Latest Aviation Headlines
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Officials Plan for Fewer Hurricane Hunter Flights this Season
May 22 2007 // Although forecasters predict an active hurricane season, federal officials said crews will fly fewer hurricane hunter flights from the MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla.. Officials hope that reducing flights will make...
Ky. Air Controllers, Rocket Club Clashing over Launches
May 18 2007 // A local model rocket club had permission to launch rockets into airspace near Lexington, Ky.’s Blue Grass Airport, but future launches could be in doubt over safety concerns. Air traffic around the airport had to be...
New Travelers U.S. Aviation Company Takes Flight
May 16 2007 // Travelers has launched Travelers Aviation, a new business unit targeting corporate and business aircraft, small to mid-size airports, aviation ground services and manufactured non-critical products used as aircraft...
Resident Sues N.Y. Yankee Cory Lidle’s Estate Over Plane Crash
May 14 2007 // Stephane Sparta was at home in his 31st floor apartment when New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle’s small plane crashed into the floor below. The plane didn’t hit Sparta, “but it gave him quite a...
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May 7 2007 // Doug Eden joined Main Street America Group as senior vice president, field operations. Eden will be a member of the company’s senior management team based at its corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla. Eden...
AXA, Britt Paulk Partner on U.S. Aviation Program for Smaller Aircraft
Apr 10 2007 // AXA Corporate Solutions announce the launch of a new national General Aviation program for the U.S. that will be managed through a general agency relationship with Britt Paulk Insurance Agency, Inc. Together Britt Paulk...
Best Rates Lufthansa Captives ‘B++’
Apr 5 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of “B++” (Good) and an issuer credit rating of “bbb” to Germany’s Delvag Luftfahrtversicherungs-AG, and its subsidiary, Delvag...
22 Die, 118 Survive Java Air Crash
Mar 7 2007 // 118 people miraculously escaped the flaming wreck of a Garuda Airlines Boeing 737-400, which slid off the runway at Yogyakarta airport in Java while landing. 22 people, however, died in the crash. According to news...
Frank Crystal & Co. Hires Two in Portland
Mar 2 2007 // Frank Crystal & Co., a privately-owned insurance brokerage firm with more than 70 years of service, has made two key appointments in its Portland, Ore., office, located at 1001 SW Fifth Avenue. Dale Barnard has joined...
Ky. Plane Crash Details Could Boost Case for Punitive Damages
Jan 23 2007 // When Comair Flight 5191 crashed shortly on takeoff in August at Kentucky’s Blue Grass Airport , the parents of 16-year-old Paige Winters thought she died instantly. Documents released this week show a contributing...
Late storm binge has Western states singing holiday claims blues
Jan 8 2007 // While the nation was mostly natural disaster-free in 2006, the West suffered a few fourth quarter storms that took the blush off of an otherwise relatively rosy year. Beginning with Thanksgiving and heading into the New...
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Jan 7 2007 // Late storm binge has Western states singing holiday claims blues While the nation was mostly natural disaster-free in 2006, the West suffered a few fourth quarter storms that took the blush off of an otherwise relatively...
A New President – and a New Era – For R.I.’s Beacon Mutual
Jan 5 2007 // James V. Rosati, a banking and investment executive and current chairman of the R.I. Airport Corp., has been selected to serve as president and chief executive officer of Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., Rhode Island’s...
Safety Officials and NBC Exec Push for More Oversight of Charter Flights
Dec 28 2006 // Travelers who pay a premium for the convenience of charter air travel could unknowingly end up on a flight operated without direct federal oversight. That fact — along with an effort to change it — is central to a...
Colorado Airport Singing Holiday Blues; Losses Just Now Rolling In
Dec 22 2006 // Stranded travelers lined up at ticket counters at snowbound Denver International Airport early Thursday, hoping to get out of town amid a powerful snowstorm that paralyzed Colorado’s biggest cities with up to 2 feet...
Storm Closes Cheyenne Government Offices, Interstates
Dec 22 2006 // A major winter storm hit southeastern Wyoming on Wednesday, closing interstate highways, stranding travelers and sending government workers home early in Cheyenne. Mike Sowko, forecaster with the National Weather Service...
Colorado Under Blizzard Warning; Storm Rolls into Denver, Plains
Dec 21 2006 // A powerful winter storm brought heavy snow and strong winds to Colorado on Wednesday, prompting airlines to cancel hundreds of flights and forcing highway officials to close the state’s busiest east-west route from...
Pilots Should Confirm Runway is Correct, Say Safety Officials
Dec 15 2006 // Airline pilots should be required to follow specific procedures to make sure their airplane takes off on the right runway, federal safety investigators said this week. The National Transportation Safety Board...
Half of Airports Lack Runway Safety Zone, Reports FAA
Nov 7 2006 // More than half of U.S. commercial airports do not have a 1,000-foot (305 meter) margin at the end of a runway, an overrun area, which the U.S. government says is needed as a safety zone, according to a new report. Some of...
Ky. Family’s Suit Over Comair Crash Faults Plane Design
Nov 7 2006 // A lawsuit filed by the family of one of the victims of a Kentucky jet crash that killed 49 people says many victims might have survived if the plane had not burst into flames. Comair Flight 5191 crashed and burned shortly...
