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June 12, 2025

Airborne Affordable Flyers 06.12.25: Sonex High-Wing, Stunning 'RV916', VoltAero

 Also: Women’s Air Race Classic, Sensenich 100K, ‘Premature’ GAMI G100UL Motion, Quicksilver Ultralights

 

 

Sonex Aircraft announced that its high-wing prototype aircraft has had its first engine start, which fired up with no issues and it also successfully completed its first taxi and brake tests. Sonex said the aircraft has a short task list yet to complete before first flight, which it hopes to achieve before Oshkosh. The company is eagerly awaiting the aircraft registration to be returned by the FAA and final inspection. An intriguing idea, oft talked about in various circles, is now a reality as Lockwood Aviation has installed, tested and is preparing production of Rotax 916iS installation for Van’s RV-9... w

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Lockwood Brings Rotax Power to the RV-9

Company Puts Out a Firewall Forward Kit to Replace the Standard Lycoming

Lockwood Aviation has officially decided that Lycoming doesn't get to have all the fun anymore, launching a complete firewall-forward package to drop a Rotax 916iS into a Van’s RV-9A. The package is turnkey and includes everything you need to make the swap without resorting to custom fabrication or guesswork.

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Four Forces, King Schools Partner On Flight School Software

Collaboration Integrates Software With Cessna Training System

King Schools and Four Forces announced a collaboration that integrates the Cessna Flight Training System’s Course Tracking Application with Four Force’s Flight School Management Software suite.

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FAA Approves BVLOS For Mountain Resort Ops

Intellition’s Waiver First, Paves Way For Drone First Responder Use

Intellition, an emerging provider of drone services for mountain resorts, has received an FAA waiver for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations, a key step in utilizing Drone as a First Responder, or DFR, in complex terrain.

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Racers Gear Up for the 48th Annual Women’s Air Race Classic

2025 Competition Celebrates 96 Years Since the First Women’s Air Derby

More than a hundred female pilots from across the US are gearing up for a 2,426-mile, 9-state journey as part of the 48th annual Air Race Classic. The fun officially begins in Fairhope, Alabama, on June 17. The race tradition started 96 years ago with the Women’s Air Derby, hosted in 1929 under the National Air Races.

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Senator Cruz Throws Down Challenge For Nominee Bedford

Needs To Bring U.S. Aviation System Into Modern Era

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, minced no words in his opening statement at the Committee’s confirmation hearing for FAA Administrator nominee Bryan Bedford, stressing the need for urgency in modernizing the country’s aviation systems and integrating cutting edge technologies such as drones, air taxis, and commercial spaceflight.

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CAF To Join FAA Rulemaking Committee

ARC Provides Agency Info, Recommendations, Advice

The Commemorative Air Force has been invited by the FAA to participate as a member of the Aviation Rulemaking Committee, or ARC, a Congressionally mandated body charged with providing the agency with critical information, recommendations, and advice regarding its rulemaking affecting a wide range of stakeholders across the aviation.

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Airborne 06.04.25: G100UL Legal Decision, FAA v Starship, Laser Conviction

Also: AV-8B Harrier For CAF Arizona, Boeing Gets ODA, Army NG Rescue, Longitude To C. America

A California Superior Court judge recently ruled that GAMI’s unleaded avgas does not meet the legal definition of “commercially available,” meaning FBOs and distributors in the state are not required to stock or sell it, particularly not in place of 100LL. The decision follows a motion by the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) seeking to enforce a 2014 consent judgment requiring fuel sellers to offer a lower-lead alternative when one becomes widely available. The FAA has required SpaceX to conduct an investigation of the Starship Flight 9 mi

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Klyde Morris (06.09.25)

Klyde Is REALLY On A Contrails Tirade, Of Late...

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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Ryanair Buys 30 New LEAP-1B Spares

Invests $500M In Its Largest-In-Europe CFM-Powered Fleet

Ryanair, an Irish ultra low-cost airline, announced it has signed an agreement worth $500 million with CFM International to purchase 30 new spare LEAP-1B engines to be delivered over the next two years. These additional engines will grow its stock of spares to over 120 in support of its fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft.

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AURA AERO Introduces Low-Cost Reaper Alternative

ENBATA Enters Defense Sector As Medium Altitude Long Endurance Drone

AURA AERO, an aircraft manufacturer based in Toulouse, France, announced the launch of its new ENBATA, a new low-cost high performance Medium Altitude Long Endurance, or MALE drone, representing the company’s entrance into the defense sector.

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Aero-TV: Junior Aces Inside The Youth Pavilion At SUN ‘n FUN

Levi Zima Works With Youth Building Basic Radio Kits

Levi Zima is a volunteer with Junior Aces working with kids in the Youth Pavilion inspiring the next generation by building basic AM radio kits, essentially just an AM receiver. It teaches the kids basic electronics and how to solder, which is a skill with widespread use in the industry and college. It also teaches kids how radio and wireless work on a very basic level. Beyond that, it also gives kids the opportunity to get on the airport and hear communications between the tower and aircraft. Levi helped design the kits that are brought in, and the kids get to take them home when they’

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Airborne 06.04.25: G100UL Legal Decision, FAA v Starship, Laser Conviction

Also: AV-8B Harrier For CAF Arizona, Boeing Gets ODA, Army NG Rescue, Longitude To C. America

A California Superior Court judge recently ruled that GAMI’s unleaded avgas does not meet the legal definition of “commercially available,” meaning FBOs and distributors in the state are not required to stock or sell it, particularly not in place of 100LL. The decision follows a motion by the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) seeking to enforce a 2014 consent judgment requiring fuel sellers to offer a lower-lead alternative when one becomes widely available. The FAA has required SpaceX to conduct an investigation of the Starship Flig

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NTSB Final Report: Just Highlander

Airplane Was On Short Final To Land On A Grass Airstrip, Close To The Ground, The Wing Flaps Retracted From 40° To 0° Uncommanded

Analysis: The pilot reported that when the airplane was on short final to land on a grass airstrip, close to the ground, the wing flaps retracted from 40° to 0° uncommanded, and the airplane started to sink. The pilot added engine power to arrest the descent; however, the airplane landed hard. The pilot taxied the airplane without further incident. A postlanding examination of the airframe revealed substantial damage to the fuselage on the right side.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.12.25)

Aero Linx: Fairchild Club Home of Fairchild owners, pilots and enthusiasts.  You need not own a Fairchild to be part of our Club and share our enthusiasm for the Airplanes. To Join or renew your membership in the Fairchild Club, simply fill our the following form, send it along with a check for $20.00 (US funds) for annual dues. If your are fortunate enough to have a Fairchild airplane, please let us know about it. We try to keep records by Model Number, by Country/State of the owner and by owners last name.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.12.25): Secondary Radar/Radar Beacon (ATCRBS)

Secondary Radar/Radar Beacon (ATCRBS) A radar system in which the object to be detected is fitted with cooperative equipment in the form of a radio receiver/transmitter (transponder). Radar pulses transmitted from the searching transmitter/receiver (interrogator) site are received in the cooperative equipment and used to trigger a distinctive transmission from the transponder. This reply transmission, rather than a reflected signal, is then received back at the transmitter/receiver site for processing and display at an air traffic control facility. 

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (06.12.25)

“If the United States doesn’t make critical progress in the near future, other countries—allies and adversaries alike—will become aerospace hubs at our expense. It is my hope that under the leadership of Bryan Bedford, the U.S. will lead the world in aerospace innovation and remain the gold standard for safety..." Source: A part of the remarks emitted by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, as he minced no words in his opening statement at the Committee’s confirmation hearing for FAA Administrator nominee Bryan Bedford.

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