Kept Calm, Told Skydivers To Get Out Before Accident
Jump! That command took on new meaning for two skydivers
preparing for a normal jump out of a Cessna 172 (file photo of
type, below) earlier this week, as well as the young pilot who was
flying the plane -- and who is now being praised for keeping a cool
head during a crisis.
Part Two Of ANN's Year-End Interview With GAMA's Pete
Bunce
ANN Daily Touch N Go:
12.29.05 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing:
12.29.05 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature: GAMA's Pete Bunce
Looks Back At 2005 and Forward At 2006 -- 12.28.05
(ANN's Feature News Program, with GAMA's Pete Bunce,
Many of the nation's biggest airlines are the strongest
advocates for user fees for general aviation pilots -- but could
user fees harm the carriers, too? The Aircraft Owners and Pilots
Association (AOPA) says yes, citing a new study by aviation
industry expert Darryl Jenkins.
One brother was killed and another critically injured Monday
afternoon when their vintage 1940 PT-17 Stearman biplane went down
near Hicks Field, northwest of Fort Worth, TX.
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