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May 05, 2008

Ground-Bound Antique Airliner To Become B&B In Scotland

Convair 440 Given New Life

If half the fun is getting there, then what happens when the method to get there becomes the destination? That's what a Scottish couple intends to find out as they restore an American airliner from the 1950s into a luxury bed and breakfast catering to travelers seeking a getaway harkening back to the romance of the airlines.

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Former Top-Level FAA Official Raises Safety Concerns

Claims Agency Attempted To Quiet Questions, Cover Up Problems

Gabe Bruno served with the Federal Aviation Administration for 29 years before retiring in January 2006 from the FAA Southern Region office in Florida. A simple look at the number of years he worked with the FAA might lead one to believe that the retirement was on his own terms... but a recent report claims that Bruno was coerced into retirement after he questioned the priorities of his office and the administration as a whole.

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Klyde Morris (05.05.08)

That's No Mispronounciation, Klyde...

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Cessna 310 With Six Onboard Missing In Brazil

Crews Expand Area As Search Enters Third Day

Crews expanded the search on Sunday for an aircraft, carrying four British businessmen, missing since Friday in the Bahia region of northeastern Brazil.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.05.08)

Aero-Linx!

Read about aces like Pappy Boyington, Butch O'Hare,  Chuck Yeager, Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron), Eddie Rickenbacker, & Erich Hartmann, or about pioneering aviators like Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, and Howard Hughes.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.05.08): Dead Reckoning

Aero-Terms!

Also called 'ded' (for "deductive") reckoning, as applied to flying, is the navigation of an airplane solely by means of computations based on airspeed, course, heading, wind direction, and speed, groundspeed, and elapsed time.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (05.05.08)

"I'm trying to do this to do the best I can do to bring corrective actions about and to try to hopefully get the FAA in the place where it needs to be."

Source: Gabe Bruno, who says he was coerced into retirement in January 2006, after 29 years with the FAA, after he questioned the priorities of his position with the FAA's Southern Region office, and the administration as a whole.

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