Ottawa—The Canada Aviation Museum is poised to receive a prototype Canadair Challenger business jet aircraft early next week. Weather conditions permitting, the aircraft is scheduled to complete its last flight with a landing at the Rockcliffe Airport on the Museum site in Ottawa to assume its place in Canada’s internationally renowned aeronautical collection.

Washington, D.C. - As part of its continuing investigation into an accident involving a twin-engine turboprop airplane near Bagram, Afghanistan, the National Transportation Safety Board will open a public docket and release a series of factual reports on Friday, February 10, 2006, at 11:00 am.

Washington, DC -- The National Transportation Safety Board determined today that the probable cause of the crash of a Beech King Air operated by Hendrick Motorsports in Stuart, Virginia was the flight crew's failure to properly execute the published instrument approach procedure. Contributing to the cause of the accident was the crew's failure to use all navigational aids to confirm and monitor the airplane's position during the approach.

Your day couldn’t be going any better.  It’s a beautiful Midwest spring day and you’re cruising at 3500 feet inbound to a local fly in pancake breakfast.  Although your Cessna 172 hadn’t flown all winter, she started up immediately and your first take off of the season felt as if you were at 20,000 hour airline Captain.