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March 23, 2012

Pilatus Aircraft Sued For 2009 Accident

Widow Of The Pilot Says Company Is Partly To Blame For The Butte Crash

Pilatus is being sued by the widow of a pilot who was flying a PC-12/45 which went down near Butte, MT, fatally injuring all 14 people on board. Janet Summerfield has also sued Martin Aviation Inc., in connection with the case.

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Airborne 03.23.12: No More 3rd Class Meds?, Searching For Amelia, SnF Pays Up!

Also: AOPA, EAA, Pipistrel, TSA, Airbus, Boeing, SpaceX, Piper in 1943, Glen Moyer... and Ashton Kutcher In Space???

The sport and general aviation business scored some serious equal time this week as they made more news than they have in quite the while. First and foremost, two of the alphabets appeared to have eaten their wheaties and taken on the FAA over the issue of requiring a Third Class medical cert for strictly recreational aviating. Other top stories include the welcome news that an advisory circular published by the FAA, says the agency would not be issuing Airworthiness Directives for airplanes in the Experimental category. We also have details about Sun 'n Fun fixing yet another blunder concerning last year's tornado and their initial willingness to victimize the vi




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