19-Year-Old Pilot Was Attempting to Fly Solo to All Seven Continents

On his journey to become the first pilot to land solo on all seven continents, 19-year-old Ethan Guo has hit a legal roadblock. He was arrested for altering his flight plan and landing in Antarctica without notifying air traffic control.

Wing of a Taxiing Boeing 787 Collides With a Parked Airbus A321

Four Vietnam Airlines pilots have been suspended as the carrier investigates a recent ground collision between two of its jets, one a Boeing 787 and the other an Airbus A321, at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi. There were no injuries, and the planes were quickly swapped out for flights to continue.

Former Airline Pilot Comes Forward After Being Denied a Medical

A D.C. Circuit Judge is ordering the FAA to explain itself after a former airline pilot was denied a medical without receiving any true rationale for the decision. The disqualifying medication, Remeron, seems to carry the same drowsiness-related risks as other antidepressants that the agency takes on a case-by-case basis.

Two Controllers Left to Man the Tower to Kick off the Holiday Weekend

On June 28, the control tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) was temporarily evacuated as severe thunderstorms delivered strong winds and precipitation. This left hundreds of flights delayed and cancelled, marking a not-so-strong start to the busy holiday weekend.

STC Secured For 790-Gallon Tsunami Carbon Fiber Internal  Vessel

Recoil Aerospace announced it has received FAA approval for its 790-gallon Tsunami Internal Aerial Fire Suppression System, or AFSS, carbon fiber tank for all variants of the UH-60 Black Hawk and its civilian version S-70 helicopters. The tank is manufactured in the U.S. and it easily and rapidly installed during preparations for firefighting season.

Taiwanese Carrier Reveals Plan in Stock Exchange Filing

China Airlines, based in Taiwan, let it be known in a filing with the Taipei Stock Exchange on June 25 that it intends to expand its fleet with up to13 aircraft including five Airbus A350 and eight A321neo aircraft.

Also: Stinson Dodges Turtle... Tragically, AURA AERO Facility, ATC Outages, Elixir Sale

A team of US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers was responsible for a three-target airstrike in Iran on June 21. The strikes, which hit several nuclear sites, marked the US’s first direct military involvement in the growing Iran-Israel conflict. The mission aimed to take out three nuclear-related targets, including Iran’s deeply-buried Fordow facility. The weapon of choice? The 30,000-pound GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, justly known as the “bunker buster.” In case there was any lingering ambiguity, the FAA has now made it crystal clear:

Also: Stinson Dodges Turtle... Tragically, AURA AERO Facility, ATC Outages, Elixir Sale

A team of US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers was responsible for a three-target airstrike in Iran on June 21. The strikes, which hit several nuclear sites, marked the US’s first direct military involvement in the growing Iran-Israel conflict. The mission aimed to take out three nuclear-related targets, including Iran’s deeply-buried Fordow facility. The weapon of choice? The 30,000-pound GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, justly known as the “bunker buster.” In case there was any lingering ambiguity, the FAA has now made it crystal

From 2022 (YouTube Edition): Before They’re All Gone...

Humankind has been messing about in airplanes for almost 120-years. In that time, thousands of aircraft representing innumerable technologies, design philosophies, and aspirations both noble and contemptible have been built and flown. Airshows—the good ones—are lenses into aviation’s past. Events like AirVenture, Sun ‘n Fun, and Frontiers in Flight afford modern audiences glimpses of aircraft that shaped the world in war, and brought it together in peace. A peculiarity of time is the manner in which it converts ubiquitousness to scarcity. Ai

Specializes In Parts, Exchanges For Boeing, Airbus Fleet Types

Broward Aviation Services Group announce the acquisition of service company and aircraft material provider Support Air, near Dayton, Ohio. Broward was founded in 1996 and specializes in Boeing and Airbus fleet aircraft pre-owned parts for freight carriers and corporate flight departments via material sales, advance exchanges, and consignment services.

Pilot Applied Full Aft Stick And Nose-Up Trim, But The Airplane Remained On The Runway

Analysis: The pilot reported that a preflight inspection and flight control checks revealed no anomalies, and the pilot, maintenance personnel, and another pilot confirmed that the airplane was properly configured for takeoff. During the takeoff roll, as the pilot reduced forward stick pressure to rotate the airplane, he felt the nose strut extend; however, the  airplane did not rotate. The pilot applied full aft stick and nose-up trim, but the airplane remained on the runway.

Aero Linx: MQ-1B Predator The MQ-1B Predator is an armed, multi-mission, medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft that is employed primarily as an intelligence-collection asset and secondarily against dynamic execution targets. Given its significant loiter time, wide-range sensors, multi-mode communications suite, and precision weapons, it provides a unique capability to perform strike, coordination and reconnaissance (SCAR) against high-value, fleeting, and time-sensitive targets. Predators can also perform the following missions and tasks: intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, close air support, combat search and rescue, precision strike, buddy-lase, convoy/raid overwatc

Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) A transportation system that transports people and property by air between two points in the NAS using aircraft with advanced technologies, including electric aircraft or electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, in both controlled and uncontrolled airspace.

“The difficulty is that, whereas the Federal Aviation Administration conditionally approved Lexapro, it has categorically disallowed pilots to fly while treated with mirtazapine. The agency must reasonably explain its actions. It has not done so here. The agency has failed to explain why it categorically disallows medical certification to all pilots who take the medication that Solondz was prescribed and finds beneficial.” Source: Part of the legal record established by Judge Cornelia Pillard, the D.C. Circuit Judge that is ordering the FAA to explain itself after a former airline pilot was denied a medical without receiving any true rationale for the decision. The disqualifying medication, Remeron, seems to carry the