Tentative Finding Requires Changes In Order To Meet Citizenship
Test For US Carrier Status
Virgin America would have to revise its ownership,
corporate structure and associated agreements to be 75 percent
owned and actually controlled by U.S. citizens before it can
receive an operating certificate, the U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT) said in tentatively denying the
company’s application.
ANN Daily Touch N Go: 12.27.06 (ANN's
Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 12.27.06 (ANN's
Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature -- Fractional Ownership Pros And
Cons: 12.27.06 (ANN Special Feature, with a preview of Tom
Turner's upcoming special report on fractional ownership
programs.)
Flight Delays, Cancellations May Cost AMR A 4th Qtr Loss
Analysts who had previously forecast 4th quarter earnings for
American Airlines parent AMR are now saying the airline will likely
end the year with a loss.
Karen Fossett filed suit Friday in Boston's US District
Court claiming JetBlue ignored her husband, Robert, as he
suffered a fatal inflight heart attack in February 2005.
The NTSB's preliminary report on the December 14 crash of a
Bell 407 helicopter in Dagsboro, DE says the pilot, Alisa
Howell, took off at night in a thickening fog.
WWII-Era Martin Mars Was Assembled In Middle River
An Aero-News reader called our attention Tuesday to efforts by
Maryland's Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum to bring a
WWII-era Martin Mars seaplane back home.
The pilot of a British Airways 747-400 that overshot the runway
on landing at Miami International Airport Tuesday afternoon will
probably never hear the end of it, especially as the plane had a
very important passenger onboard at the time.
A Cessna 414 crashed Tuesday afternoon during an emergency
landing attempt at John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport
(KJST) in Pennsylvania. Officials say the two persons onboard the
piston twin were killed.
When you're just starting out on the path to flying
left seat in a commercial airliner cockpit, any 'leg-up' you can
get is a good one... and Airline Transport Professionals (ATP)
tells Aero-News it has completed two agreements offering such a
potential advantage.
He's a former Swiss army pilot, current Swiss airline pilot,
and an intrepid backyard tinkerer. And now, Yves Rossy
can add one more title to his business card: Jet-man.
There were several long faces in southern New Mexico Friday, as
the Space Shuttle Discovery landed at Kennedy Space Center, FL.
Although the shuttle did not land at White Sands Missile Range, the
emergency response team from Holloman AFB in Alamogordo stood ready
to launch into action.
Changes To Flight Manuals Would Have Stressed Safety
For over 10 years, the Federal Aviation Administration has
failed to act on a recommendation to mandate changes to flight
manuals that would, in theory, better prepare pilots to deal with
fuel emergencies.
The commercial space race is here and Bigelow Aerospace is in the
thick of it. Placing a low-cost space "complex" into low earth
orbit for the commercial sector is one goal.
Use of a jet rather than piston engine connected to a propeller.
Turboprop engines are increasingly used when more horsepower is
needed for speed or payload than the horsepower available from the
current light-aircraft piston engines.
Source: Swiss airline pilot and self-proclaimed
"Jet-man" Yves Rossy. Rossy recently jumped from a plane over the
Swiss Alps, deployed his jetpack's foldable wings, and lit up four
small jet engines. He flew at speeds greater than 100 knots, and
even managed to climb slightly before popping his parachute to
float to the ground.
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