Aero-News: Commercial Aviation

ANN's Paul Plack talks with Jeff Bourk, Executive Director of Branson Airport in Missouri, about how the facilty's first summer season turned out. Branson is America's first commercial airport to be built completely with private funding, and uses its ...

ANN's Paul Plack talks with Scott Philiben, VP of Engineering and Business Development for Precise Flight, about how changes made to high intensity discharge aircraft lights to allow them to be efficiently flashed brought a surprising discovery which ...

ANN's Paul Plack talks with Addison Pemberton, whose restored Boeing Model 40 biplane airliner, the only airworthy example in the world, won the award for Antique Grand Champion at the 2009 Arlington Fly-In. FMI: ...

Bob Poole of The Reason Foundation was a member of the Clear program, designed to expedite passage of pre-screened frequent-fliers through airport security. Like many customers, he had his credit card charged for a two-year renewal just before the ...

With renewed talk of airline fares based on passenger weight, are there non-economic implications for overweight passengers? ANN's Paul Plack talks with Dr. Rebecca Puhl, Director of Research & Weight Stigma Initiatives at Yale University's Rudd ...

ANN's Paul Plack talks with CFI Bob Miller of Over The Airwaves about what it would take to correct the mistakes that led to the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407. FMI: www.overtheairwaves.com Sponsored ...

ANN's Paul Plack talks with CFI Bob Miller of Over The Airwaves about last week's release by the National Transportation Safety Board of the cockpit voice recorder transcripts from ill-fated Continental Connection Flight 3407. Bob explains why he ...

ANN's Paul Plack talks with Kate Hanni, Founder and Executive Director of FlyersRights.org, about highly dubious statistics from the US Department of Transportation suggesting that 98% of all tarmac passenger strandings occur on just four ...

In our final installment of this series, we'll hear SeaTac International Airport Managing Director Mark Reis, and Bird Strike Committee USA Chairman John Ostrum tell the US House Aviation Subcommittee what's being done by airports to mitigate bird ...

Is the current airline model preparing up-and-coming flight and cabin crews to face situations like those which faced the crew of US Airways Flight 1549 on January 15th? The US House Aviation Subcommittee hears testimony from Captain John Carey, Chairman ...

The US House Aviation Subcommittee gets an update on the investigation into The Miracle on the Hudson from Robert Zumwalt III, member of the National Transportation Safety Board, and the FAA's Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, Margaret ...

The US House Aviation Subcommittee hears the story of the Miracle on the Hudson as related by flight attendants Shelia Dail, Doreen Welsh, and Donna Dent, and some parting comments on birds and piloting from First Officer Jeffrey Skiles and Captain ...

FAA Air Traffic Controller Patrick Harten tells the US House Aviation Subcommittee about his experience on duty at the New York TRACON during the drama which would come to be known as The Miracle on the Hudson. Florida Republican John Mica follows up ...

ANN offers the in a series of Special Features highlighting the congressional testimony of those involved in the "Miracle on the Hudson." Today, First Officer Jeffrey Skiles offers an opening statement, and answers questions. Sponsored ...

ANN offers the first in a series of Special Features highlighting the congressional testimony of those involved in the "Miracle on the Hudson." Today: Captain Chesley Sullenberger. Sponsored By... www.garmin.com www.diamondaircraft.com ...

ANN's Paul Plack talks with Robert Poole, Director of Transportation Studies for the Reason Foundation, about how the TSA is sitting on thousands of iris scans and fingerprints which were supposed to be used in background checks for "Preferred ...

ANN's Paul Plack and CFI Bob Miller of Over The Airwavestalk about Bob's work with local media on coverage of Continental 3407. Bob lives six miles from the crash site. FMI: www.overtheairwaves.com ; ...

ANN presents an edited version of the audio recordings made at the New York TRACON during The Miracle on the Hudson on January 15, 2009. FMI:  www.faa.gov/data_statistics/accident_incident/1549/ Sponsored By... www.garmin.com www.diamondaircraft.com ...

ANN's Paul Plack talks with Steve Osmek, the full-time wildlife biologist at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, about a new "avian radar" system being test at SeaTac and other US airports. FMI: www.portseattle.org Sponsored ...