1.   A small aircraft now obstructed the runway.

2.   A small aircraft was obstructing the runway.

3.   Even quite small aircraft occupy a lot of space.

4.   Although the small aircraft industry represents an extreme end of the spectrum, the cost of product liability lawsuits to other industries has been unusually evident in recent weeks.

5.   And in New York, Boston and Washington, no-fly zones remain in force for all small private aircraft.

6.   As for requiring pilots of small aircraft in Vermont to file flight plans, Shumann said such a move was highly unlikely.

7.   At first, i thought it was a small aircraft.

8.   At first he thought it was a small aircraft, he said, and he rushed to the field to see if he could help.

9.   Blimps could be especially useful in the heavy rains that turn dirt runways into bogs and block the use of small aircraft in the Amazon, da Silva said.

10.   BOMBARDIER DROPS INTEREST IN RIVAL The Canadian maker of small commercial aircraft, Bombardier, said it was no longer interested in buying a European rival, Fairchild Dornier.