Signs Letter Of Intent With Arizona Elementary School For Fall 2025

New York-based VGTel, Inc. announced the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) with an elementary school in Arizona, launching its Youth Astronomy Pilot Program beginning with the Fall 2025 school year.

Temp Facility Begins Operations, New Terminal & Hangar Coming 2026

Signature Aviation, operator of the world’s largest network of private aviation facilities, announced the start of operations at its newest facility at the Francis S. Gabreski Airport (KFOK) in Westhampton Beach, New York.

Space Force Vice Chief Gen. Guetlein To Lead Project

President Donal Trump and  Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the selection of an architecture and the initiation of planning to build a state-of-the-art missile defense shield it calls Project Golden Dome to intercept threats from space such as missiles, drones, and hypersonic weapons.

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DJI’s recent flagship drone announcement was slightly diminished by the decision to exclude US customers from the launch. Though the US and DJI have been on poor terms for years, many did not expect the drone manufacturer to willingly sacrifice such a large market. More than a decade after the accident occurred, the UN's aviation council ruled that Russia was responsible for the deaths of all 298 passengers and crew on board Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. ICAO will decide how the nation can right its wrongs. On July 17, 2014, Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 took off from Amsterdam with plans to land in Malaysia’s capital city, Kuala Lumpur. It was in cruise over a rural area in the Donetsk Oblast of Eastern Ukraine when a surface-to-air missile shot it down, killing 298 passengers and crew. Australia-based company CycloTech recently got it

From 2016 (YouTube Edition): Fly Along With Chief Pilot Hissem…

Goodyear’s Wingfoot One Zeppelin is not the blimp (Navy slang, “Poopy Bag”) that you have known from the past. It’s a modern lighter-than-air machine, and this video will provide a fascinating insight as to how it operates and what makes it work. Your guide in this captivating video is Spirit of Goodyear chief pilot, Gerald Hissem. The first part of the video discusses the operational requirements of the zeppelin, and you’ll probably hear things that you have never thought of before. Hissem formats his discussion by describing his trip from Akron, OH to Oshkosh WI for AirVenture 2015.

Aero Linx: European Association of Aviation Training and Educational Organisations (EATEO) The mission of EATEO is to provide a common forum for European aviation training and aviation education providers, enabling them to contribute to aviation safety and other fields of civil aviation and to defend their common interests in European as well as international fora. EATO aspires to be the European voice for driving the best aviation training and education practices. 

Search And Rescue A service which seeks missing aircraft and assists those found to be in need of assistance. It is a cooperative effort using the facilities and services of available Federal, state and local agencies. The U.S. Coast Guard is responsible for coordination of search and rescue for the Maritime Region, and the U.S. Air Force is responsible for search and rescue for the Inland Region. Information pertinent to search and rescue should be passed through any air traffic facility or be transmitted directly to the Rescue Coordination Center by telephone. 

“The manufacturing of defective products, including ones intended for use in military aircraft, creates a significant risk to America’s warfighters. DCIS remains committed to working with our law enforcement partners and the Justice Department to hold accountable those who commit fraudulent activity that impacts the Department of Defense.” Source: A statement from Christopher Silvestro, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the DoD’s OIG Defense Criminal Investigative Service, Northeast Field Office, in reference to the news that KeyW Corporation paid the U.S. Air Force $512,000 to settle allegations related to the False Claims Act, for its false representations or omissions of material information about the adequacy of the adhesive curing procedures that its subcontractor used for the pod’s endcones and related procedures to address concerns about the endcones.

Milestone Completed From Mississauga, Slated To Enter Service This Year

Bombardier announced on May 16 that the first production Global 8000 successfully completed its inaugural flight from its assembly center in Mississauga, Ontario. During the flight the aircraft performed a series of production test procedures and manipulation of all flight controls with test pilot Sandro Novelli at the controls.

Germany To Romania Flight Took 7 Legs, Longest 185 Miles

Elektra Solar GmbH, a solar-powered aircraft developer based in Landsberg, Germany, announced that its Elektra Solar Trainer aircraft successfully completed a 900-mile (1,500 km) trip from southwestern Germany through Austria and Hungary, terminating in Brasov, Romania.