Tooele, UT

The flight instructor reported that, after conducting a preflight inspection, they taxied the Cessna 182K to Runway 17 at the airport in Tooele, Utah, for a local instructional flight. While approaching the end of the taxiway, the student pilot reduced engine power to idle and applied the brakes, but the...

Plane crashes when brakes fail

Aviation Supplies & Academics (ASA) has released the ninth edition of the “Multi-Engine Oral Exam Guide,” by Jason Blair. New and expanded content in the ninth edition of the guide includes information on multi-engine operations, aerodynamics, inoperative engine procedures, aircraft systems, and maneuvers. It also includes additional checklists,...

Multi-Engine Oral Exam Guide updated

Bealeton, VA

The two vintage biplanes, both Boeing-Stearman Model 75, were operating at a private airport in Bealeton, Virginia, that provided air shows and airplane rides to the public. The pilot of the departing airplane taxied for takeoff and was number two behind another airplane that was taxiing ahead of him. At...

Failure to see and avoid results in one plane landing on top of another

Savannah, GA

Gulfstream has flown its G400 test article for the first time, adding the low-end bookend for its range of big-cabin business jets. The program was announced in 2021 along with the ultra long range G800, which flew in 2022 but has not yet been certified thanks to delays caused by COVID and FAA changes in response to the Boeing MAX issues. Gulfstream is trying to get it certifies before the end of the year. Meanwhile, the company has been quietly working on the first G400 and it was wrung out on a flight from the Savannah factory on Friday.

G400 Test Plane Has First Flight

Boeing has suspended flight testing of its new 777X wide-body jet after identifying the failure of a part connecting the engine to the body of the aircraft, the manufacturer told AFP on Tuesday. The part that brought about the suspension of flight testing is custom to the 777-9 model, and connects the engine to the aircraft structure, Boeing said.  

Boeing suspends 777X flight tests after part failure

Niagara Falls, NY

CBS Detroit

Officials on Sunday released the name of a pilot who died in a skydiving flight after her passengers jumped from the aircraft near the Niagara Falls.Melanie Georger, 26, was the only person on board when the single-engine Cessna crashed Saturday, the Niagara Country Sheriff's Office said in a statement. Georger, of Towanda, New York, was working to become a commercial pilot, her father said Saturday in a statement on Facebook."My beloved daughter, my best friend and one of the two lights of my life passed away suddenly today," Paul Georger wrote. "Melanie was a pilot, on the cusp of realizing...

Pilot living "her dream" dies in crash after skydivers jump from plane

Portland, OR

New York Post

Alaska Airlines flight attendants feared passengers had been sucked out of the plane in the chaos following the Jan. 5 mid-air panel blowout on a Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet, according to harrowing testimony released by safety experts on Tuesday.

The comments gathered from interviews with attendants – who were not named – were among thousands of pages of evidence made public ahead of a two-day hearing that began earlier on Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board about the incident. 

They provide dramatic accounts of the cabin crew’s efforts to help passengers and communicate with pilots when the panel blew off the jet at 16,000 feet after...

Alaska Air crew feared passengers were lost in midair blowout: ‘There is a hole in the plane’

Boston, MA

iHeartRadio

The Rome-bound flight was forced to return to Boston.

Plane Forced To Return To Airport After Getting Struck By Lightning

A passenger has disclosed how a cup of coffee spared him from boarding a doomed Voepass Airlines flight in Brazil that crashed, killing everyone on board. Dramatic footage captures the plane spiraling out of the sky before crashing near a cluster of trees in a populated area on Friday. All...

Man says cup of coffee saved him from boarding plane that crashed in Brazil and claimed lives of all on board

Colorado State

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Florida State

Tampa, FL

A Florida gastroenterologist has been disciplined after two recent colonoscopy procedures went awry on his watch, including at least one where he couldn’t hear an improperly-sedated patient’s screams because he wasn’t wearing his hearing aids.

Dr. Ishwari Prasad, 84, has been placed on probation by the Florida Board of Medicine after the botched procedures, according to a state Department of Health administrative complaint viewed by USA Today.

Both colonoscopies took place on June 5 last year at the Tampa Ambulatory Surgery Center.



During the first, Prasad is said to have “improperly delegated” medical tasks to a surgical tech who did not have a...

Florida doc, 84, couldn’t hear colonoscopy patient screaming in agony because he wasn’t wearing his hearing aids: complaint

WyoFile

The woman who shot a video of a hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday morning told WyoFile she and her family were terrified as the blast sent boiling water and rocks skyward, destroying parts of a boardwalk, its guardrail and a nearby bench.

Yellowstone hydrothermal explosion: ‘We were terrified’

Business Insider

The Foreign Ministry will be offering three-month visas as early as next month, Russian state media said.

Putin has decided that Russia is going to be a 'safe haven' for people who want to trade liberal Western ways for Russian 'moral values'

An airline passenger and her friend tried to book what they thought were the best seats on the plane, but their plan backfired horribly. TikToker Jess Smith and her friend were traveling abroad and thought they would treat themselves to a flight upgrade. Thinking they’d have more legroom, be first...

Passenger says she’ll never recover after booking worst seat on plane

Montana State

Wyoming State

To increase the genetic diversity of an island population of grizzly bears , Wyoming and Montana wildlife managers recently worked together to import fresh bloodlines into the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Two Montana grizzly bears trucked to Wyoming to bolster genetic diversity, help states’ delisting case

This Boeing Business Jets Max 8 had two large bedrooms and two showers, plus a bar made from Italian marble.

See inside the first private-jet version of the Boeing 737 Max. The extravagant plane is worth over $100 million and has a bar, two bedrooms, and huge showers.

West Virginia State

Petersburg, WV

Diana Layton submitted this photo and note: “West Virginia Wing Civil Air Patrol cadets participate in glider operations at Grant County Airport (W99) in Petersburg.”. Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? You can submit it via this form. All photos sent in...

Picture of the Day: Launch Time

Alaska State

Jackson, WY

In a surprising turn of events, an Alaska Airlines flight was diverted mid-air after the pilot disclosed that he was not certified to land at Jackson Hole Airport (JAC). The aircraft, operated by SkyWest Airlines, was en route to Jackson Hole when the revelation led to an unexpected detour, according to multiple reports.

Mid-air confession: Alaska Airlines flight diverted after pilot reveals he’s ‘not certified’ to land

The same model of plane that crashed in Brazil last week has been involved in a slew of other air disasters in the past three decades — resulting in a total of nearly 500 deaths, records show. 

One of the aircraft, an ATR 72 twin-engine, was being operated by the Brazilian airline Voepass when it suddenly went down en route to Sao Paulo on Friday, killing all 62 passengers and crew on board.

While investigators are still trying to piece together the cause of the latest tragedy, some aviation experts have already speculated that an ice buildup on the plane could...

Same model of plane in doomed Brazil flight has killed nearly 500 people in series of crashes

Denver, CO

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

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Training flight interrupted by Pilatus

This is an excerpt from a report made to the Aviation Safety Reporting System. The narrative is written by the pilot, rather than FAA or NTSB...

Training flight interrupted by Pilatus

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