI: IGI Airport's taxiways seem as dangerous for aircraft as Delhi's roads are for its motorists. On Sunday evening, an Air India A-321 aircraft was damaged when, during a jet blast from a Jet Airways flight in front of it, a 'foreign object' from the ground hit its windshield. The flight, carrying 162 passengers, had to return to the parking bay where passengers were made to board another aircraft. The flight — Delhi-Mumbai IC 683 — was in line for take-off at the taxiing bay around 5pm when the pilot of Jet Airways flight 9W 334 from Delhi to Mumbai applied throttle. The ensuing blast from the engine was so powerful that some foreign material, stones and dust flung onto and cracked the windshield of the Air India aircraft. ( More . . . . )

'Disruptive' passenger prompts 2nd alert on Detroit-bound jet

 Romulus, Michigan (CNN) -- A Northwest Airlines jet was met by police at Detroit, Michigan's airport after its flight crew reported a "verbally disruptive" passenger Sunday, two days after an alleged attempt to bomb the same flight, aviation officials said.  ( More . . . . )

Not again: 'Unruly' passenger aboard Northwest Flight 253 taken into custody

Jitters or another deadly threat? 

A disruptive Nigerian passenger caused the pilot of the same Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight targeted by a Nigerian bomber Christmas Day to declare an emergency Sunday.

Delta/Northwest Airlines flight 253 landed safely in Detroit at 12:34 p.m. and was shunted to a remote part of the tarmac, where it was being held as officials investigated.

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Second Detroit-bound flight lands safely after security incident

Northwest Airlines flight 253 from Amsterdam was involved in an emergency incident on its approach to Detroit on Sunday. The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said that a passenger described by crew as disruptive has been taken into custody at the Detroit airport. ( More . . . . )

Man arrested on flight into Detroit

A SECOND Nigerian man has been taken into custody after an incident on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. ( More . . . . )

Raw Video: New Emergency at Detroit Airport - Plane With Same Flight Number as Christmas Day Incident Lands, Requests Emergency Assistance

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A flight from Amsterdam with the same flight number as the one that had a "terrorism" incident Christmas day landed at Detroit Metro Airport today and requested emergency assistance, officials said.  ( More . . . . )

Flight school caught in fraud case - Desert Sun Helicopter Academy also a target of lawsuits; some former students left in debt

When Craig Biswell signed up at the formerly Bend-based Desert Sun Helicopter Academy in May 2007, he was ready to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional pilot. But Biswell, 42, still doesn't have his pilot's license and has instead declared bankruptcy after he was left with $60,000 in student loan debt when the school closed suddenly in June 2008. ( More . . . . )

Police Arrest 'Disruptive' Passenger Aboard Plane at Detroit Airport

Police have arrested a Nigerian man who reportedly became verbally disruptive and barricaded himself in the bathroom of a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight on Sunday. Several police vehicles and a police command unit have surrounded a plane at Detroit's Metro Airport, after the pilot of a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight requested emergency help. (More . . . .)

Man removed from same flight as Christmas attack

DETROIT — A passenger onboard the same Northwest Airlines flight that was attacked on Christmas Day was taken into custody in Detroit on Sunday after becoming verbally disruptive upon landing, officials said.  A law enforcement official said the man was Nigerian and had locked himself in the airliner’s bathroom. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.  ( More . . . . )

Ryanair battles Italian aviation authorities over safety concerns

• Low-cost carrier threatens to suspend internal Italian flights
• Airline claims new Italian directives raise safety concerns

Ryanair has threatend to suspend internal Italian flights from 23 January over saftey concerns caused by new ID directives.  Ryanair, the world's biggest low-cost airline, was today locked in a bitter dispute with the Italian civil aviation authority, which it said was trying to force it to lower its safety standards and put at risk the lives of its passengers. The row erupted as the Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile (ENAC) locked horns with another no-frills carrier, easyJet, fining it for allegedly poor standards of service. ( More . . . . )

Suspicions of overpricing in aircraft purchase to Brazil

 Justice is investigating ‘alleged overpricing in the purchase of 20 Brazilian Embraer aircraft to be added to the fleet of Aerolineas Argentinas’.

The federal Judge Sergio Torres “received new evidence that ratify the suspicions of overpricing in the operation with Brazil.”  Juan Pablo Schiavi, Secretary of Transport, added to this issue saying that “This is a country-country operation between two state enterprises, and it was done with the amounts that should be and was very convenient for us.”  Aerolineas Argentinas, by order of Judge Torres was signed earlier this month by the research of ‘alleged’ overpricings for the value of five million dollars for each airplane that is part of the investigation.  ( More . . . . )

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Video: JetBlue flight makes emergency landing at PBIA

JetBlue flight makes emergency landing at PBIA 

WEST PALM BEACH, FL -- A Jet Blue flight made an emergency landing at Palm Beach International Airport just before midnight.

According to airport officials, the pilot of Flight 571 from White Plains, NY,  called air traffic control after the plane lost steering control. The plane landed safely. 

Flight 571 was carrying 95 passengers. All are fine.

The JetBlue incident was the second emergency landing at PBIA Saturday.

CAP: Lieutenant colonel ranks as top cadet in Pennsylvania

Lauren Hartman, 18, of Lower Heidelberg Township was chosen Civil Air Patrol Cadet of the Year. She is a lieutenant colonel in Reading Composite Squadron 811.

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Lauren E. Hartman is only 18, but she has accomplished a lot in her young life.  As a member of the Civil Air Patrol, the Lower Heidelberg Township resident is trained in ground search-and-rescue missions, and she has earned solo wings for flying.  ( More . . . . )

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KSBU: City rejects bids - Runway bids $1M too high - Blue Earth Municipal Airport

After months of split votes on anything to do with the Blue Earth Airport runway project, a decision by the City Council on Monday was unanimous. Unfortunately, that vote was to reject all three of the bids received for the two-year project which includes paving the runway, extending it to 4,600 feet, and building a taxiway. The reason for rejecting the bids? All three were above the engineer’s estimate. Way above. ( More . . . . )

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KSYI: A love for art and aviation - Bomar Field-Shelbyville Municipal Airport

Airport manager Hank Williamson shows Cory Casteel's winning piece of art from 1997.
Casteel, of Bedford County, won the Tennessee Aviation Art contest for the age group 14-17.

(T-G Photo by Sadie Fowler)

Hank Williamson thinks he's got one of the best jobs in the world.

Williamson is the manager of the Shelbyville Airport. He's also an artist.

It's no wonder he loves his job, because, believe it or not, one aspect of his job allows him to combine his two loves -- art and aviation.

His involvement with the International Aviation Art Contest (see details in box), a contest in which at least 1,000 Tennessee youth compete each year, is one example of how he combines these two passions.

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Indian man arrested for traveling home illegally from Saudi Arabia with Air India

NEW DELHI,  -- Police Sunday arrested and pressed charges against an Indian national, who traveled without passport and ticket on a state-owned Air India flight which was carrying 273 Haj pilgrims from Saudi Arabia to the western city of Jaipur, just by hiding in the aircraft's toilet for half-an-hour.  "Habib Hussien, 25, from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, working at Medina airport with a Saudi ground handling company, got into the plane which returned to Jaipur on Friday night, and hid in the toilet. Habib has now been arrested and booked under various sections of the Passport (Entry into India) Act for traveling to this country illegally," Superintendent of Police (Jaipur) B.G. Joseph told the media.  ( More . . . . )

Bird strike forces Air Canada jet to turn back

A bird strike forced an Air Canada flight en route from Vancouver to Maui, Hawaii, to turn back Saturday. The 256 passengers landed safely back in Vancouver around 9:30 p.m. and the airline arranged for another flight for them, said Air Canada spokesperson Peter Fitzpatrick.

The pilot "felt a bit of a vibration in the engine and turned back as a precaution," Fitzpatrick said. It was determined that a bird had flown into the engine. Bird strikes have been a recurring problem for airlines.

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From dreamer to master - Pilot recognized by FAA

After placing a pin on Ed Pavelka's cap, J.D. Huss, an aviation safety inspector with the Federal Aviation Administration, places the cap back on Pavelka's head while presenting him with the Wright Brothers Master Pilot award Dec. 5 at the Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport pilot's lounge.

(J.R. Oppenheim/Daily News) 

 

Edward J. Pavelka has been flying more than 50 years. But it is his dedication, kindness and patience that earned him an Federal Aviation Administration Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award. When Pavelka's friends and students gathered for an FAA safety meeting Dec. 5, he had no idea the meeting was only an excuse for aviation safety inspector J.D. Huss to present him with the award. Surprised would be an understatement.  ( More . . . . )

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A Look Back: Aviation record broken over Martin airport

Pilots Howard Maish, George Leonard, Ernie Mobbs, John Martin, Harry Menephy, and Eddie Martin stand in front of a biplane at Eddie Martin Airport in this undated photograph.

Famed aviator Howard Hughes set record speed while flying over strip that was later named in honor of John Wayne.

Before it was renamed John Wayne Airport, the old Eddie Martin Airport was a training ground for stunt pilots known as barnstormers and the site of a record-breaking flight by aviator Howard Hughes. A troubled young Corona del Mar woman leaped to her death from a barnstormer’s airplane near the airport. ( More . . . . )

Dramatic Snowdonia helicopter rescue of climbers

An RAF helicopter made repeated rescue attempts on Gribin ridge

We made five or six attempts to get into where they were... each time we would find the cloud base was too low and the winds too rough

Sqd Ldr Glenn Holmes

A helicopter crew have made a dramatic rescue in heavy sleet and darkness to save two men trapped on a mountainside. The RAF team made five attempts to land and pick up the climbers, who were sheltering by a cairn on Gribin ridge in Snowdonia at 2000 GMT on Saturday. ( More . . . . )

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Aero-naughty rant: Swear-fest gets Ivana first-class ejection seat

This was just plane dumb.

An irate Ivana Trump was hauled off a commercial flight in Florida yesterday after she unleashed a tirade of expletives at children and police officers.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/aero_naughty_rant_fJgJK9IS8VhAfi2q5FGJQN#ixzz0ato7R5Lt

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Fighter planes for Morocco come from US plant

The Lockheed Martin defence group in the US has received contracts from Morocco to build 24 new F-16 jet fighters. The deal, which also includes electronic gear and support equipment, is believed to be worth US $841.9 million. ( More . . . . )

KOXC New hangar will house more, larger corporate jets - Waterbury-Oxford Airport

Hanger G, at Oxford Airport, one of two new 63,000' hangers built, as the as the numbers of corporate jets based at the airport rose to over 70. Thurs. Dec. 10, 2009.

Photo: Phil Noel / Connecticut Post

 OXFORD -- The Waterbury-Oxford Airport has existed in the shadows of other state airports such as Bradley in Windsor Locks and Tweed/New Haven for years, but has become an important asset for the region, providing jobs and spurring economic development. The airport, on Christian Street on the Oxford/Middlebury line, has the second-longest runway in the state -- only a Bradley runway is longer, Oxford Economic Development Director Herman Schuler said.

With a new, multimillion dollar hangar project in the works, the facility will provide more jobs and more incentives for businesses to move here, he said. "Things are booming here," in spite of the poor economy, Schuler said. "The town is very supportive of its airport." ( More . . . . )

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Video: Lockheed Super Constellation START Tempelhof THF 1998

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A look inside the Pistons' new plane - 3 years in the making, ready for takeoff

Project manager Dewy Norton with the new Piston plane Round Ball a MD 83 Monday December 21, 2009 in a hanger at Metro Airport. The Team will start traveling on the plane after the first of the year.

(Kirthmon F. Dozier / DFP)

If the economic climate a few years ago was anything close to what the Pistons are experiencing nowadays, there is no way the team would be scheduled to take the maiden flight on the latest Roundball next month. (Read more . . . )

MORE: Check out 20 Free Press photos from the inside/outside of the plane

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Video: Flight Simulator X (FSX) - Boeing 737 - Rome to Ibiza

Microsoft Flight Simulator X - Flight from Rome to Ibiza with a Boeing 737-300 Air One

 

No approach lights when jet overshot runway

Lights knocked out in Nov.; investigation of accident in Jamaica continues. Offshore lights that guide pilots into Jamaica's main airport had been knocked out for more than a month when an American Airlines jet landed in driving rain and overshot the runway, injuring most of the 154 people on board, officials said Friday.   ( More . . . . )

Teledyne forges into the 21st century with diesel airplane engine technology

Teledyne Continental Motors President Rhett Ross discusses the firm's electronic controls for piston airplane engines in front of a Cirrus SR-22 earlier this month at the company's Brookley Field Industrial Complex hangar in Mobile. Telednye Continental is pushing to increase use of electronic controls and hopes to develop an engine that runs on diesel rathern than the traditional leaded fuel. 

(Press-Register/Mike Kittrell)

The small airplane engine of today looks a lot like the car engine of yesterday. It runs on leaded fuel and has a control that's analogous to the choke on old-style cars.  ( More . . . . )

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Who's flying your airplane? Training on the job, and not training in some areas at all, has become the norm for some.

Training for pilots varies widely, especially for regional airlines. One airline, Delta, offers its own program to train pilots for the industry. Delta Connection Academy

By Tom Precious and Jerry Zremski

Buffalo News - News Staff Reporters

First of four parts

Editor's note: This has been the safest decade in U.S. aviation history — but Buffalo learned the hard way that there's at least one gaping hole in that safety record, at the regional airlines. Since the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 claimed 50 lives in Clarence in February, News Albany Bureau chief Tom Precious and Washington Bureau chief Jerry Zremski have been investigating the training and experience levels of regional airline pilots.

You are sitting in a 50-seat propeller plane heading home to Buffalo, and out the window you see ice on the wings. Ten rows in front of you, someone else also may be encountering mid-air icing for the first time: Your co-pilot.  ( More . . . . )
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Man hides in toilet on Haj flight to India

Jaipur/New Delhi: In a serious security lapse that revived concerns about counter-terrorism security measures, a stowaway on an Air India flight hid in the plane's toilet to fly to India. The lapse occurred on a special Haj flight operated by AI on the Medina-Jaipur sector on Friday, with 273 passengers on board. ( More . . . . )

Plane Bomb Suspect Was Barred From UK

The former London student charged with attempting to blow up a transatlantic jet had been barred from Britain earlier this year, it has emerged. ( More . . . . )

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Six decades later, WWII vet still serving - 'If I'm sitting around doing nothing, I get antsy,' VFW post volunteer says

The words on World War II veteran Bob Oehman’s walker say it all. He has spent more than 60 years as a volunteer with the Tinley Park Bremen VFW Post 2791. (Matt Marton/SouthtownStar)

The red-and-white bumper sticker affixed to WWII Army vet Bob Oehmen's walker speaks volumes about the longtime volunteer.

"I'd rather be killing terrorists," it says

Oehmen's dedication to service and country did not end in 1946 when he completed a three-year-tour with the 198th AAA Auto-Weapons Battalion (semi-mobile), serving in British and Dutch New Guinea and Manila in the Philippines.  ( More . . . . )

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Father warned US about plane bomb suspect's behaviour

The father of a Nigerian charged with trying to blow up a US jet on Christmas Day had voiced concerns to US officials about his son, it has emerged.  The father, a top Nigerian banker, warned US authorities weeks ago about 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's extreme views. ( More . . . . )