Amphibious SportPlane Tries New Tactics To Recapture Lost Momentum

Overpriced, offering meager performance, and burdened with a history of disappointment, have made it hard for those who inherited the Icon program to get ahead... So, now the company has turned to a certification program that has been all but abandoned by nearly everyone else in the SportPlane community. The Federal Aviation Administration has granted Type Certification for the ICON A5 in the primary category, marking a significant milestone for ICON Aircraft after years of sales as a Light Sport.

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Will Conduct Some Serious Space Tourism This Week... 

On Tuesday, Dec. 30, Juno will make the closest flyby of Jupiter’s moon Io that any spacecraft has made in over 20 years. Coming within roughly 930 miles from the surface of the most volcanic world in our solar system, the pass is expected to allow Juno instruments to generate a firehose of data. “By combining data from this flyby with our previous observations, the Juno science team is studying how Io’s volcanoes vary,” said Juno’s principal investigator, Scott Bolton of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. “We are looking for how often they erupt, how bright and hot they are, how the shape of th

Conditions Consist Of Minus 25 Degrees Fahrenheit And Up To 110 Degrees Sustained Temperatures

The Air Force’s new bird of prey, the T-7 Red Hawk, arrived at Eglin Air Force Base Dec. 15 to begin a series of climate testing at Eglin AFB’s McKinley Climatic Lab. The purpose of the testing is to verify the T-7A’s system functionality while operating in extreme environmental conditions. Among others, those conditions consist of minus 25 degrees Fahrenheit and up to 110 degrees sustained temperatures. The climatic chamber testing will evaluate the aircraft system’s performance including propulsion, hydraulic, fuel, electrical, secondary power, environmental control, and overall operations. 

22 Additional HondaJet Elite IIs contracted for delivery in 2024 and beyond

Better times seem in store for the HondaJet program as Volato expanded its fleet by 50% to a total of 24 HondaJet aircraft as of December 2023. The expansion includes the addition of three new aircraft delivered in December – two from direct Honda deliveries, and one managed plane. This marks a total of eight aircraft added to Volato’s HondaJet fleet in 2023. Volato's growth strategy includes acquiring aircraft directly from Honda and contracting with owners to manage their planes. This approach has enabled Volato to expand while maintaining high standards in private air travel.

The 2023 Tinker Air Show Drew An Estimated 301,000 People

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are scheduled to perform at the massive annual Tinker Air Force Base Air Show June 28-29, 2025. The announcement was made several days back during the 2023 ICAS Convention at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The Thunderbirds squadron is an Air Combat Command unit composed of eight pilots (including six demonstration pilots), four support officers, three civilians and more than 130 enlisted personnel performing in 25 career fields. It was 2014 when the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds last captivated audiences in the sky at the then named ‘Star Spangled Air Show’ at Tinker. 

First A321neo Assembled In Toulouse For Pegasus Airlines 

Airbus has completed its first Airbus A321neo assembled at its newest A320 Family Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse. The A321neo, which will be operated by Pegasus Airlines, the leading low-cost carrier (LCC) in Türkiye, is the first delivery from Airbus' latest state-of-the-art production facility. Located in the former A380 "Jean-Luc Lagardère" building, the assembly line reflects Airbus' attempt to meet demand for the A321neo, which now accounts for nearly 65% of Airbus' A320 Family order backlog.

From 2009 (YouTube Version): Ed McKeown Introduces His Award-Winning Rearwin Restoration

Inspired by the world’s newfound aviation intrigue, Raymond Andrew Rearwin, along with his sons Royce and Ken, started Rearwin Airplanes in 1928.  Bursting into the industry scene during the “Golden Age of Aviation,” the company designed and built more than 400 aircraft before closing in 1946. Among the instrument trainers and gliders, Rearwin Airplanes debuted the Rearwin Cloudster in 1939; featuring strut-braced high-wings, the aircraft included an enclosed cabin and fixed, tailskid undercarriage.  Though the Cloudster’s commercial

(Witness) Looked Up And Saw The Airplane Inverted And Spinning In A Nose-Low Attitude

On December 8, 2023, about 1315 Alaska standard time (AKST), a Piper PA-18-150 airplane, N1880P was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Anchor Point, Alaska. The pilot was fatally injured, the passenger sustained critical injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. A friend of the pilot, with knowledge of the planned itinerary, stated that the flight originated from a private airstrip on Pike Lake near King Salmon, Alaska. The airplane was expected to fly Northeast towards Chinitna Bay and cross the Cook Inlet to Anchor Point, Alaska before turning Southeast for Homer, Alaska.

Aero Linx: The Flying Dentists Association The Flying Dentists Association is a professional and social association devoted to continuing dental education combined with aviation and family fun. We believe there are skills common to dentistry and flying, and Flying Dentist Association members are more successful and better practitioners due to these skills. We earn a lot of dental and aviation continuing education and learn from each other, but it’s more than that: we are a family that shares the interests of dentistry and flying!

Final Approach Fix The fix from which the final approach (IFR) to an airport is executed and which identifies the beginning of the final approach segment. It is designated on Government charts by the Maltese Cross symbol for nonprecision approaches and the lightning bolt symbol, designating the PFAF, for precision approaches; or when ATC directs a lower-than-published glideslope/path or vertical path intercept altitude, it is the resultant actual point of the glideslope/path or vertical path intercept.

“By combining data from this flyby with our previous observations, the Juno science team is studying how Io’s volcanoes vary. We are looking for how often they erupt, how bright and hot they are, how the shape of the lava flow changes, and how Io’s activity is connected to the flow of charged particles in Jupiter’s magnetosphere.” Source: Juno’s principal investigator, Scott Bolton of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, explaining some of the research being conducted as Juno makes the closest flyby of Jupiter’s moon Io that any spacecraft has made in over 20 years. Coming within roughly 930 miles from the surface of the most volcanic world in our solar system, the pass is e