Aviation News, Headlines & Alerts
 
Day: <span>April 29, 2023</span>

Fixing The Plane: Career-Tech Center Plots New Aviation Maintenance Program To Address Industry-Wide Labor Shortages

Flight delays and cancellations; route discontinuations; frustrated passengers: These issues have grown increasingly common in the commercial aviation world since COVID, with most people attributing them to widely-reported pilot, flight attendant, and gate agent shortages. But did you know that airlines are also having trouble hiring the people who make sure airplanes are ready to …

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Why do airplanes turn off the AC during takeoff?

Have you ever wondered what it would be like flying in an airplane without air conditioning? That’s unimaginable and almost no one boards their flight thinking they are going to be locked in a hot cylindrical can.

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Landing gear issue prompts pilot to make emergency landing in Cedar City

CEDAR CITY — The pilot of a small airplane made an emergency landing at Cedar City Regional Airport on Saturday after the aircraft reportedly experienced problems with its landing gear. The plane could be seen circling the area for just over an hour after a pilot reported the problem. The single-engine Cessna 210 with four […]

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Michigan couple identified as victims of Georgia plane crash

WATKINSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Family members said that a Michigan couple who died in a Georgia plane crash on Wednesday were “seasoned pilots” who “lived life to the fullest.” Robert Denton, 76, and Sandra Denton, 75, of Williamsburg, Michigan, were identified Friday as the people who died when their single-engine Cessna 177B crashed in a field Wednesday near Watkinsville.

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Glimpses of Beauty Laid on Thick, the Paintings of Helen Cantrell at the Cooley Gallery

OLD LYME — Nature, a cluster of buildings, people in everyday life, all are glimpses captured by artist Helen Cantrell in her expressionistic and vibrant paintings.  Cantrell paints with oils, often using wide brushes, palette knives and other tools to create thick surfaces of layered and dripped paint that she scratches through and scrapes away, adding […]

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A Flight Attendant Debunks Common Plane Myths

A Virgin Australia flight attendant is racking up the hits on TikTok with answers to questions she gets all the time.  Here are a few:  Yes, the tap water is safe to drink.  It’s filtered and clean. This one is super interesting.  The reason window shades need to be UP during takeoff and land

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FACTBOX-Countries rush to evacuate foreign citizens from Sudan | Law-Order

The French Navy carried 350 from Port Sudan to Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday night, while more than 70 were flown aboard a French Air Force transport plane to N’Djamena in Chad from El Fasher in Sudan on Thursday. ITALY Italian military planes flying from Djibouti evacuated 83 Italians and 13 others, including children and the Italian ambassador. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said some Italian NGO workers and missionaries had decided to stay in Sudan, while 19 others had been taken to Egypt.

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