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January 21, 2025

Airborne 01.21.25: Rotax AD, Flight School Sued for $27M, Buhbye To Geofencing

 Also: Presidential TFRs, Daher FL Lease, Charter Security, T-7A Acquisition

 

 

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) for certain Rotax engines installed on various general aviation aircraft. Rotax previously notified owners of such aircraft about the issue through its own Alert Service Bulletin (ASB) in December 2024. The family of Barrett Bevacqua, a student pilot killed in a 2023 plane crash, is suing the flight school and airline related to the flight. They claim that the flight instructor is to blame and are seeking $27 million. 20-year-old Bevacqua enrolled in the Ascend Pilot Academy, spearheaded by Alaska Airlines and subsidiary Horizon Air, in January 2023. Drone manufacturer

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Family of Plane Crash Victim Sues for $27 Mil

Lawsuit Blames the Flight Academy for the Fatal Accident

The family of Barrett Bevacqua, a student pilot who was killed in a 2023 plane crash, is suing the flight school and airline related to the flight. They claim that the flight instructor is to blame for the accident and are seeking $27 million. 20-year-old Bevacqua was enrolled in the Ascend Pilot Academy.

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Skyryse Partners with U.S. Army to Enhance Black Hawk

Agreement Focuses on Automation, Training, and Interoperability

Skyryse recently announced its partnership with the U.S. Army to modernize its aviation capabilities. The collaboration aims to reduce pilot training time, increase interoperability between aircraft, and provide optionally piloted capabilities for the Army’s fleet, including 2,400 Black Hawk helicopters.

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Amazon Pauses Drone Delivery Program Tests

Progress on Prime Air Halted After Two Drone Collision Incidents

Amazon put a temporary stop to testing its drone delivery program, Prime Air, in Texas and Arizona on January 17. The decision follows two drone incidents in late 2024. Another major issue that Amazon is working through is costs.

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Researchers Use Positive Reinforcement For Pilot Training

NASA Funding Supports Embry-Riddle Program Studying Human Performance

NASA funding is used to support a research team at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) studying human performance in pilot training using positive reinforcement on the flight deck.

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VFS Holding Transformative Vertical Flight 2025 Conference

Phoenix Site For eVTOL Tech Meeting & Symposium In February

The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) announced that Transformative Vertical Flight 2025 (TVF), the world’s longest running conference on eVTOL aircraft, will be held on February 4-6 in Phoenix, Arizona. It will present a comprehensive roundup of updates and insights into the newest segment of the global aerospace industry.

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EASA Issues Emergency AD For Certain Rotax Engines

Escalation Of Alert Service Bulletin From Rotax

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) for certain Rotax engines installed on various general aviation aircraft. Rotax previously notified owners of such aircraft about the issue through its own Alert Service Bulletin (ASB) in December 2024.

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Airbus Delivers H225M Helicopters To France

First Two Of Eight Ordered In 2021 By Armament General Directorate

Airbus Helicopters announced the delivery of two H225M helicopters to the French Armament General Directorate (DGA), the first of eight ordered in 2021. They will replace the Pumas now in service overseas in French Guyana, Djibouti, and New Caledonia, and will be operated by the French Air and Space Force.

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Spirit Airlines Chops 200 Employees Amid Bankruptcy

Layoffs Bring Spirit to $80 Million Cost Reduction Target

As it pushes through the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, Spirit Airlines has been looking for any way to cut costs and hit its $80 million reduction target. The latest development is the carrier’s decision to drop roughly 200 employees. Spirit hopes to complete the bankruptcy process by the end of 2025’s first quarter.

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Lockheed Martin Delivers S-70i Helicopters To Philippines

Part Of Contract For 32 Sikorsky Black Hawks

Lockheed Martin announced the delivery of 10 S-70i Black Hawk helicopters in 2024 to the Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) as part of a contract for 32 Sikorsky Black Hawks under the DND’s Additional Utility Helicopters Acquisition Project. The S-70 Black Hawk is the commercial version of the UH-60 military helicopter.

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Barnstorming: Our Best Days Should Not Be In Our Past

"Every New Beginning Comes From Some Other Beginning's End." - Seneca

01.09.25, Planet Earth: Despite the best bets that many people have made about me over the years, I stayed alive and in one piece (more or less), and turned 68 years old as I wrote this. That includes 54 years since the inexcusably cold day over New Jersey when I soloed a glider and claimed my right as an aviator to play in the sky. I am amazed at what I've seen in the last half-century or so, and I'm even more amazed at the extraordinary experiences and people who became a part of my flying life -- and to whom I owe so much even though way too many of them are but a memory.

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Airborne 01.13.25: Drone Smacks CL-415, $3.4M Verijet Court Loss, OSH25 Airshow

Also: Starship Threatened, SAOC Replacement, Navy Helos To CA Fires, 12 Planes Of Christmas

A firefighting aircraft operating over the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles is grounded and out of service due to a mid-air drone strike by a civilian drone not assigned to the fire. The aircraft, a Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper, landed safely with no injuries. The left wing of the aircraft was damaged by the drone at about 1 p.m. on January 9 and the FAA said it will investigate the incident. After a December court ruling was finalized, Verijet was forced to hand over $3.4 million to Vision Leasing 241. The latest ruling was the result of a lengthy legal battle betw

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Airborne 01.13.25: Drone Smacks CL-415, $3.4M Verijet Court Loss, OSH25 Airshow

Also: Starship Threatened, SAOC Replacement, Navy Helos To CA Fires, 12 Planes Of Christmas

A firefighting aircraft operating over the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles is grounded and out of service due to a mid-air drone strike by a civilian drone not assigned to the fire. The aircraft, a Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper, landed safely with no injuries. The left wing of the aircraft was damaged by the drone at about 1 p.m. on January 9 and the FAA said it will investigate the incident. After a December court ruling was finalized, Verijet was forced to hand over $3.4 million to Vision Leasing 241. The latest ruling was the result of a lengthy legal battle betw

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NTSB Final Report: Radley Vincent Quicksilver Sport 2S

As It Climbed In A Left Turn It Encountered An Aerodynamic Stall, Spun To The Left, And Impacted The Ground

Analysis: The owner of the experimental amateur-built airplane transported it via ground to the sport pilot/light sport aircraft repairman’s facility at a grass airstrip, so that an annual condition inspection could be completed. Although the sport pilot/repairman had performed maintenance work on the airplane make and model, he had never flown one. After the sport pilot completed the inspection, he attempted a post-maintenance flight.

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Classic Aero-TV: Phil Boyer 2012 - ‘Just An Aviation Enthusiast’

From 2012 (YouTube Edition): "Back To The Aviation I Knew..."

ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell had a chance to talk with Phil Boyer who had retired as president of AOPA about four years prior to this conversation. The meeting took place at EAA AirVenture 2012 and Boyer simply considered himself just another aviation enthusiast at the event. Campbell starts off by asking Boyer how he feels about general aviation as a pilot and a user of the system. Boyer’s response is that he feels overall general aviation is getti

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.21.25)

Aero Linx: EC-130J Commando Solo The EC-130J Commando Solo, a specially-modified four-engine Hercules transport, conducts airborne Information Operations via digital and analog radio and television broadcasts. These missions are often flown at night to reduce probability of detection in politically sensitive or hostile territories. The EC-130J are flown by the 193rd Special Operations Wing, a Pennsylvania Air National Guard unit, gained by Air Force Special Operations Command.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (01.21.25): DETRESFA (Distress Phase) [ICAO]

DETRESFA (Distress Phase) [ICAO]  The code word used to designate an emergency phase wherein there is reasonable certainty that an aircraft and its occupants are threatened by grave and imminent danger or require immediate assistance.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (01.21.25)

"Prime Air continued to deliver to customers safely and within federal compliance until we voluntarily paused the service on Jan. 17.”

Source: Amazon spokesperson Sam Stephenson, detailing soem of the parameters involved in Amazon putting a temporary stop to testing its drone delivery program, Prime Air, in Texas and Arizona on January 17. The decision follows two drone incidents in late 2024.

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