Just two and a half minutes after the plane was cleared for takeoff Sunday morning at Lancaster Airport, air traffic control started calling out for the pilot, according to an audio recording.
The two pilots who died in a fiery crash outside Colorado’s Montrose Regional Airport had been flying a recently purchased home-kit airplane, officials said.
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A pilot flying his recently purchased float plane home and his airline-certified co-pilot both died last month during takeoff from the Montrose Regional Airport.
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Tsotne David Javahishvili went missing when the plane he was flying did not land at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport as planned. The Del Mar resident, who had taken off earlier from the Ramona Airport, was cleared to land by air traffic control but wasn’t heard from again.
A small plane turned a major road in New Smyrna Beach into an airstrip early Saturday, July 19, as the craft was forced to make an emergency landing on State Road 44, according to the Volusia Sheriff's Office. The incident occurred around 9:29 a.m. near Taganana Drive just west of State Road 415, according to the Sheriff's Office.
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A Canadian man has been charged with hijacking a small plane this week and flying it over one of the busiest airports in Canada, prompting fears he would crash into something and causing flights to be delayed or grounded.
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Who really flies the plane? ️Am I a real pilot? Who flies and lands the plane? What is the difference between a Captain, First Officer, and Second Officer?