Also: USCG Approves REGENT, CAF Leadership Change, Ukraine F-16 Downed, WAI 2025 Scholarships

Here we go again... The City of DeLand, Florida, will vote on whether to give final approval to a plan to begin charging landing fees at the DeLand Municipal Airport (KDED). 

If the plan is approved, the landing fees will go into effect October 1, 2024 and will apply only to itinerant aircraft. The rate will be $3.00 per thousand pounds of max landing weight. The fees will apply for touch and goes as well as full stop operations. The ANN crew is on our way to one of our favorite sport-aviation events, The 16th ANNUAL MidWest Aviation Expo, is on target for September 5-7, 2024 at the idyllic Mt. Vernon Outland Airport (MVN) in Mt. Vernon, IL. The MWAE Midwest Aviation Expo is specifically organized to aid in educating and selling Light Sport Aircraft, LSA Ancillary Services, and LSA-related Services. The airport is a very impressive locale for this operation, boasting lots of runway, excellent facilities, and an outstanding airport restaurant... NASA recently announced that astronauts Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson are being booted from the upcoming SpaceX Crew-9 mission. Their seats will, eventually, be filled by the previous Starliner astronauts who are currently stuck on the Space Station. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-Unlimited!!!

Airborne 09.03.24 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Monday, September 3rd, 2024... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Holland Lee. Holland is supported by ANN Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, as well as ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell. This episode covers:

• DeLand Targets GA: FL Airport Planning Landing Fees Beginning In October 
• ANN Is On Its Way To The MidWest Sport Aviation Expo
• NASA Finalizes Cuts From Upcoming SpaceX Crew-9 Mission
• Coast Guard Approves REGENT For Seaglider Testing  
• CEO of the Commemorative Air Force Steps Down
• Ukrainian Fighter Pilot Killed in Combat, F-16 Downed
• WAI 2025 Scholarship Applications Now Open

 
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