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Elixir Aircraft, a French general aviation manufacturer, recently signed a Letter of Intent with Buiqui Aerospace for the sale of 35 trainers. The new rides will be put to work at Buiqui’s flight school in Orlando, Florida, once they receive FAA Part 23 certification. Kansas State University recently opened aviation maintenance and unmanned aerial systems courses to local high schoolers. The classes, hosted at the Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus, offer hands-on learning opportunities and direct degree pathways. In a significant yet largely sy

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Elixir Aircraft, a French general aviation manufacturer, recently signed a Letter of Intent with Buiqui Aerospace for the sale of 35 trainers. The new rides will be put to work at Buiqui’s flight school in Orlando, Florida, once they receive FAA Part 23 certification. Kansas State University recently opened aviation maintenance and unmanned aerial systems courses to local high schoolers. The classes, hosted at the Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus, offer hands-on learning opportunities and direct degree pathways. In a significant yet largely symbolic

From 2009 (YouTube Version): From China to Wittman Field, Singer Introduces the Nanchang CJ-6A

From 1954 until 1958, the Nanchang Aircraft Factory build the Soviet Yak-18 under license as the CJ-5; however, with increasing advancements in jet pilot training, Chinese engineers quickly realized that improvements to the performance and design would be necessary in order to meet the needs of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force. Starting in 1957, two aeronautical engineers, Bushi Cheng and Lin Jiahua, began intensive revisions to the basic Yak-18 in order to develop a better-suited trainer aircraft. Several improvements were made including a ret

VFR Not Recommended An advisory provided by a flight service station to a pilot during a preflight or inflight weather briefing that flight under visual flight rules is not recommended. To be given when the current and/or forecast weather conditions are at or below VFR minimums. It does not abrogate the pilot's authority to make his/her own decision. 

“Each of these aircraft companies were founded in 1925, but took very different paths through their histories. Each of these aircraft types made unique contributions to the world of flight, especially the momentous era from 1920 until 1940.” Source: Rick Larsen, EAA’s Vice President of Communities and Member Programs, detailing the rationale for the selection of two historic and iconic aircraft types from the Golden Age of Aviation between World War I and II, Fairchild and Travel Air, who will be celebrating their centennial years during the 72nd annual EAA AirVenture fly-in and convention July 21-27 at Wittman Regional Airport (OSH) in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.