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  • Details of a midair near-collision that put a departing United Airlines Boeing 777 barely a few hundred feet from a single-engine propeller aircraft near San Francisco International Airport last year reveal that local controllers initially documented the incident but didn't consider it an error.

    Report Details Midair Close Call Andy Pasztor 2011

  • The U.S. decision to field cheaper and less capable single-engine F-35s while canceling production of highly maneuverable and supremely capable twin-engine F-22s looks increasingly suspect in light of new awareness of China's moves.

    China's Military Buildup Won't Stop The Defense Bear Rick Whittington 2011

  • In 1932, Tata flew from Karachi to Mumbai in a single-engine de Havilland Puss Moth to inaugurate the first commercial air mail route in his budding corporate empire.

    India gives Air India $173 million cash infusion 2010

  • After examining some 37,000 single-engine airplane accidents over three decades, experts concluded that occupants using lap belts by themselves were 50% more likely to be killed or seriously injured than those protected by a combination of lap belts and harnesses.

    Federal Agency Endorses Aviation Airbags Andy Pasztor 2011

  • A single-engine airplane made an emergency landing on a California highway Sunday morning, though no major injuries were reported, authorities said.

    POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: August 24, 2009 2009

  • Two people were killed Saturday afternoon when a single-engine small plane crashed in a field near Sandwich Airport and Route 34 (map).

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • McCausland says the single-engine plane crashed into a house near Biddeford Municipal Airport after 6 p.m.

    Small plane crashes into Maine house; 1 dead 2011

  • Those pilots, Paul Hooper and Doug Cockes, predicted that the single-engine Caravan would be unsafe for high-tempo missions over the Andes Mountains.

    Flight Risk 2009

  • The single-engine Cessna 207 departed Saturday evening from the community of McGrath, about 225 miles northwest of Anchorage.

    Troopers: 2 die in Alaska plane crash; 4 survivors 2011

  • In May, a 35-year old female pilot on her third solo flight encountered a violent wind shift while landing in Arizona, snared a wingtip and the badly-damaged, single-engine Piper Cherokee skidded for 2,000 feet.

    Study Recommends Installing Air Bags on Private Planes Andy Pasztor 2011

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