Lucky Customer Gets Free Poster with Purchase

Textron Aviation has tendered the 400th Cessna Citation Latitude business jet to Simmons Foods, an Arkansas company. Simmons Foods has been a Citation operator for a while now, using their Cessnas to manage operations across their entire footprint. To celebrate lucky number 400, Cessna handed off the aircraft with a fun little bit of wall dressing, a banner featuring the new plane to decorate the Simmons Foods hangar.

Third Defendant Comes Forward in Several-Year Conspiracy

55-year-old Oleg Chistyakov was recently extradited from Latvia to Kansas City to face federal charges. He played a major role in an avionics smuggling operation, circumventing U.S. export laws to supply Russian customers. Chistyakov had two co-conspirators: Cyril Gregory Buyanovsky, aged 61, of and Douglas Edward Robertson, aged 56. These two men were both U.S. citizens and Kansas residents.  

43 More Cases Turned In For Criminal Prosecution

The Federal Aviation Administration recently turned in an additional 43 cases of ‘unruly’ passenger behavior over to the FBI. This brings their grand total to well over 300, which are all being reviewed for criminal prosecution. When airline crews experience a dangerous passenger, they are encouraged to report it. Then, the FAA performs an investigation to pin-point violations of the federal law or regulation. The agency, working alongside the FBI, forwards serious cases to their field offices for in-depth analysis and, in some situations, prosecution.

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Provides Advanced Adversary Training For U.S. And Coalition Units

Bamboo Eagle is a realistic and modernized exercise designed to optimize operations at all levels of possible threat involvement for more than 3,000 personnel of the U.S. Air Force and 300 allied partners from the Royal Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force. The most recent iteration, Bamboo Eagle 24-3 was held from August 2-9 and the Nellis Air Force-based Aggressor units and the 57th Operations Group intelligence flight made up the Red Force. The Red Force’s mission is to provide the most realistic, threat-representative, near-peer air combat adversaries for the most high-end training of U.S. and coalition personnel.

New BRAVO By Signature Piloted With Small & Medium Jet A Consumers

Signature Aviation announced the introduction of a new program known as BRAVO by Signature, a free membership program for small and medium-sized aircraft operators using Jet A fuel. BRAVO by Signature is focused on hospitality and has been in development for a year. It seeks to serve the shifting needs of one of the larger but often underserved segments in general aviation. Its development was tested with more than 800 small and medium-sized Jet A users who expressed a desire to take advantage of the benefits enjoyed by larger, enterprise-level operators and the relationships that go along with them.

Cyber Attack Protections in for an Overdue Update

The FAA recently proposed an equipment, systems, and network information protection regulation. It is intended to standardize cybersecurity threat mitigation procedures. With the advanced security features in modern technology, it is hard to believe that flight operations could be outwitted by online attackers. However, the cybercriminal world is more expansive than ever, leaving any individual, company, or even government agency at risk.  

AMSL Aero Builds Small Hydrogen Footprint Down Under

Sydney's Bankstown Airport has announced the availability of hydrogen on-site by way of AMSL Aero, a local firm developing 'emissions free' VTOL aircraft. The deal came with a partnership alongside Aeria Management Group, posting up hydrogen fuel cylinders at Bankstown to prepare for future flight testing using the novel power source. AMSL's Vertiia will be test flown on the hydrogen fuel next year, with an eye towards commercial rollout in 2027. For now, however, it doesn't seem like there's much demand for hydrogen in the area, but that will quickly tip once enough aircraft make their way to market. AMSL Aero is planning to build out a lot more at Bankstown than just parking a few cylinders th

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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. ICON Aircraft has successfully completed the sale of essentially all its assets to investment banking group SG Investment America (which apparently/ultimately is derived from Chinese ownership), who will continue to operat

From 2017 (YouTube Version): A New Way To See Where Your Drone Is Going…

One of the new entrants into the FPV world is the Cinemizer, which the company says is a versatile and comfortable way to see where your drone is going. Annette Tindall, Sales and Marketing director for Cinemizer, USA, told ANN's CEO and Editor in Chief Jim Campbell, at the Sebring Sport Aviation Expo in January, that the new FPV device is made by a 160-year-old German optics company. They are designed to be very comfortable for the wearer, and feature a focu

Tail Rotor Push Pull Tube Was Found Bent And Severed Aft Of The Tail Rotor Gear Box Near The Bell Crank Assembly

On August 18, 2024, about 1600 Hawaii-Aleutian standard time, a Robinson R44 helicopter, N740RH sustained substantial damage when it was involved in a pre-take off accident near Honolulu, Hawaii. The pilot was uninjured. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 sightseeing flight. The flight operated by Novictor Aviation, DBA Rainbow Helicopters, was preparing to depart on the fourth flightseeing tour of the day. The pilot stated she started the engine and engaged the main rotor clutch prior to boarding the passengers.

Aero Linx: Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum Wings Over the Rockies is a diverse community organization dedicated to unlocking our visitors’ dreams of flight through exhibitions, events and educational programming at two locations: Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum and Exploration of Flight. Each year these two locations welcome approximately 160,000 visitors representing all 50 U.S. states and 34 countries.

Standard Terminal Arrival (STAR) Charts Designed to expedite air traffic control arrival procedures and to facilitate transition between en route and instrument approach operations. Each STAR procedure is presented as a separate chart and may serve a single airport or more than one airport in a given geographical location.

Marks Blue Origin’s Eighth Human Mission

Blue Origin recently announced that their crewed New Shepard mission will be lifting off from Launch Site One, just north of Van Horn, Texas. It will launch around 8:00 am CDT. The spacecraft, named after the first American in space, is meant to reduce the cost and waste production of space travel.

Aircraft Drops Part of Its Boom Mid-Flight

On August 21, a KC-46A Pegasus from McConnell Air Force Base had an incident while refueling an F-15. The cause and scope of the mishap are under investigation.