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2025-10-06Coleman A. Young Municipal Gets a Motor City Makeover
Coleman A. Young Municipal Gets a Motor City Makeover – Airport Improvement With crumbling infrastructure, cemeteries on three sides and its Airport Layout Plan lying dormant for decades, Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport (DET) in Detroit had pretty much been left for dead. Lately, however, there are promising signs of a resurrection thanks to local -
2025-09-08Aircraft Noise Reduction Act (H.R. 5205)
H.R. 5205, introduced in the 119th Congress on September 8, 2025, would amend title 49 of the United States Code to authorize owners or operators of general aviation airports to impose certain noise-related restrictions on noncommercial charter flights. The bill requires the FAA Administrator to consult with general aviation airport owners upon request to make -
2025-09-08Aircraft Noise Reduction Act (H.R. 5205)
H.R. 5205, introduced in the 119th Congress on September 8, 2025, would amend title 49 of the United States Code to authorize owners or operators of general aviation airports to impose certain noise-related restrictions on noncommercial charter flights. The bill requires the FAA Administrator to consult with general aviation airport owners upon request to make -
2025-02-101 dead, 4 injured after jets collide at Scottsdale Airport
The incident occurred after the landing gear of a jet failed. By Clara McMichael, T. Michelle Murphy, Laryssa Demkiw, and Jennifer Watts February 10, 2025, 7:22 PM One person is dead and four others are injured after a Bombardier Learjet 35A veered off the runway after landing at Scottsdale Airport and crashed into a Gulfstream -
Centennial Airport is Leading the Way With Unleaded Avgas
Author: Jodi Richards Published in: November-December 2023 In early May, Centennial Airport (APA) in Englewood, CO, became that state’s first airport to offer unleaded aviation gas for piston-engine aircraft. The active general aviation facility is even offsetting associated costs for early adopters who buy the more expensive eco-friendly alternative. Executive Director Mike Fronapfel says that -
Wing walking flights in Sequim draw lawsuit and FAA investigation
By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter In Sequim, on the north coast of the Olympic Peninsula, you can sign up for a daring thrill ride available nowhere else in America: Mason Wing Walking will take you up in an airplane to about 3,500 feet where you can climb out of the open cockpit and -
Flightradar24.com n249cb flight track
The difficulty for us is the fact that this was almost 2.5 hours of leaded gas expended simply for entertainment value. -
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Not-so-tiny Dancer: pilot draws a ballerina
In early April a pilot in North Carolina made their contribution to the growing body of sky art with a ballerina west of Raleigh-Durham. The pilot was operating a Piper PA-28-161 from the Wings of Carolina Flying Club out of Raleigh Executive Jetport. The flight path took about an hour to complete for a total flight time -
General Aviation Moves Closer to an Unleaded Future
The FAA’s approval of the use of G100UL fuel in all piston aircraft directly addresses the industry’s long-standing goal of finding solutions that can be used for the entire GA piston fleet. Related To: Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) The FAA on Sept. 1 signed on supplemental type certificates to allow General Aviation Modifications Inc.’s