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March 27, 2025

Airborne Affordable Flyers 03.27.25: MOSAIC To Miss OSH?, Flight Design, Dynon

Also: 2025 SnF Innovation Preview, Nat'l Aeronca Convention, Wright Flyer III, Ford Tri-Motor

With a new political reality sweeping Washington, DC, and that doesn’t even include the efforts of Elon Musk, there are some serious questions about the future of MOSAIC. During our live coverage of the Aircraft Electronics Association Convention and Tradeshow, last week, we had the opportunity to talk to “Mr. Regulation” AEA’s regulatory expert, Ric Peri... and a guy we’re certain has a better handle on the regulatory environment than ANYONE speaking publicly. The China-based Shang Gong Group has acquired the assets of German aircraft manufacturer Flight Design and will allegedly make significant investment int

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Hartzell To Have Extensive Presence At SUN ‘n FUN

Exhibit Booths, Airshow Performers, Meet And Greets, And More

Hartzell Propeller and Hartzell Engine Tech will have a large and active presence at the SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo on April 1-6, 2025, in Lakeland, Florida. The Hartzell Aviation companies will have four exhibit booths, #034-037, in Hangar B.

Clip Purportedly Shows Flight Test Of Most Advanced Aircraft

A state broadcaster in China announced the release of what it claimed to show a test flight of China’s newest, most advanced stealth fighter jet. The announcement comes just a few days after President Donald Trump announced the start of an American next-generation fighter aircraft.

Two Pilots, One Passenger Eject And Survive

Two Alpha Jets with the Patrouille de France collided during a training exercise on Tuesday March 25, 2025, near Air Base 113 in Saint-Dizier (Haute-Marne) and both aircraft were destroyed. Video posted on social media showed the six aircraft completing what looked like a loop maneuver when two of the jets trailing the formation hit each other.

10,500 Square Foot Display Showcases Unseen Artifacts, Photos, and Stories

The Intrepid Museum recently opened a new, 10,500-square-foot exhibition that features over 50 artifacts, oral history videos, photos, and touchable items from WWII. The facility is also now displaying its latest warbird acquisition: a recently restored FG-1D Corsair fighter-bomber. The museum opened in 1982.

PAID! Are You 60-64 With Current Medical And Flight Time?

The FAA is seeking pilots attending SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo 2025 to participate in a PAID research study. You must be 60-64 years, have flown at least once in the past 6 months (sim time is ok too), and hold a current Class 3 medical certificate, not BasicMed.

Airborne 03.14.25: New Airbus H140, Rotor Blown Wing UAS, AEA LIVE For 2025!

Also: Heli Student Busted, EMS Career Program, C17 Weather Shelter, FedEx Outsources???

Airbus Helicopters recently debuted the latest addition to its light twin-engine helicopter lineup: the H140. Unveiled at VERTICON, the H140 is designed for emergency medical services (EMS), passenger transport, and private and business aviation. The H140 is a 3-ton class helicopter positioned between the Airbus H135 and H145 models. It incorporates design elements based on feedback from H135 operators... Sikorsky announced its successful validation of advanced control laws to fly a prototype battery-powered rotor blown wing concept UAS in both helicopter

Bringing Decades Of Experience In BizAv, Other Sectors

The National Business Aviation Association announced the naming of two members to its Board of Directors and three members to its Advisory Council.

Contains New Part 194 For Powered Lift Regs

Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) announced the release of its updated mobile app for the FAA FAR/AIM three-book series. Previous versions included only the FAR/AIM and FAR for Flight Crew and this one also includes the FAR for Aviation Maintenance Technicians.

Safer Skies Act Holds Charters To Airline Security Standards

The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) praised U.S. Representatives Nick Langworthy (R-NY) and Marc Veasey (D-TX) for reintroducing the Safer Skies Act, that would make passenger carriers operating under Parts 135 and 380 subject to the same strict security procedures as the other scheduled carriers, i.e., the airlines.

An SnF23 Favorite (YouTube Edition): The Stearman Storyteller

A young Dutch boy looked on, rapt with amazement, as a T-6 pilot flew an aerobatic routine during an airshow long lost to time and obscurity. Up and around the T-6 flew, climbing and diving, rolling and pirouetting, its engine’s unbroken song rising and falling in a chorus of snarling and shrieking that resonated in the lad’s ears, imagination, and viscera. The T-6 landed and its pilot clambered out its cockpit to a coda of hot-engine pings and down-spinning gyros. Mustering his resolve, the boy approached the aviator—hand outstretched, a tho

Engine Exhibited A Sudden Loss Of Power But Continued Running With Excessive Vibration

Analysis: The pilot of the amphibious, amateur-built airplane, who had purchased the airplane several months earlier and did not hold a rating for airplane single-engine sea, departed the lakefront grass runway and performed a sharp left turn to assume his enroute heading without retracting the airplane’s landing gear. The pilot reported that, about halfway through the turn, the engine exhibited a sudden loss of power but continued running with excessive vibration. Remedial actions to restore power were unsuccessful.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.27.25)

Aero Linx: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Our purpose is to ignite and celebrate aerospace ingenuity and collaboration, and its importance to our way of life. Our promise is to be your vital lifelong link to the aerospace community and a champion for its achievements. One Remarkable Fact Says It All: Since 1963, members from a single professional society have achieved virtually every milestone in modern American flight. That society is the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. With nearly 30,000 individual members from 91 countries, and 95 corporate members, AIAA is the world’s largest technical society dedicated to the global ae

MultiCom A mobile service not open to public correspondence used to provide communications essential to conduct the activities being performed by or directed from private aircraft.

"An accident involving two Alpha Jets of the Patrouille de France during rehearsals has just occurred in the east of France. Emergency services are being mobilized. Source: One of several social media reports that followqed a midair collision involving two aircraft of the Patrouille de France.