EAA’s Flight Advisors Program Is Also Celebrating Its 30th Birthday This Year

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024 will be recognizing four homebuilt aircraft anniversaries at this year’s show, including the RLU-1 Breezy, Zenith 600/601, Swearingen SX-300, and Kitfox. RLU-1 Breezy: First flight in 1964. A completely open cockpit pusher aircraft. Designed and built by Charles Roloff, Robert Liposky, and Carl Unger. For decades at AirVenture, Carl Unger could be seen hopping rides in his Breezy wearing his trademark red vest. The prototype Breezy is on display in the EAA Aviation Museum...

Promises Range and Safety Improvements

Everett, Washington,-based electric aviation company magniX has launched a new battery it calls Samson for aviation and other applications that require high levels of safety, performance, and reliability. magniX says its battery has an industry-leading specific energy density of 300 watt-hours per kilogram (Wh/kg) and a life cycle greater than 1,000 full-depth discharge cycles. It also says the battery has proprietary safety features and is optimized for aviation certification.

Keep It Simple... Fly Affordably!

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024 attendees can experience one of the more accessible sides of aviation by visiting the Fun Fly Zone located south of the Vintage area along Wittman Road. The area is home to ultralight vehicles, light-sport aircraft (LSA), homebuilt rotorcraft, and hot air balloons, 60 commercial exhibitors, and a 900-foot grass runway adjacent to the Ultralight Barn. The ultralights pattern has been updated for 2024. Pilots flying in this area must obtain and possess a copy of the current FAA NOTICE and follow the procedures outlined on page 21.

Company to Demonstrate Aircraft Applications of Hybrid Powerplant

Daytona Beach, Florida,- based VerdeGo Aero announced it has been selected for a contract under NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/SBTT) program. During the six months of the program the company’s R&D team will perform conceptual design studies of four different electric aircraft types that incorporate the company’s VH-3-185 hybrid-electric powerplant. The engine is an adaptation of a custom version of the SMA SR305, a horizontally opposed four-cylinder, air-cooled diesel aircraft engine produced by SMA Engines of Bourges, France. It is EASA-certified and FAA-validated. It uses commonly available susta

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Griffon Upgrade Program Keeps a Legend Around for a Few Decades More

The first of the Royal Canadian Air Force's new CH-146 Griffon Helicopters has taken flight, proving that the modern iteration of the legendary UH-1 Huey helicopter still has what it takes to make some sales. Five months ago, the RCAF awarded an In-Service Support contract to Bell Helicopter in order to sustain their Griffon fleet through 2039. The Griffon Limited Life Extension project will upgrade and modernize their existing aircraft, essentially a lightly militarized Bell 412, with new avionics, displays, engines, and sensor suites.

Hercules Remains the Go-To for Tactical Airlift

The C-130 has hit yet another milestone in its long march toward legend, after Lockheed Martin tendered the 2,700th Hercules airlifter to the United States Marine Corps. The aircraft in question was equipped as a KC-130J, a tanker variant that will go to serve with the Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 at Marine Corps Air Station based at Cherry Point, North Carolina.

From 2020 (YouTube Version): Change Is In The Wind For King Schools

King Schools customers are seeing a new flight instructor in King Schools’ online video courses. CEO Barry Knuttila has taken on an additional role as one of the on-camera instructors for King Schools. Barry holds an ATP certificate with a Falcon 10 type rating and flight and ground instructor certificates with all available airplane ratings. He also owns a Beechcraft Debonair, and regularly flies the King Schools Falcon 10 with John and Martha. “The goa

"...I Just Had A Control Failure, I’m Inbound For 35, Without Any Controls."

On June 6, 2024, about 1159 Pacific daylight time, an experimental amateur built Vans Aircraft Inc. RV-12, N412JN, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Auburn, Washington. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The airplane departed Auburn Municipal Airport (S50), Auburn, Washington, for what family members of the pilot reported as a routine pleasure flight.

Aero Linx: United States Ultralight Association (USUA) USUA is the organization that the FAA, the media, and other organizations look to when it comes to ultralight issues. When an ultralight accident or incident happens in the USA, we are the ones that explain to the media the rules, the safety consciousness of pilots, and the freedom of flight.

Handoff

An action taken to transfer the radar identification of an aircraft from one controller to another if the aircraft will enter the receiving controller's airspace and radio communications with the aircraft will be transferred. 

"The Lockheed Martin team is honored to deliver this milestone Super Hercules to the U.S. Marine Corps, where it will be part of the largest KC-130J fleet in the world and provide true force amplification across the globe. Not only does this Hercules represent the 2,700th C-130 delivered, but it also reflects the inherent mission and performance adaptability that fuels the C-130's ongoing relevance." Source: A statement by Rod McLean, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin's Air Mobility & Maritime Missions line of business, celebrating the 2700th C130 variant.