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General Aviation Plane Crashes

November 1, 2010

According to researchers at Johns Hopkins University, general aviation flights account for most of the crashes, injuries, and deaths in U.S. aviation.  In fact, the risk is 82 times greater than for major airlines.  General aviation flights include small private planes and business jets including use for recreation, emergency medical services, fire-fighting, sight-seeing, traffic reporting […]

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FAA’s Proposed New Helicopter Safety Rules

October 20, 2010

I applaud the FAA for these proposed changes which should help helicopter safety and should save lives.  Despite the efforts of manufacturers, operators and government agencies, the helicopter accident rate has not seen a major improvement. For years, although the technology is readily available, the FAA has not mandated flight data recorders and cockpit voice […]

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