by Jim Campbell | Jan 5, 2026 | Aviation, News, Transportation
16-Year-Old Makes History A teen in Prince Georges County, Md. has become one of the youngest glider pilots in the United States. Caleb Smith, a sophomore at Charles H. Flowers High School in Prince George’s County who won a scholarship for gliding school this...
by Jim Campbell | Jan 5, 2026 | Aviation, News, Transportation
16-Year-Old Makes History A teen in Prince Georges County, Md. has become one of the youngest glider pilots in the United States. Caleb Smith, a sophomore at Charles H. Flowers High School in Prince George’s County who won a scholarship for gliding school this...
by Jim Campbell | Jan 4, 2026 | Aviation, News, Transportation
Building A Low-Altitude Economy China has adopted new rules for its Civil Aviation Law, bringing uncrewed aircraft such as drones under the national legal framework for the first time, according to reports. This is the first formal regulation of unmanned aircraft by...
by Jim Campbell | Jan 4, 2026 | Aviation, News, Transportation
Kyler Efinger Was Killed After Climbing Into an Airbus A220 Engine Nearly two years after a fatal ramp incident, the Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is being sued for an alleged series of security and communication failures. The case, filed by the...
by Jim Campbell | Jan 4, 2026 | Aviation, News, Transportation
Flights to the Eastern Caribbean Immediately Canceled on FAA Orders Several major US airlines abruptly canceled or diverted Caribbean flights after a US strike on Venezuela led the Federal Aviation Administration to impose more widespread airspace restrictions in the...
by Jim Campbell | Jan 4, 2026 | Aviation, News, Transportation
Parked Jet Was Bumped By the Wing of an Aircraft Being Towed The new year was welcomed by an unusually gentle aviation incident at Raleigh–Durham International Airport involving two Boeing 737s. The jets managed to collide without anyone on board and without...
