Authorities: TSA agents rescued kidnapped woman at Miami airport

A woman who was beaten, kidnapped and brought to Miami International Airport by her assailants could have been forced to fly with them to New York, but two alert Transportation Security Administration agents noticed that something was wrong, authorities said. (overheadbin.nbcnews.com) More...

Plane crashes on I-29 near Council Bluffs

The pilot of a single-engine plane was killed when his aircraft crashed in the median of Interstate 29 north of Council Bluffs Thursday. (www.wowt.com) More...

FAA Proposes $1.9 Million Civil Penalty Against SkyPan International for Allegedly Unauthorized Unmanned Aircraft Operations

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announces the largest civil penalty the FAA has proposed against a UAS operator for endangering the safety of our airspace. (www.faa.gov) More...

Allegiant off runway - FSD

- An airplane skidded off the runway at the Sioux Falls Regional Airport Sunday. (www.ksfy.com) More...

Relevance of 717 to Southwest continues to diminish

Southwest Airlines continues to see less of a role for the Boeing 717 as the markets the aircraft serves increasingly become unviable in a high fuel cost operating environment. (www.flightglobal.com) More...

Study suggests aircraft could boost efficiency by flying in formation

Now that I have your attention, the concept of fuel efficient formation flight for airliners is one of four areas covered in the United Kingdom’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers recently released report on aviation that asks an interesting question—Aero 2075: Flying Into a Bright Future? (www.jetwhine.com) More...

Obama pushing for stop gap FAA Funding measure

U.S. President Barack Obama, seeking to save jobs in a tough economy, urged Congress on Wednesday to not hold up multibillion-dollar temporary funding bills for aviation and highway spending. (www.reuters.com) More...

Garmin to Discontinue GNS530 Series GPS

Garmin announced Tuesday it will discontinue production of the popular GNS530W navigator beginning November 30, 2011. While the GNS430W series product is still available, Garmin anticipates this product will be discontinued in the first half of 2012. The news from Garmin comes as no suprise to the avionics world after the company recently introduced the next generation GTN600 and GTN700 series touch screen navigators. Those who are happy with their 530s and 430s can continue to use them for the… (www.avweb.com) More...

Local news story about light sport license

A very nice story our local TV station did with our local FBO about flying light sport! (www.kimt.com) More...

Senate fails to end costly FAA shutdown

A partisan stalemate that has partially shut down the Federal Aviation Administration will continue into September, stopping airport construction projects and depriving federal coffers of potentially more than $1 billion in uncollected ticket taxes, after congressional attempts to reach deal fell through on Tuesday. (www.msnbc.msn.com) More...