General Aviation

Two light aircraft intercepted near Camp David

24 May 2012

WASHINGTON - US military aircraft intercepted two Cessna 172 general aviation aircraft late Friday in the vicinity of the US presidential retreat of Camp David, Maryland, the North American Aerospace Defense Command announced.

BIA gets $4.9M grant to upgrade general aviation area

24 May 2012

Posted May 23, 2012, at 4:24 p.m. BANGOR, Maine — Now that the Department of Transportation’s check is in the mail, the work can start on the $4.9 million renovation of the general aviation area at Bangor International Airport.

NTSB: Homemade aircraft deadlier than most planes

23 May 2012

Pilots of small, homemade aircraft have twice as many accidents and three times the fatalities as the rest of the general-aviation community, the National Transportation Safety Board found Tuesday.