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Fatal Flying on Airlines No Accident in Aviator Complaint to FAA
Florida aviation company, Gulfstream, is found to have lax pilot training standards as well as relaxed policies on aircraft fitness for flight. Death and accidents have occurred due to the neglect and Gulfstream's pilots are prevalent in the airline industry.
Tags: Gulfstream; Florida; airline; regional; pilots; training; mechanical; aircraft; aviation;
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Inside the Hidden World of Earmarks
Javers reports on how much cash is actually generated for companies because of lobbyists. It found that for every one dollar spent on earmark lobbying, $28 would be the average return rate. Even the US Navy used this to its advantage to by a new Gulfstream jet for the Naval officials.
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Secret Planes
This investigation by the associated press discovers two Gulfstream jets purposely sending suspected terrorists to countries practicing techniques of tortune. This report was the first to document evidence linking these secret planes to the U.S. government and "revealed the true function of an agency buried deep in the Pentagon bureaucracy."
Tags: U.S. Navy; FOI requests; CIA; detainees; Defense Energy Support Center
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Avjet / Aspen Crash Investigation
CNN investigates the crash of a chartered Gulfstream Jet in Aspen, Colorado on March 29, 2001 that killed 18 people. The story brought to light specifics of the accident and level of pilot experience that the FAA, NTSB and AVJET wanted to keep hidden. CNN pursued FOIA requests with the FAA.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; air crashes; aviation safety; pilot error; FAA; NTSB; AVJET; FOIA; Freedom of Information Act
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Georgia Gazette (Savannah) article shows how Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation avoided paying more than $2 million a year in local taxes by claiming unfinished corporate jets under construction were worth no more than scrap metal, and were then taxed as such, Aug. 16, 1984.