Company To Resume Sales Of Turbine Helo On Global Market

Enstrom Helicopter Corporation announced it has received full FAA certification for the Crash Resistant Fuel System (CRFS) on its 480B turbine-powered helicopter, and will be resuming sales of newly-produced 480B models to the global market.

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Like most of the industry, kit manufacturer Sonex has been hit by the ever-increasing costs of parts and materials, and is being forced to pass some of the burden off to customers beginning December 15. Still, Sonex’s prices remain well under par, with many of its complete airframe kits available for under $40,000. The company detailed the price shifts for Complete Airframe Kits, Quick Build Kits, and AeroVee engine packages. Produced jointly by the Aero-News Network and SUN ’n FUN—in addition to the pre-show SNF Innovation Preview, the all-week SUN ’n FUN Digital Daily, Saturday Flight Live coverage, and our extensive daily news and video output—we are introducing something significant. MOSAIC Day Debuts Thursday at SUN ’n FUN and will designate Thursday as MOSAIC Day, featuring a full day of focused

Favor Use Of Airport and Airway Trust Fund During Government Closures

The National Business Aviation Association along with its fellow 60-plus aviation stakeholders in the Modern Skies Coalition issued the statement below supporting legislation that would prevent the FAA from being affected by future government shutdowns to ensure the continuation of normal FAA and aviation operations.

Expanding Pilot Training Capacity Across Europe, Middle East

Intercontinental Aviation Enterprise and Diamond Aircraft GmbH announced at the Dubai Airshow 2025 the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for the acquisition of ten new Diamond training aircraft. IAE is strengthening its expansion of pilot training capacity across the United Arab Emirates, Greece, Cyprus, and Portugal.

Total Now 18 As Nos. 17, 18 Lift Off From Two Hemispheres

Rocket Lab Corporation completed two launches in two days from its launch sites in two hemispheres, in the process setting a new annual launch record with mission numbers 17 and 18 recording a 100% success rate.

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The NTSB's preliminary report on the UPS Flight 2976 crash has focused on the left engine pylon's separation and a subsequent fire that started even before impact. Imagery released by NTSB shows a clear left engine and pylon failure as the aircraft rotated for departure. The report indicates that the left engine and pylon separated from the wing shortly after takeoff, leading to a fire that ignited near the pylon's attachment point. NBAA, along with its fellow 60-plus aviation stakeholders in the Modern Skies Coalition issued the following statement supporting legislation that would prevent the FAA from being affected by future government shutdowns to ensure the continuation of normal FAA and aviation operations: “As members of the Modern Skies Coalition, we urge Congress to ensure that our nation’s aviation system and those who rely upon it are never subject

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Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane has cleared another round of pre-flight milestones at Kennedy Space Center. The company has been running the spacecraft through a long list of test campaigns ahead of its debut under NASA’s CRS-2 cargo contract. The Dream Chaser’s most recent accomplishments include electromagnetic interference and compatibility testing inside the Space Systems Processing Facility, demonstrating that its avionics and subsystems behave properly in the kinds of charged environments it will encounter from launch to landing. Joby Aviation announced the first flight of its recently developed turbine-electric, autonomous VTOL aircraft. This comes just three months after the aircraft concept was announced in conjunction with L3Harris Technologies, who brings technologies and expertise to address defense applications for t

Becomes Largest Bell HEMS Operator In Europe

Bell Textron announced during the European Rotors 2025 Conference that Slovakia-based HEMS operator Air Transport Europe, signed an agreement to acquire its fifth HEMS-configured Bell 429. This purchase places Air Transport Europe as the largest Bell helicopter operator in the HEMS segment in Europe.

Ranking Member Larsen: ‘Unwavering Advocacy For The Flying Public’

Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and newly-appointed Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Aviation André Carson (D-IN), released the following statement after Rep. Carson was selected to serve as the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Aviation.

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The work of Elfin.aero founder Dr. Reiner Stemme, who passed on October 31, 2025, is already being reignited to honor the designer’s years of dedication to the still-unfinished elfin20: a high-performance, two-seat, self-launching electric glider. Development of the prototype is well underway. Gulfstream Aerospace announced that its newly certified ultralong-range G800 achieved its eight city-pair speed record on its flight from Phuket, Thailand to the Dubai Airshow 2025 in the United Arab Emirates. The feat was accomplished in 5 hours 38 minutes. This latest record brings the city-pair speed record total for the Gulfstream fleet to over 760... SpaceX checked off another benchmark this week by completing the 500th orbital launch mission using a reusable rocket booster. Falcon 9 lifted off at 12:21 am on November 17, sending Europe’s Sentinel-