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December 31, 2024

Something To Look Forward To: 'Affordable Flying Expo' On Schedule for 11.6-8.25

2025 Date Confirmed: November 6-7-8 On SnF Campus

Despite the fact that this project is turning out to be an incredible amount of work, the ANN crew is growing increasingly excited at the prospects for the upcoming 'Affordable Flying Expo' -- to be held on the hallowed grounds of the SUN n FUN Aerospace Expo campus... one of the best sport aviation facilities in the known universe. Those disappointed by the loss of both the Sebring and DeLand sport aviation fly-ins can rest easy now that the Affordable Flying Expo is finally and officially on the books for November 6-8 of 2025.

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Volocopter Files For Insolvency

German eVTOL Aircraft Developer Seeks New Investors

Volocopter filed an application for insolvency in the Karlsruhe Local Court on December 26, 2024, while also announcing the need for new financing within the next eight weeks to save the all-electric air taxi project. The court initiated the insolvency proceedings the next day and appointed Tobias Wahl as its administrator.

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About Time? FAA Calls For Public Meeting To Modernize Flt Schools

FAA Will Hold The First Virtual Public Meeting On Thursday, March 6, 2025, From 1000-1400ET

Aware that not all is right in the flight school business, the FAA is bowing to reality in seeking a public meeting to discuss the state of the business. They indicate that, "This will be the first in a series of public meetings on this topic." The big question, of course, is whether the Feds will actually listen... The Notice in the Federal Register admits that, "The process of licensing or certification of pilot schools in the United States is approaching 100 years of existence..."

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Aero-Activism: KISM Pilots Seek To Institute Advisory Board

Petition Requests Airport Advisory Board To Guide Anti-Aviation Officials

After the overlords in the Kissimmee City Government rushed a rule requiring User Fees over the holidays (while they may have hoped that would limit attendance from those pesky pilots that seemed to annoy them so...), there has been a movement to petition the City to institute a Kissimmee Airport Advisory Board to offer, in part, 'expert advice from aviation professionals, residents, and business leaders, the board could provide recommendations to improve operational safety and airport efficiency.'

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Embraer Announces Firm Order For Six A-29 Super Tucanos

Customer Undisclosed, Deliveries Scheduled For 2026

Embraer announced a firm order for six of its advanced trainer and light attack A-29 Super Tucanos from an undisclosed customer. The order will be included in its 2024 Q4 backlog, with deliveries scheduled for 2026.

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Drone Deliveries Begin At Dallas-Fort Worth Malls

Wing Partners With DoorDash And Brookfield Properties

Wing Aviation, a designer, manufacturer, and operator of autonomous delivery drones, announced it has partnered with DoorDash and Brookfield Properties in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex in Texas to offer ultra-fast drone deliveries from local malls.

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Flamingo Air Acquires 17 Hangars At Cincinnati Muni

Mainstay At Lunken Field Expands Education And Services

Flamingo Air announced it has acquired 17 hangars from Air Tolin Inc. at Cincinnati Municipal Airport-Lunken Field (KLUK) in Ohio. The purchase greatly expands Flamingo’s footprint at the airport it’s been based at since 1992 and includes a 92,000 square foot facility with tens of thousands of aircraft parts, a wide range of tools and testing and metalworking equipment.

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NTSB Prelim: Beech B300

Airplane Departed The Right Side Of The Runway Onto Grass, Crossed A Taxiway, Hit A Ditch And A Taxiway Sign Which Collapsed The Nose Landing Gear

On November 28, 2024, about 1019 eastern standard time, a Beech B300, N907EJ, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Franklin, North Carolina. The airline transport pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14?Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot stated that prior to departure he exercised ground fine pitch of the propeller blades to allow for normal deceleration while taxiing and both worked, “…perfectly fine and in tandem.”

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Classic Aero-TV: Tom Schnell's Mi-2 - Modern Work For Elder Russian Helos

From 2019 (YouTube Edition): An Historic Aircraft Solving Modern Challenges

Sitting in the Warbirds area at AirVenture 2019 was a pair of Soviet-era MI-2 helicopters which are being used as testbeds for a lot of new technology at the University of Iowa. The aircraft is used to test cutting-edge avionics, enhanced vision systems, and other innovations. It is designed to allow instrumentation to be changed quickly, letting researchers make adjustments to their experiments and more quickly bring their ideas to fruition.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (12.31.24)

Aero Linx: International Federation of Airworthiness (IFA) IFA uniquely combines together all those with responsibility for policies, principles and practices concerned with the continuing airworthiness of civil transport aircraft throughout the world. The International Federation of Airworthiness (IFA) is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) dedicated to improving aviation safety by increasing international communication, awareness and cooperation on all airworthiness issues and particularly that of continuing airworthiness.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (12.31.24): LAHSO

LAHSO An acronym for “Land and Hold Short Operation.” These operations include landing and holding short of an intersecting runway, a taxiway, a predetermined point, or an approach/departure flightpath.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (12.31.24)

"We call on the City Council to take immediate action to establish this board to ensure that Kissimmee Gateway Airport serves both the needs of our local community and the broader goals of our city’s economic and social development." Source: A portion of the Change.org petition requested users of the Kissimmee Airport who have recently been threatened with new user fees by the City Government... despite countless statements by those opposed... 

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