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Federal prosecutors recently filed a lawsuit against an uncertified charter flight company and its owner, citing at least 237 flights with suspicious operations. If proven true, each flight comes with at least 16 FAR violations. Verijet is being forced to chalk up $328,000 for a default judgment, won by a customer who claims that he was denied the 100 flight hours that he purchased. On January 15, 2023, Brandon Kruse dropped $275,000 on a Verijet JetCard that would give him 100 flight hours in the operator’s Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet fleet. He was charged an additional $20,625 in Federal Excise Tax on the purchase, bringing his tab to $295,625. I
Is it an Airbus? A Kawasaki? Well, it Used to be a Messerschmitt...
Another fun reminder that Japanese brands license-build some well-known aircraft came across the presswire recently, showing a Kawasaki BK117 - or, as we’re more familiar with it, the H145 - to the Japanese National Police. The official notice mentions them as a pair of “H145//BK117 D-3 helicopters”, produced jointly with Airbus Helicopters. The BK117 is a medium, twin-engine helo aimed at the usual roster of rotary-wing missions in the civilian world. Air med, survey, patrol, transport, firefighting, all the classics are on the table with the right collection of aftermarket equipment. The Japanese National Police Agency said they would put their new aircraf
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