NTSB Member Resigns (Aircraft Maintenance Technology)National Transportation Safety Board Member Steven R. Chealander has announced his resignation from the Board, effective Feb. 28. Inquests will open today into the deaths of two air cadets and their flight instructors who died in a mid-air collision.Air crash cadets inquests open today (icWales) Fly-past tribute to crash pilot [...]

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Fatal flights were a minute apart (BBC News)An inquest on two air cadets and their trainers killed in a mid-air collision hears that they took off on flights one minute apart. THE four victims killed in a mid-air collision above South Wales died from multiple blunt force trauma, an inquest heard today.Inquest into tragic plane [...]

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Four die in mid-air collision in Britain (Independent Online)Four people – two air force personnel and two teenagers on a training flight – have reportedly died in a mid-air collision in south Wales. Four die in mid-air collision of RAF training aircraft in Britain (EARTHtimes.org)London – Two female teenage air cadets and two Royal Air [...]

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Uschi Hall’s hang-glider hit a patch of trees when she crashed into the side of a mountain in AustriaGrand Junction woman survives hang-gliding collision, leads active life (Vail Daily) COLUMN: Miracles do happen to everyone (Ralston Recorder)A miracle did happen! For three days (Jan. 15 to 17) the news media proclaimed it. Then it was [...]

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Upgraded: Ranger Rotorcraft Group’s Ed Bolden (The Aero-News Network)Just Call Him “Mr. President” Ranger Rotorcraft Group, Inc. has promoted Edward Bolden to President. Bolden was previously Vice President-Operations Development of Ranger Rotorcraft Group. Pratt & Whitney Awarded Contract for Long Lead Procurements for Additional F119 Engines Pratt & Whitney was awarded a contract from the [...]

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Bryan Sax (Aspen Daily News)Aspen lost a well-loved native son when Bryan Sax, 37, died in a mid-air collision over the Florida Everglades on Dec. 6. Sax was training to become an instructor in flying multi-engine aircraft when the collision occurred, also killing his instructor and two men aboard the other plane. read more Basketball: [...]

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Pim looks abroad for Jakarta raid (Grenfell Record)SOCCEROOS coach Pim Verbeek will try to convince a smattering of overseas players to play in Australia’s opening 2011 Asian Cup qualifier against Indonesia next month, but he’s preparing to go in with a squad formed exclusively from A-League players. Trainee pilot dead Melbourne, Dec. 19 (The Telegraph)(PTI): [...]

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