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Sonex Aircraft presents its newest kit aircraft design: Sonex Aircraft High Wings. The aircraft will be available in both conventional tail and Y-Tail models. Additionally, four model options are available between tail and gear configuration options. The aircraft is set to display at Oshkosh in 2023, which is when the company will be taking orders. The aircraft will not be a backcountry airplane, and will take after the current Sonex Aircraft fleet, carrying on the mission for fun, local flying, aerobatics and fuel-efficient cross-countries. A new Guiness World Record was set at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta for the “Greatest mass hot air bal
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The aviation community is in mourning... Tragically, on the evening before an airshow in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, a pilot for the GEICO Skytypers died during a practice run. Andy Travnicek was confirmed as the pilot. He was an Air Force Academy graduate, a 20-year veteran of the Air Force, a commercial airline pilot, and a certified flight instructor. He resided in New Hampshire with his wife, Sandy, also a veteran military pilot.He was the only person on board. Because smartphones can pretty much do almost everything, now they can power pa
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Scarcity Principle Breathes New Life Into Business Jet Sales
With an already high price tag, even a small percent increase in price for a business jet can raise the purchase price by millions, says Analyst Brian Foley. Worldwide business jets hit a peak in sales in 2008 with over 1,300 units delivered, and following the Great Recession there has only been half that amount delivered for the past twelve years. Following COVID-19, deliveries are at their lowest level since 2004. 2020 marked the year for blowout sales in the preowned market which has continued into 2021. With demand soaring, inventory is shrinking to about one third of it’s typical levels, leaving buyers with the only option to buy new.
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Global VP Of Coca-Cola Joins The Team
NBAA names Sean Lee, global VP of The Coca-Cola Company, to the association’s Board of Directors. Ed Bolen, NBAA President is happy to welcome him to the organization: “Sean is a leader in aviation and business – his perspectives will be a most welcome addition to NBAA, and we are pleased to have him join the board,” Bolen said. Lee started flying with the US Air Force as an officer, then progressing in rank to major, before being honorably discharged after ten years of service after flying in more than 40 combat sorties. After his military service, he worked in multiple positions inside of MassMutual Financial Group and Hewlett Packard.
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The Flight Instructor Directed The Private Pilot To Recover “Gradually And Easily”
On August 9, 2021, about 1335 eastern daylight time, a Diamond DA-42-L360 airplane, N906ER, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Hiddenite, North Carolina. The flight instructor and a private pilot were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. The flight instructor and private pilot had completed several maneuvers and simulated emergency procedures during the multi-engine instructional flight. Following a simulated single-engine approach and landing to Wilkes County Airport (UKF), North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, the instructor attempted to simulate a rig
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