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OK.... with a little over a month to go, it’s time to get serious! Thanks to the folks at Sun n Fun, we have a highly professional online ticketing apparatus at our disposal for next month’s Affordable Flying Expo. And we have other good news... use the code “AFE2025” and you can get $5 OFF the adult ticket price of $15 or even more for a three day pass. After an insane amount of work on the part of the ANN crew and more than a little hand holding by the event experts at Sun n Fun, the Expo is shaping up. We have an amazing series of seminars and forums in the works as well as a LIVE Friday Night Town Hall in which we will be dissecting MOSAIC in as great a detail as we can muster. 

Additional ~300 Patents Takes Archer’s Total Over 1,000 Worldwide

Archer Aviation, developer of eVTOL aircraft, announced that it won the competitive bidding process to acquire the patent portfolio of Lilium GmbH consisting of about 300 advanced air mobility patent assets for €18M.

Integration With Connected FMS And InSight Flight Deck

At this week’s National Business Aviation Association’s Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, (NBAA-BACE) in Las Vegas, FreeFlight Systems announced that Universal Avionics has selected its Dual-Band ADS-B solution to integrate with the Universal Connected Avionics ecosystem and InSight Flight Deck.

Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics and True Blue Power ANN's NBAA 2025 Coverage... Visit Them At Booth #3436

  True Blue Power Unveils 50 Amp-hour Lithium-ion, Main Ship Battery New Gen5 TB50 is a same-size replacement for standard 44 amp-hour batteries with more power, less weight, and no maintenance.  True Blue Power Lithium-ion Batteries will be on display in the True Blue Power and Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics booth, #3436, throughout NBAA-BACE, October 14 – 16 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Alaska, Midwest, Southeast Offer Additional Turboprop Capabilities

Daher Aircraft announced it has expanded its global customer support Network for the TBM and Kodiak turboprop aircraft lines. The additional U.S. service centers will now provide coverage in Alaska and offer enhanced capacity in the Midwest and Southeast regions.

B737 Lands With Just 6 Minutes of Fuel After Multiple Weather Diversions

A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 touched down in Manchester with just 6 minutes of fuel left in its tanks after strong winds forced it to change course multiple times. Passengers waited through 3 failed landing attempts, a nearly 200-mile diversion, and 10 hours of extra travel time before finally reaching their destination.

MOSAIC-Centric Event Set For November 6-8, 2025... DON'T Miss It!

After a master strategy meeting this last week on the grounds of the Sun n Fun Aerospace Expo campus, details have been completed for the first MOSAIC-dedicated, MOSAIC-centric Affordable Flying Expo (AFE25). With the rule officially announced, AFE25 stands to be the best opportunity for MOSAIC-interested folks to get their questions answered and for the industry to show the aviation community that they are ready to serve this expanding niche. 

Japanese Developer’s SD-05 eVTOL Flies In Osaka And Osakako

Japanese eVTOL aircraft developer SkyDrive announced the successful completion of a series of public demo flights of its SKYDRIVE, the SD-05 model, the company conducted from July 31 to September 24. The flights were conducted at the Expo 2025 venue in Osaka and at the nearby Osakako Vertiport.

Also: Kodiak 100 Joins USFS, Innovative Solutions & Support Renamed, Gulfstream Selects Honeywell, Special Olympics Airlift 

The Phantom 3500 mockup made an appearance where the futuristic BizJet continued to make some aggressive claims for the future... so aggressive AND impressive that they already have an order books numbering in the hundreds... Textron‘s Cessna Citation CJ3 Gen2 has gained type certification from the FAA, which brings the most comprehensive Citation Gen2 investment to the market. Customer feedback reportedly drove the enhancements to the aircraft, including autothrottle, an additional 4.5 inches of legroom for pilots, and a fully customizable cabin environment. At NBAA-BACE 2025, ANN dropped in on the folks at True Blue Power to see what’s keeping a number of high-power jets energized of late... including a number of Gulfstreams. And... At NBAA-BACE 2025, ANN dropped in on the folks at True Blue Powe

Also: USAF Pilots, Atlanta Tower Evac, Archer Spotlight Dissipates, Hop-A-Jet Sues

A social-media call for people to point lasers at aircraft flying over Portland’s ICE facility led authorities to treat the post as a credible threat. Officials say the “laser event” could have endangered aircrew, forced medical-flight diversions, and disrupted routine policing of the area. The post invited participants to gather at multiple city locations at 2100 and shine handheld lasers at helicopters and other aircraft, calling them “spy planes.” Verijet has officially filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, with $10.5 million in unused jet card balances. The Florida-based charter and jet card operator has been in a downward spiral for years, most recently being hit with the passing of its founder, Richard Kane. Founded in 2020, Verijet bet big on the troubled single-engine Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet. As the government shutdown drags into