Warning: Runway Reports Unreliable -- NASA

NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System has found that in at least 42 cases since 1995, pilots of commercial and corporate aircraft reported skidding off runways after receiving reports that the runways were safe.

Bird Hits Cessna, Breaks Windshield, Strikes Passenger

A bird broke through the windshield of a single-engine Cessna bound for Orlando Executive Airport, and struck a passenger. The airplane made a safe landing. Further details on the accident are expected shortly.

Indians Playing Cricket On Runway Force Go-Around

An airplane trying to make an emergency landing Friday in Solapur, India, had to buzz the airfield to shoo away hundreds of people watching or playing cricket. The airfield's open space is commonly enchroached upon by people who go there to play cricket or soccer.

Program Teaches Compton Kids to Fly

Plane & Pilot has a nice piece on Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum, which is a non-profit flight school that provides programs for inner-city kids to work and earn credit for flight lessons. They're also building an airplane. Check it out.

New Jeppeson Online Flight Planner Updates Automatically

Jeppesen's new subscription ($10.95 per month) Internet Flight Planner lets you use online information such as graphic weather overlays, graphic METARs, graphic TFR NOTAMs, detailed airport information, FBO services, airspace, terrain, obstacles, and a special-use airspace activity notification. But if any of that information changes, the new data is automatically updated next time you log in.

Nearly All Airports to Get Wi-Fi - Survey

Over 90 percent of the airports surveyed recently plan to offer public access to a Wi-Fi network within the next two years. The survey -- the 2nd Airport IT Trends Survey - 2005, commissioned by SITA, Airports Council International, and Airline Business magazine -- also found that some 33 percent plan to roll out some kind of biometric identification system for passengers within the next four years (only 3 percent now have biometric check-in).

Alaska Pizza Joint Delivers Free Via Airplane

A delivery pizza restaurant called "Airport Pizza" has opened at the Nome, Alaska, airport that delivers locally by car, but will deliver pizzas hundreds of miles to remote villages via airplane -- and it's free. An outfit called Frontier Flying Service does the flying, and doesn't charge Airport Pizza for their services (although they are given plenty of free pizza).

Micron's Stunt Pilot CEO Says Flying Sharpens Business Skills

They say that being a pilot makes you better at everything. Micron's CEO Steve Appleton would agree. The 45-year-old chairman, president and CEO of Micron Technology Inc., the biggest maker of computer memory chips in the United States, is also an avid stunt pilot.

Finally: A Paper Airplane Simulator

Here's a little amusement that has little to do with actually flying -- the Fetchfido Paper Airplane simulator.