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FAA Reauthorization Passes The House: Next Stop; The Oval Office
The House voted today (May 15) to pass the FAA five-year reauthorization bill and sent the legislation along to President Biden for signature ahead of the Friday deadline. The House vote was 387-26; following last week's Senate vote of 88-4. Passing the long-term funding bill ended a frustrating chain of four short-term extensions. The bill […]
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Senate Confirms Homendy To Continue As NTSB Chair
Last night (May 14), the U.S. Senate voted unanimously to confirm the Biden Administration's nomination of Jennifer Homendy to another five year term as a member of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and a second three-year term as Chair of the Board. Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Sen. Maria […]
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DOJ Files Court Letter Citing Boeing For Settlement Violations
The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) informed a federal judge yesterday that it believes Boeing has violated key terms of the $2.5 billion settlement related to the two infamous 737 MAX crashes. In addition to the cash payment, the settlement required the planemaker to “design, implement, and enforce a compliance and ethics program to prevent and […]
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Instructor Dies After Texan II's Ejection Seat Activates On Ground
An Air Force flight instructor died May 14 after the ejection seat in his T-6 Texan II activated while the aircraft was on the ground the day before. The incident occurred at the 82nd Training Wing at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas, but the pilot was attached to the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training […]
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Trump's 757 Clips Bizjet At West Palm Beach
Donald Trump's private Boeing 757 clipped a parked business jet owned by VistaJet at West Palm Beach Airport on Sunday morning. It hasn't been confirmed the former president was on board, but the mishap occurred after the plane landed at about 1:20 a.m. a few hours after Trump appeared at a rally in New Jersey. […]
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Aviation Safety
Ditching
An easy way to avoid the risk of ditching is to not fly over water. The rest of us should plan ahead.
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NTSB Accident Reports—May 2024
A monthly summary of recently published NTSB preliminary accident reports involving general aviation and air carrier aircraft.
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Propeller Problems
The following is derived from maintenance facility submissions to the FAA's Service Difficulty Reports database.
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NTSB Dust Devil Warning, Hartzell's Videos, New ACS
As summer heats up, the NTSB warns of unexpected turbulence in hot weather. Plus, new videos from Hartzell Aviation and the FAA publishes a final rule on practical tests.
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Failure To Lean
Low-power/compression avgas engines must be leaned properly to prevent combustion byproduct buildups.
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