A pilot ejected safely as an F-16 fighter jet from the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team crashed on a dry lake bed in San Bernardino County on Wednesday, Dec. 3, officials said. The fiery crash was reported shortly before 11 a.m. along Trona Road in Trona, about three miles south of Trona Airport and about 25 miles northeast of the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station, according to the San Bernardino County Fire Department and Air Force officials. (www.desertsun.com) More...
Airbus is imposing new cold-weather operating restrictions on certain A320neo aircraft equipped with Pratt & Whitney engines, the company confirmed Friday Nov. 28, following an earlier report by aviation outlet aeroTELEGRAPH. The manufacturer said it has updated ground-handling and engine-operation procedures to ensure safe performance when temperatures drop below freezing. (airguide.info) More...
