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May 05, 2012

Airborne 05.04.12: Piper, Blue Angels, and NTSB Tallies GA Accidents

Also: Cargo Pilots, HBC, Fuel Fraud, Eclipse, Airbus, SpaceX, Bombardier, Plane-Dancing, and P-38s!!

Whew... one of these weeks, we might have a lighter news week and a chance to catch our breath... but THIS was NOT that week. Piper aircraft is continuing with a strong trend in GA aircraft sales and deliveries for the first quarter of 2012, a pattern it had established over the first quarters of the previous two years. The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, announced the commanding officer for the 2013-14 seasons during a press conference. The NTSB this week released accident statistics for 2011, and while the news was good for a

“We are pleased to have reached an agreement with our largest lenders and bondholders on a solution to stabilize and improve our capital structure.” Source: Robert S. (Steve) Miller, CEO of Hawker Beechcraft.

Commonly used to mean that an aircraft is on the final approach course or is aligned with a landing area.

University Avaition Association

1947 National Association of University Administrators of Aviation Education (NAUAAE) organized in Denver, Colorado, in order to encourage and expand the growth and status of aviation education programs nationwide.