Upgrade Covers ALL PC-12 Models

True Blue Power—the Kansas and California-based aerospace technology concern specializing in the design and manufacture of aircraft electrical power systems, USB and wireless chargers, power conversion products, emergency power supplies, and advanced lithium-ion batteries—announced on 16 May 2023 that the company’s Gen5 TB40 (40 amp-hour) Lithium-ion Battery has been granted FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for installation in all models of Pilatus’s highly-popular PC-12 single-engine turboprop aircraft.

The Ongoing Lack Of Service From U.S. Federal Agencies

On Friday, 05 May, the Office of the Chief Counsel for the FAA, Mark Nichols, delivered a shocking memorandum to the FAA aircraft registration community. The memo, authored by Alexandra Randazzo, Assistant Chief Counsel, Information Law Division, announced that effective Monday, 15 May 2023, Aeronautical Center, Central Region Counsel (ACC as the division is informally known in Oklahoma City) will no longer issue legal opinions to what it refers to as “external stakeholders” on any subject relating to the registration of aircraft using non-citizen trusts, the registration of aircraft using revocable living trusts, or the recordation of what the ACC calls “aircr

VoltAero Selects French Site

Bids are currently being sought for the construction of an industrial site at France’s Rochefort - Charente Maritime Airport (LRH) in the nation’s Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Upon its completion, the new structure will serve as the assembly facility for VoltAero’s Cassio electric-hybrid aircraft family.

According To The Pilot, The Airplane Was On Approach To The Runway When He Felt The Left Rudder Cable Break

On April 30, 2023, about 1450 central daylight time, a Luscombe 8F airplane, N1113B, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Palmer, Texas. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot, the airplane was on approach to the runway when he felt the left rudder cable break, and he lost rudder control.