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In his latest post to the AVweb Insider blog, Paul Bertorelli seems dazed and baffled by a world class case of whipsaw. On the one hand, EPA says it has no authority to ban leaded fuels; on the other, FAA Admin Randy Babbitt says oh, yes it does. Who the hell is driving this thing? Click here to read Paul’s blog and make your best guesses as to what’s going on.

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Heather McNevin, a pilot and air traffic controller from Northfield, Minn., shows her appreciation for the Herpa DC-3 Wednesday at AirVenture. The DC-3’s 75th anniversary is being celebrated at this year’s show, with more than a dozen DC-3s and C-47s parked throughout the grounds.

===> Posted on July 28, 2010 by Janice Wood. No comments. © GAN 2010

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All 152 souls on board an Airbus A321 were killed on Wednesday when the aircraft crashed into a hill while trying to land at an airport near Islamabad in clouds and rain. Fire and smoke was visible at the scene, the Associated Press reported, and the wreckage was strewn widely across the hillside of broken trees. No distress calls were heard from the pilots, according to the AP. The flight was operated by Airblue, a private service based in Karachi, where the flight had departed from. One witness told the AP the airplane appeared to have “lost balance” in the air, and then went down.

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