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Israel has announced that they won't be able to hold the 2024 Féderátion Aéronautique Internationale World Championships of Artistic Events, Formation Skydiving, Wingsuiting and Speed Skydiving as planned, reopening the bid to interested host nations. The situation there makes the Israelis understandably put upon to host a large international event, but surprisingly the world had few takers on their slot as host. The US Parachuting Association said that surprisingly, only a single host bid was placed. Air show performer Patty Wagstaf

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Well... there’s bad news and some not quite-as-bad news... Van’s Aircraft is increasing most of their kit prices by approximately 32%. Online order forms will be updated with the new kit prices. Prices of individual parts and components will also be increasing, some more than 32%, and others less. While these price changes are significant, Van’s believes them to be necessary. Trevor Jacob, of "intentionally crashed Taylorcraft for Youtube" fame, recently bragged about getting his pilot’s  license back on his

Aero Linx: The Space Frontier Foundation “The Space Frontier Foundation is an organization of people dedicated to opening the Space Frontier to human settlement as rapidly as possible. Our goals include protecting the Earth’s fragile biosphere and creating a freer and more prosperous life for each generation by using the unlimited energy and material resources of space. Our purpose is to unleash the power of free enterprise and lead a united humanity permanently into the Solar System.”

Expedite Used by ATC when prompt compliance is required to avoid the development of an imminent situation. Expedite climb/descent normally indicates to a pilot that the approximate best rate of climb/descent should be used without requiring an exceptional change in aircraft handling characteristics.

"I want to call your attention to certain concerning air traffic control (ATC) conditions leading to operational challenges for A4A carriers during the holiday. Specifically, SIGNIFICANT NON-SCHEDULED AVIATION OPERATIONS (I.E., BUSINESS AND PRIVATE AVIATION VOLUME) ALONG WITH CONTINUED ATC STAFFING CHALLENGES HAVE DRIVEN INCREASED DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS OVER THE HOLIDAY PERIOD." (That formatting is original, caps lock and all.) Source: Excerpted from a ridiculous letter sent by A4A's Nicholas Calio trying to blame airline delays on everybody but the airlines... with particular emphasis on GA and BizAv... because they don't represent that segment of aviation and the airlines never do anything wrong... right? (Rant