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January 05, 2025

Laughlin AFB Sends Off Its Final T-1A Jayhawk

86th Flying Training Squadron Says Goodbye to 90’s Trainer

The 86th Flying Training Squadron, based at the Texas Laughlin Air Force Base, sent off its final T-1A Jayhawk trainer in a five-plane flyover on December 17. This follows over 30 years of service for the aircraft at Laughlin AFB. The Air Force decided to move out the T-1s before they meet the end of their expected service life in order to avoid expensive overhauls.

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JPL Reveals Potential Ingenuity Successor, ‘Mars Chopper’

Larger, More Capable, Longer Flight Range

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) began design work on the next-gen Mars helicopter to replace its stalwart first vehicle, Ingenuity, which was planned for only five flights as a tech demonstrator but ended up completing 72 missions before a nav glitch led to a hard landing that damaged its rotors.

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Vertical Aerospace Reaches Financing Agreement

Shareholders Approve Up To $50M In New Funding

British eVTOL manufacturer Vertical Aerospace announced it secured approval with investors and shareholders that will significantly strengthen its financial position by as much as $180 million through both new funding and conversion of existing debt into equity shares.

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North Carolina Aviation Reports $88 Bil Annual Impact

State’s Aviation Industry Opens Over 427,000 New Jobs

North Carolina’s recent Department of Transportation (NCDOT) report revealed aviation's $88 billion annual economic impact. The industry now supports over 427,000 jobs, ranging from agriculture to military, in the state. The biennial analysis looks at the state’s entire aviation system, including 10 commercial airports and 62 general aviation fields.

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FAA Streamlines Certain Admin Procedures

Industry-Wide Advocacy Efforts Led by NBAA

The FAA recently revised some templates used for continuing authorization in using electronic signatures, electronic record keeping, and updating electronic manuals. The NBAA’s internal advisory groups and committees brought their concerns to the association’s leadership, who then mobilized an industry-wide advocacy effort leading to the FAA’s response.

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Sporty’s Presents Pilot Training+ Scholarship Award

Arizona Recipient Dreams Of Becoming Airline Pilot

Growing up in Camarillo, California, Zachary Erck often went to the Waypoint Café at the Camarillo Airport with his family and was fascinated by the airplanes and the pilots and the stories they told. He did a discovery flight when he was 13 but ‘life got in the way’ and it took him another 20 years to pursue his dream in earnest.

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DarkAero Recaps 2024

Prototype Testing, Team Growth, Expanded Services, And More

The Karls – Ryley, River, and Keegan – three engineer brothers who all quit their corporate jobs and pooled their savings to start an airplane company, have come a long way since 2017. At the end of 2024 they provide an update on all the good things they have going.

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Klyde Morris (01.03.25)

Klyde Can Barely Tolerate General Media Aero-Ignorance... Neither Can We

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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Airborne 12.26.24: Everest Helo Ban, Drone Display Chaos, DJI Survives

Also: Bizarre Naples Airport APP, Atlantic City Airshow NoGo, Starlight ICAS, Friendly Fire

Growing concerns over the environment, local businesses, and the community have led Sagarmatha National Park officials to consider placing a ban on commercial helicopter flights. The park, home to the famous Mount Everest, draws in upwards of 100,000 visitors per year. The FAA is investigating an incident at Orlando’s Lake Eola holiday performance. Several drones dropped from the sky during the routine and landed in the crowd, injuring a seven-year-old viewer. The Holiday Drone Show, held at Lake Eola Park, was the third consecutive year of operation,

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NTSB Final Report: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T

Mechanic’s Improper Installation Of The Alternator Wiring Connections, Which Resulted In Electrical Arcing And Thermal Damage

Analysis: An airframe and powerplant mechanic removed and replaced the airplane’s engine, which included rewiring the two alternators, and performed an engine run-up without incident. A pilot then performed a short ferry flight, also without incident. After parking the airplane at the destination airport and shutting down the engine, the pilot saw smoke coming from the engine compartment. The pilot exited the airplane, looked into the louvered vents under the engine compartment, and saw electrical arcing and smoke, but did not see any fire.

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Classic Aero-TV: The Life and Afterlife of the B1B Lancer

From 2023 (YouTube Edition): A Bone to Chew

Envisioned in the 1960s as a platform that would combine the Mach 2 speed of Convair’s sexy but temperamental B-58 Hustler with the range and payload of Boeing’s rock-steady B-52 Stratofortress, Rockwell’s B-1 Lancer was meant to ultimately replace both aircraft. Following a long series of studies, Rockwell International (now part of Boeing) prevailed—besting Boeing, General Dynamics, and North American—in the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft (AMSA) design contest, submitting a concept that would, years later, emerge into the Cold War

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Classic Aero-TV: EAA Seaplane Base -- Lake Side at Oshkosh 2009

From 2009 (YouTube Edition): Chairman Paul Seehafer Introduces the “Forgotten Paradise” of EAA AirVenture

Hidden between Reinke and McClarin Creeks, in an inviting cove off the shores of Lake Winnebago, exists EAA AirVenture’s own oasis, the EAA AirVenture Seaplane Base. Established as the center for all water-based aviation attendees in 1973, the base continues to be one of the most popular havens from the bustle of Wittman Field.&

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.05.25)

Aero Linx: Society of Air Racing Historians The Society of Air Racing Historians was established with a small group of air racing enthusiasts with an intention to share their affection and effort towards aviation sport. Air Racing Historians society preserves the complete knowledge of races, racing records, race pilots and shares their effort of achievements and records.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (01.05.25): Negative Contact

Negative Contact Used by pilots to inform ATC that: Previously issued traffic is not in sight. It may be followed by the pilot's request for the controller to provide assistance in avoiding the traffic. They were unable to contact ATC on a particular frequency.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (01.05.25)

“We stand on the shoulders of giants. All of the [pilots] who have done this before, have left a legacy of excellent performance and excellent training. This unit has offered so much to the Air Force.” Source: 86th FTS commander Lt. Col Nathan Hedden, as the 86th Flying Training Squadron, based at the Texas Laughlin Air Force Base, sent off its final T-1A Jayhawk trainer in a five-plane flyover on December 17. This follows over 30 years of service for the aircraft at Laughlin AFB.

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