Monthly Archive: April 2012

Another mega-merger, US Airways To Keep American’s Name – Aviation Week

US Airways will assume American Airlines’ name and relocate to the Fort Worth-based carrier’s headquarters, Aviation Week has confirmed.Most of the details of US Airways’ proposal to buy AMR are still unknown, and in its announcement earlier today the Tempe, Ariz.-based airline was hesitant to provide any concrete information apart from assertions that it would …

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OPShots Photographer Spotlight – Mark Plumley…My wingman and co-pilot!

I think some recognition of all the work my friend Mark Plumley has done and continues to do for this site is long overdue!  Mark has been instrumental in making the site what it is today, taking my clumsy home-made website into a modern user-friendly one that reflects his expertise in web-design and outstanding technical …

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Legendary pilot Howard Pardue Dies in Bearcat Crash – Flying Magazine

Airshow performer and air race pilot Howard Pardue died on Wednesday when his Grumman F8F Bearcat crashed shortly after takeoff from his home field of Stephens County Airport in Breckenridge, Texas, located about 100 miles west of Dallas. The Bearcat, one of only 15 or so airworthy F8Fs in the world, had just taken off …

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ExpressJet E145 lands short at Denver, suspected of hitting approach lights – Aviation Herald

An ExpressJet Embraer ERJ-145 on behalf of United, registration N15973 performing flight EV-5912/UA-5912 from Peoria,IL to Denver,CO (USA) with 22 people on board, was cleared to land on runway 34R. Tower controller was issuing instructions to other aircraft when he interrupted in surprise and exclaimed “he hit the lights” followed by “runway 34R is closed” …

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