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September 30, 2009

Aero-News Alert: NORAD Fighters Scrambled To Investigate Unresponsive Mooney

Mooney M20M Downed After Uncontrolled Descent From FL230

We've seen versions of this story before... an unresponsive GA single, aloft in the Flight Levels, stops answering comms, fighters are scrambled and nothing can be done until the aircraft runs out of fuel and crashes. Well, it seems to have happened again.

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NTSB Recommends Several Revisions On Bird Strike, Operations Regs

Reforms Suggested For Airports, Flight Plans, Maintenance

The NTSB Tuesday issued a list of recommendations for changes in FAR's that it says will enhance bird strike prevention, and beef up safety for charter operators. It also reiterated suggestions for CVR maintenance.

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$1.85 Million Airport Grant For ILS At J.B. Williams Airport

HCC President Clyde Muse and Sen. Thad Cochran Announce The Airport Upgrade

Hinds Community College President Dr. Clyde Muse and U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) announced Tuesday that the FAA will invest $1.85 million for the design and installation of an ILS for the John Bell Williams Airport. The funding is a collaborative result between Cochran, the FAA and Hinds Community College.

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Lasers Reportedly Directed At Aircraft Over 900 Times Last Year

DOT Requires Immediate Reporting Of Incidents To ATC

An FAA database shows that lasers were directed at aircraft cockpits over 900 times in 2008, and pilots have occasionally been temporarily blinded by the incidents, according to a report in The Boston Globe. In some instances, pilots have reported having to abort landings.

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Florida State College Jacksonville Breaks Ground On New Facility

Aircraft Services Educational Facility Will Call Cecil Field Home

At the end of a ceremony marking 10 years since the Navy handed over the former Master Jet Base at Cecil Field Naval Air Station  to the City of Jacksonville, Florida State College Jacksonville broke ground on a $20 million Aircraft Services Educational complex to compliment its aviation program.

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CFI Prep Flight Turns Fatal

NTSB Investigates R22 Impact

One of the most critical skills that any helicopter pilot can master is the autorotation... and much more so when that pilot is trying to become a CFIH. Somehow, though, the prep for one pilot's CFI checkride went awry and the aircraft wound up impacting the ground with fatal result.

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