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Regulations require 1500 hours of flight time for pilot certification. Regional airline Republic Airways wanted graduates of its flight school to be eligible in half that time. The FAA said no.

Are you surprised that he was able to land safely? i know he was an employee of tupelo aviation, and apparently had access to planes, but that was a tough landing, no? >> that was a tough landing. particularly with the twin engine aircraft. and as the aircraft is running out of fuel, for example, if one engine quits before the other, it is difficult to control a twin engine, the outcome is with experienced pilots are not sometimes not good when you have a twin engine running out of fuel or youre...

An airport contractor in mississippi is in custody this morning, facing charges for stealing a plane, and threatening to crash it into a walmart. the bizarre incident played out as the suspect was circling the skies over tupelo, mississippi, and people on the ground were stuck watching in disbelief. >> he right on top of our house. he literally flew over everything. all the vehicles and the house. >> and if you look at the bottom of your screen, were going to show you flight tracking animation t...

Of weird stuff. an airport contractor in mississippi is in custody today, charged with stealing a plane and threatening to crash it into a walmart. this bizarre incident played out as the suspect was circling the skies over tupelo, mississippi, and people on the ground watched the whole thing in disbelief. >> he right on top of our house. he literally flew over everything. it is all the vehicles and the house. >> so the flight tracking animation shows the erratic path that the plane took. author...

You cant see the damage to the engine or landing gear. it landed with a thud, witnesses said. any plane landing in a field, it will have extensive damage to the field. but he came down with the wings level. so he had to have had some flight training. i think what will be the focus of the investigation is just what juliette said, what access did he have, what was his role at the airline, at the air service, et cetera. because this has happened before. a few years back, we were right here covering...

The new PGD Air Center is set to include a Rosati’s Pizza franchise.

Lockheed Martin will provide an additional CH-53K Containerized Flight Training Device to the U.S. Navy—with options for three more—under the terms of a recent contract award.

According to the FAAs 2021 U.S.\u00a0Civil Airmen Statistics study, only 6% of fully-licensed pilots are women, which is up from 5.7% in 2020.

According to the FAAs 2021 U.S.\u00a0Civil Airmen Statistics study, only 6% of fully-licensed pilots are women, which is up from 5.7% in 2020.

Paragon Flight Training at Page Field signed on with the FAA for a new fast-track pilot program to speed up training to just seven months.