The News Review:
- NASCAR faulted in deadly Fla. plane crash in 2007
- New APA president introduced to local aviation community
- Delta Reinstates Pilot Aviation Safety Action Program
- Fraport’s Schulte sees aviation trough in Q1
- Duncan Aviation Adjusting to Drop in Demand
- 2 killed in small plane at Santa Monica Airport
NASCAR faulted in deadly Fla. plane crash in 2007
The Associated Press
plane crash in 2007By BEN EVANS – 3 hours ago WASHINGTN (AP) — Investigators blamed NASCAR for a “tragic unnecessary” plane crash in 2007 saying the racing organization let one of its aircraft take off without checking an electrical problem reported the day before. NASCAR violated federal aviation rules when it allowed the small corporate plane back in the air on July 10 2007 the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. The Cessna 310 was en route from Daytona Beach to Lakeland in Florida when it crashed outside rlando. The plane hit two homes killing a 24-year-old law student and her 6-month-old son as well as a 4-year-old neighbor. Also killed were the NASCAR pilot and the husband of a NASCAR executive a pilot himself. The safety board also said the crash resulted partly from sloppy maintenance record-keeping at NASCAR’s aviation unit.
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New APA president introduced to local aviation community
Bizjournals.com NC
Fuller took the position as APA president Jan. 1 but chose Wichita as the launching point for his General Aviation Leaders tour. Fuller will travel throughout the Midwest over the next week talking to aviation industry leaders and speaking with them about APA’s initiatives for the coming year. “The idea is to get out of Washington and meet people” Fuller says. Fuller focused many of his remarks on the declining market for general aviation stressing the importance of leadership and cooperation in helping the industry make it through difficult times. “APA was founded with the intent to promote general aviation” he says.
Delta Reinstates Pilot Aviation Safety Action Program
AviationNews.net VA
if not put nothing–>. The revised program mirrors an existing Northwest pilot ASAP program. FAA applauded the agreement to reinstate participation and urged US Airways American and their labor unions to resolve their differences and reinstate voluntary reporting programs. “ASAP has proven to be a valuable tool in helping to spot possible safety problems before they become accidents” said DT Secretary Ray LaHood. “We hope the other carriers will follow Delta’s lead and realize just how critical voluntary programs are to commercial aviation safety.
Fraport’s Schulte sees aviation trough in Q1
Reuters
6 percent (Adds details background share price) FRANKFURT Jan 28 (Reuters) – Fraport (. DE) sees theaviation business reaching its trough in the first quarter astravellers shy away from spending on flights during the globaleconomic crisis management board member Stefan Schulte said. Passenger numbers at Fraport’s airports would post a steepermonth-on-month decline in January than the 2. 4 percent sliderecorded in December Schulte told journalists late on Tuesday. Airlines and airport operators such as Fraport have been hitby fallout from the crisis as companies spend less on businesstravel and consumers keep a tighter hold on their purse strings. Fraport has been expanding outside its German home market totap into growth abroad and has stakes in airports in Lima inPeru and Xian in China.
Duncan Aviation Adjusting to Drop in Demand
Aviation International News NJ
and Battle Creek Mich. to “cut some production team members’ hours and implement pay cuts in all other positions” according to a statement released by the company. “This is the first time in its 53-year history that the company has had to implement cutbacks of this nature. The drop in flying activity is exerting “significant downward pressure in labor pricing” said chairman Todd Duncan.
2 killed in small plane at Santa Monica Airport
San Jose Mercury News USA
Witnesses told police the plane left the ground but had problems and tried to return to the airport Semko said. No one on the ground was injured. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said the plane was a Marchetti SF-260 and was registered to Malibu-based Wingspan Inc. Semko and Gregor said they did not know the identities of the victims. The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate. The wreckage of the aircraft remained on the runway late Wednesday and the airport was closed said airport director Robert Trimborn. He did not know when the airport would reopen.