Sat, Feb 08, 2025
Doc and Fifi Will Reunite in Oshkosh in July 2025
The last two flying Boeing B-29 Superfortresses, dubbed Doc and Fifi, will be returning to Oshkosh, Wisconsin this summer for EAA Airventure. The bombers will be on display at the Boeing Plaza throughout the airshow. They will take a formation flight at the July 23 night show and be available for flight experiences.
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Sat, Feb 08, 2025
Also: $7B Embraer Buy, Tariff Pause, Air Tour Safety Committee, 1st CA SkyCourier
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University recently announced that its flight team, the Golden Eagles, will be moving out its legacy fleet of Cessna 150s. The aircraft will be replaced by CubCrafters NX Cubs in late 2025. The Golden Eagles Precision Flight Team is based at the ERAU campus and Prescott Regional Airport (PRC) in Prescott, Arizona. Able Flight, a nonprofit organization that offers flight training opportunities to those with physical disabilities, is entering its 20th year of operation with 98 licensed pilots. One of its recently announced scholarship recipients for the Class of 2025 will become the 100th Able Flight pilot. Two employees of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority in Washington, D.C., were arrested and charged with leaking official airport video footage of the mid-air collision involving an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and Amer
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Sat, Feb 08, 2025
Also: NOTAM System Restored, Textron Mil Trainers, Axiom Space, Police Rescues Cirrus Pax
The Trump administration’s attempt at downsizing the federal workforce has run into a problem: some jobs actually need to be done. Over the weekend, the administration clarified that air traffic controllers and other public safety employees are exempt from its new “deferred resignation program.” Sporty’s announced it has acquired PilotWorkshops. The acquisition brings together two organizations with the shared mission of making flying safer, easier, and more enjoyable for pilots everywhere. NTSB investigators got their first look at cockpit audio and flight data recordings after divers successfully pulled black boxes from the fatal Potomac crash. All three have been taken to the lab and seem to be in good condition. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-Unlimited!!!
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Sat, Feb 08, 2025
Don't Miss Our Comprehensive Annual Coverage Of Aviation's 'Spring Break'
Here it comes! ANN has prepared its most comprehensive coverage EVER of the SUN n FUN Aerospace Expo... and we guarantee you that this is the best there is. We’re already posting stories to the SUN n FUN Digital Daily website at www.snfdd.com, but the real excitement starts on Monday aftewrnoon at 1600ET when the SUN n FUN Innovation Preview starts with announcements of dozens of new products, developments, and other surprises. Log on to www.airborne-live.net to see it all LIVE... and we have to say... some of these announcements are pretty exciting!
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Sat, Feb 08, 2025
Also: Lufthansa Dreamliner Sim, ATC Can't Quit, NBAA Leadership, Acting FAA Head
ierra Space is becoming the newest content provider for EAA’s AeroEducate online resource and will be adding space-related content to its already-strong offerings. The agreement with Sierra Space gives EAA AeroEducate a true space-oriented subject matter expert to help create new space-focused activities for the K-12 students and their teachers who use the platform. In the future, the company will develop youth space-related awards under the AeroEducate achievement badge program. Textron Aviation announced its first international sale of seven of its Beechcraft King Air 260 military multi-engine training aircraft to SkyAlyne and KF Aerospace to support the Future Aircrew Training (FAcT) program for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Deliveries are expected to begin in the first half of 2028. Sporty’s announced it has acquired PilotWorkshops. The ac
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Sat, Feb 08, 2025
Achieves First For An Electric Motor
French aerospace company Safran announced it has secured certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the ENGINeUS 100 electric motor, the first approval by EASA of an electric aircraft motor and the first for an electric motor of its size and capability.
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Sat, Feb 08, 2025
Receives G-1 For Its 600kW Electric Propulsion System
Everett, Washington-based ZeroAvia announced it reached consensus on the Certification Basis for its 600 kW electric propulsion system (EPS) with the FAA, receiving its G-1 Issue Paper that formally confirmed agreement with its contents. This is a critical step in the certification process where the FAA lays out airworthiness and environmental regulations for a new aircraft design.
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Sat, Feb 08, 2025
First 787-9 For LAT Vienna Site
Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) announced it has put its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Full Flight Simulator into service at its Vienna location on January 30, 2025, to complement the sim fleet with its first long-haul model at this location.
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Sat, Feb 08, 2025
Also: EASA Rotax Emergency AD, DJI Debuts ‘Flip’, Aeroprakt Handicapable, Aura-Aero Integral E
While many either celebrate or bemoan the inauguration of Donald Trump to a second term as President, there was little doubt that there were serious changes, and possible bottlenecks in the wind. Where the long-awaited and much needed MOSAIC rule is concerned, the limbo appears to be getting stretched even further. The LAA has released MTD-01-2025 -- for the 'Inspection of horizontal stabilizer (tailplane) attachment brackets and associated hardware for cracks, looseness and other forms of distress' is issued for Zenair CH601, CH650, CH701, CH750 and variants of these four models. The FAA overturned a policy set in December involving experimental aircraft testing. The regulation limited aircraft in Phase I to operating out of only a single airport. The order, 8130.2K, was issued on August 28 and took effect in December. It cut down the
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Sat, Feb 08, 2025
Advanced Comms Solutions For Safe And Efficient UAS Ops
AURA Network Systems announced it has received an FAA Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) contract to demonstrate and validate technologies for the safe integration of UAS into the National Airspace System (NAS).
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