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Airport Fuel Supply Suspected In Two Downed Aircraft Incidents In Ohio

Fuel Tanks Closed At Brown County Airport

Two planes went down last week in southwest Ohio, and the common thread may be fuel at the Brown County Airport (KEGO), officials said.

Canadian Man Takes Very Short Joyride In Float Plane

Person Flying The Plane Was Not A Licensed Pilot

A joyride in a Cessna 180 float plane came to a very quick end last week, but fortunately the two people on board the aircraft were not seriously injured.

Planes Collide On Landing At Wasilla, AK

No One On Board Either Plane Suffered Serious Injuries

To airplanes were involved in a collision on a runway in Wasilla, AK Friday afternoon when they tried to land on the same runway.

GAMA Publishes 2016 Second Quarter Aircraft Shipment Data

Deliveries, Billing Down Across The Board

GAMA has released worldwide aircraft shipment and billing figures for the first half of 2016, and the news is not pretty. Industry airplane shipments declined 4.5 percent to 970 units, and airplane billings fell 11 percent from $10.4 billion to $9.3 billion. Rotorcraft shipments also dropped 16.1 percent, from 467 units during the same period a year ago to 392 units in 2016. Billings for rotorcraft fell 32.5 percent, from $2.1 billion to $1.4 billion.