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August 02, 2025

F-35C Crashes in Cotton Field After its Pilot Ejects

Expensive Stealth Fighter Goes Down Near Naval Air Station Lemoore

A US Navy F-35C fighter jet crashed in a rural part of Fresno County, California, on July 23. While it sparked a fire and a flurry of federal attention, thankfully, it did not result in a tragedy. The pilot safely ejected before the aircraft slammed into a cotton field just miles from Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore.

Carrier Reducing Capacity By 13% Over 25 Routes

Ryanair announced plans to cease flights at three French regional airports and cut its total capacity in response to the French government’s excessive hikes in air taxes.

Pilot Landed Safely After Taking Midair Gunfire; FBI and FAA Join Probe

Authorities are still confused after a crop-dusting aircraft was shot at while flying over Boone County, Indiana, on Friday, July 18. The Thrush S2R-510, registered as N912MC and owned by Mid Continent Aircraft Corp, was conducting agricultural operations near State Road 32 and State Road 75 when the incident occurred.

EAA Launches Tailwheel Scholarship to Honor the Life of Pilot Joseph Ermel

Joseph "Joey" Ermel, a dedicated aviation student at Southern Illinois University, lived by a simple, heartfelt motto that his mother often told him: “Just do your best.” In 2021, only two months after earning his license, Joey’s life was tragically cut short in a motorcycle accident.

Designing And Building A Novel Engine From Scratch Is A Whole ‘Nother Thing!

By Gene Yarbrough Spirit Engineering, known for its innovative approach to aircraft design, has developed the Spirit V2, a two-cylinder engine specifically crafted for their single-seater SE-1 aircraft. This engine represents Spirit Engineering's dedication to creating integrated solutions, designing the aircraft and engine in tandem to ensure optimal performance.

Trump, Von der Leyen Agree On Zero-For-Zero On Strategic Products

The aviation industry caught a big break in the historic trade agreement between the U.S. and the European Union when President Donald Trump and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met in Scotland on July 27.

DJI’s NEO 2 Gets FCC Listing, But Fans Shouldn’t Get Too Excited

Chinese Labor Issues Keep Imports Hung Up at Port

The DJI Neo was a surprising hit amongst content creators, acting as an autonomous cameraman and lightweight tag-along, but the regulatory environment of 2025 may keep its sequel away. But drone fans have been eyeing shipments of DJI gear with nervous eyes, since a reinvigorated US Customs and Border Protection agency has been more willing to hold Chinese goods up in transit. Surprisingly, amidst all the talk of tariffs and trade wars, this is an older issue, having to do with CBP’s enforcement of the ‘Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act’...

Custom Patch Unveiled in Preparation for New Shepard’s NS-34 Mission

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin is gearing up to send its 14th crew to space, setting a tentative launch date of August 3 and revealing its symbolic mission patch. This will be the 34th flight in the New Shepard rocket program. The six-person civilian crew will climb above the Kármán line: the 62-mile boundary that technically qualifies as “space”.

Company Teams With Leonardo, Says Training System Ready Now

Textron Aviation Defense announced it’s jumping into the game early by submitting its Beechcraft M-346N twinjet as a “ready now” solution for the U.S. Navy’s Undergraduate Jet Training System program. The Navy has already released several RFIs (Requests for Information) related to its impending RFPs, (Requests for Proposals) for a new aircraft for the program.

2027 Deliveries Will Bring Total To 35 New Skyhawks

Textron Aviation announced that Infinity Flight Group has signed a purchase agreement to acquire 10 new Cessna 172 Skyhawks for 2027 delivery. That will increase Infinity’s Cessna fleet to a total of 35 new Skyhawks over the past three years to significantly increase its capacity to train new pilots.

Unions Commit to Transparency as the Merger Proposal Moves Forward

As merger plans between Mesa Airlines and Republic Airways develop, the pilots at both carriers are taking a proactive step to get on the same page early. Leaders from the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), representing Mesa’s roughly 600 pilots, and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 357 (IBT), representing Republic’s much larger staff, ratified a unity agreement designed to ease the merger transition process in the cockpit.

Design Engine Thrust Increases To 40,000 Pounds

Boom Supersonic has begun manufacturing parts at its facility in Denver, Colorado, for the first test core of the Symphony supersonic engine that will power its Overture airliner. The company also confirmed the new target thrust level for the centerline turbofan engine has increased to 40,000 lb.

Machinist Union Rejects Boeing Contract Offer

IAM At St. Louis Assembly Plant Voted “Overwhelmingly” Against Proposal

Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, or IAM, voted overwhelmingly to reject Boeing’s contract offer on July 27 and the company is now preparing for a strike to begin imminently.

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The Avidyne Vantage 12 is finally certified and will shortly be shipping out so that aging Cirrus airframes can get updated with big 12 inch screens, stunning synthetic vision and a list of capabilities that can’t but help to impress. Avidyne’s Dan Schwinn gives us an update. Want to travel with your plane and have all the aero-comforts of a pilot home, to boot, Fly-Inn has a rental program that matches traveling pilots with rental homes on or near airports, often with hangars and other attractions…. Kind of an AeroBnB kind of thing…. And we can&rsq

Also: Centauri Aircraft Valkyrie, Meet the Admin, Night Airshow, Pelton Intv'w

When we laid eyes on this critter, we fell in love… and then we learned the amazing story of this “Oshkosh Surprise” and were even more impressed… Less than $70K – fly away, 2 GPH, 100 mph or so, single seat, folding wings, and a classic look that catches eyeballs like honey catches flies. Jim says this is the coolest bird he’s seen at Oshkosh this year. The H55 program has been barnstorming the country for several months with an upgraded Bristell airframe, proving the technology, the installation, and the procedures necessary to le

From 2009 (YouTube Edition): Educational Organization Aims to Inspire by Sharing Tuskegee Story

Founding leader Don Hinz summarized the Red Tail Project’s mission in simple, yet eloquent words: “Inspire youth and tell the story of the Tuskegee Airmen all across America.” Since its inception, the non-profit organization has dedicated itself to sharing the extraordinary legacy of the first African Americans to be trained as WWII military pilots;

The Airplane Impacted The Ground While In A Steep Nose-Down Pitch Attitude

On June 28, 2025, about 0934 central daylight time, a Vans RV-10 airplane, N847CS, was substantially damaged during an accident near Capron, Illinois. The pilot and flight instructor were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 instructional flight. The purpose of the flight was for the pilot to complete a flight review with the flight instructor. According to automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) flight data, at 0909:06, the airplane departed runway 23 at Waukegan National Airport (UGN), Waukegan, Illinois.

Aero Linx: Canadian Aviation Historical Society Our Society is the world's premier organization dedicated to the preservation of Canada's diverse aviation heritage. Now well into our 5th decade, the Canadian Aviation Historical Society is the oldest and largest organization in the world dedicated to the celebration and documentation of Canada's flying heritage. Members receive the CAHS Journal, Canada's premier aviation history magazine, regular newsletters, and an invitation to participate in frequent local and annual national events. We have membership options for online me

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (08.02.25): Global Positioning System (GPS)

Global Positioning System (GPS) GPS refers to the worldwide positioning, navigation and timing determination capability available from the U.S. satellite constellation. The service provided by GPS for civil use is defined in the GPS Standard Positioning System Performance Standard. GPS is composed of space, control, and user elements.

“Unless the government changes course and abolishes this unfair air tax, Ryanair's capacity and investment in France will inevitably be redirected to more competitive European markets such as Sweden, Hungary or parts of Italy, where governments are actively removing air taxes to stimulate traffic, tourism, employment and economic recovery.” Source: Jason McGuinness, Chief Commercial Officer of Ryanair, commenting as Ryanair announced plans to cease flights at three French regional airports and cut its total capacity in response to the French government’s excessive hikes in air taxes.

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Expensive Stealth Fighter Goes Down Near Naval Air Station Lemoore

Carrier Reducing Capacity By 13% Over 25 Routes

Pilot Landed Safely After Taking Midair Gunfire; FBI and FAA Join Probe

EAA Launches Tailwheel Scholarship to Honor the Life of Pilot Joseph Ermel

Designing And Building A Novel Engine From Scratch Is A Whole ‘Nother Thing!

Trump, Von der Leyen Agree On Zero-For-Zero On Strategic Products

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Chinese Labor Issues Keep Imports Hung Up at Port

Custom Patch Unveiled in Preparation for New Shepard’s NS-34 Mission

Company Teams With Leonardo, Says Training System Ready Now

2027 Deliveries Will Bring Total To 35 New Skyhawks

Unions Commit to Transparency as the Merger Proposal Moves Forward

Design Engine Thrust Increases To 40,000 Pounds

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IAM At St. Louis Assembly Plant Voted “Overwhelmingly” Against Proposal

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