MSG Leroy Petry, U.S. Army Ranger (Ret.) Flies In Red Nose

The Commemorative Air Force’s Air Base Georgia recently honored a true American hero in a powerful tribute flight on the P-51 Mustang Red Nose, assigned to Air Base Georgia and piloted by John Currenti.

Almost 27,000 Skydives Were Logged in Just 24 Hours

Falling just short of the 30,351-jump record, the 2025 World Skydiving Day counted 26,718 skydives from almost 40 countries. The United States topped the charts this year, with more than 13,000 jumps logged in the 24-hour period. The event, held on Saturday, July 12, was the second official World Skydiving Day.

Wing Kits LIVE on the Van’s Aircraft Website, Deliveries Expected This Year

Van’s Aircraft recently announced that its much-anticipated high-wing kit, the RV-15, has officially gone into production. Wing kits will be the first off the line, with deliveries expected before the year’s end. Van’s Aircraft is an iconic name in the homebuilt community, having more than 11,000 aircraft flying worldwide.

Quantity Over Quality Seems to Be Duffy’s New Plan of Action...

The Federal Aviation Administration has unveiled a new workforce plan that aims to hire 8,900 air traffic controllers by the end of 2028, with 2,000 of those hires expected in 2025. The move is part of a larger strategy to address the agency’s persistent staffing shortages, which have contributed to delays, operational strain, and growing concerns about airspace safety.

British Billionaire’s Company Faces Troublesome Financial Shortfalls

Virgin Galactic, a spaceflight company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, has pushed back its expected launch date for the Delta spacecraft from summer to fall 2026. With its finances falling far short of expectations, however, even this timeline seems unsteady.

Iconic Aircraft Overflies 48 States In 14 Hour Mission

A Lockheed TU-2S two-seat version of the Dragon Lady from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing out of Beale Air Force Base in Yuba County, California, celebrated the 70th anniversary of the first U-2 flight by flying a maximum range mission on the exact day of the Dragon Lady’s accidental maiden flight on July 31, 1955.

Union Members to Take Action if the Airline Refuses to Negotiate Wages

More than 10,000 Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flight attendants represented by the Air Canada Component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike, if needed. The vote, which closed with 99.7% support for job action, comes after stalled contract negotiations.

Apollo 8 First To Orbit Moon, Led Apollo 13’s Safe Return To Earth

Acting Administrator of NASA, Sean P. Duffy, released a statement on the passing of Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell on August 7, in Lake Forest, Illinois, at the age of 97.

From 2024 (YouTube Edition): Clinic Aimed to Promote Safe Aircraft Control

The EAA Pilot Proficiency Center hosted an angle of attack (AOA) training clinic during the 2024 Oshkosh Airventure. The event aimed to teach attendees about what AOA indicators are and how they can be used to improve flight safety. AOA indicators have been around from the beginning. Even the Wright brothers had their own makeshift version: a piece of yarn fastened to the leading edge of the wing. As flight has grown more advanced, aviators realized how crucial AOA indicators are and began to install them in modern aircraft. However, many existing pilo

(Pilot) Heard A Loud Popping Sound Immediately Followed By Flames Both Inside And Outside The Engine Cowling

On July 28, 2025, at about 1800 central daylight time, a Cessna 182P, N8243M, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Bolivar, Missouri. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that when he advanced the throttle to initiate a taxi away from his hangar, he heard a loud popping sound immediately followed by flames both inside and outside the engine cowling.

Aero Linx: Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI) The FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI) is the medical certification, research, education, and occupational health wing of the FAA's Office of Aerospace Medicine. The goal of our activities is to enhance aviation safety. The Institute's people - researchers, physicians, and other medical specialists, engineers, educators, pilots, technicians, and communicators - all merged as a team in 1961 at our centralized Oklahoma City facility. Since then, the CAMI team's synergistic products serve people everywhere as they safely and routinely achieve one of the oldest of human dreams: Flight!

Final Approach Fix The fix from which the final approach (IFR) to an airport is executed and which identifies the beginning of the final approach segment. It is designated on Government charts by the Maltese Cross symbol for nonprecision approaches and the lightning bolt symbol, designating the PFAF, for precision approaches; or when ATC directs a lower-than-published glideslope/path or vertical path intercept altitude, it is the resultant actual point of the glideslope/path or vertical path intercept. 

“Even in a world currently facing many challenges, World Skydiving Day was a bright reminder of what brings us together. From every corner of the globe, people joined in celebration of our shared love for skydiving and the vibrant, welcoming community that surrounds it. The unity and joy we saw on this day is exactly what makes our sport so special.” Source: USPA Executive Director Albert Berchtold, explaining why this relatively new tradition is jointly organized by the U.S. Parachute Association, British Skydiving, the Canadian Sport Parachuting Association, and the Australian Parachute Federation. The idea is simple: get as many people out of perfectly good airplanes as possible in one day and log the numbers online to