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‘My engine is doing something weird,’ pilot says before crash near St. Augustine airport
Read full article: ‘My engine is doing something weird,’ pilot says before crash near St. Augustine airportThe National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on a plane crash in St. Augustine that left a 49-year-old woman dead.
Pilot dies after aerobatic plane crash near St. Augustine airport, family says
Read full article: Pilot dies after aerobatic plane crash near St. Augustine airport, family saysA 49-year-old woman passed away after her aerobatic plane crashed Wednesday afternoon at Northeast Florida Regional Airport in St. Augustine.
Company explains issue behind bad gas at Southeast Georgia station
Read full article: Company explains issue behind bad gas at Southeast Georgia stationAfter News4Jax reported over the weekend that the vehicles of around 20 drivers broke down shortly after purchasing gas at the Pilot Travel Center in St. Marys, the company issued a statement Tuesday, explaining what happened.
PHOTOS: 5-year-old battling cancer becomes pilot for a day at MacDill Air Force Base
Read full article: PHOTOS: 5-year-old battling cancer becomes pilot for a day at MacDill Air Force Base5-year-old girl Ever Young became pilot-for-the-day at MacDill Air Force Base on Tuesday. TAMPA, Fla. – MacDill Air Force Base made a little girl’s dream come true on Tuesday. Ever Young, a 5-year-old cancer patient, was given her official orders to be a pilot-for-the-day from Col. Benjamin Jonsson, 6th ARW commander. With help from the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation, Ever was able to make her dream of becoming a U.S. Air Force pilot come true,” MacDill Air Force Base said. During her visit to MacDill, Ever was able to fly and land a flight simulator, tour a KC-135 Stratotanker and the Air Traffic Control Tower and enjoy lunch on base.
American Airlines pilot reportedly tests positive for COVID-19
Read full article: American Airlines pilot reportedly tests positive for COVID-19MIAMI – An American Airlines pilot based out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport was diagnosed with COVID-19, the airline’s spokesman Curtis Blessing said, according to USA Today. The pilot is undergoing treatment, an airline’s union representative told Bloomberg. The airline is in contact with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to implement safety measures, said Blessing, who works out of Los Angeles. Here the statement American Airlines released to CNN:American’s Chief Medical Officer and leaders from our pilots’ office have been in touch with our Dallas Fort Worth based pilot who tested positive for COVID-19. We are in close contact with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and public health officials and are coordinating with them on all required health and safety measures.