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April 18, 2025

Classic Aero-TV: Introducing The Mako - The Next-Generation Lancair

From 2020 (YouTube Edition): Designed To Compete Head-To-Head With Cirrus, Cessna TTX…

Lancair had its newest airplane on display at AirVenture in July. The 4-place Mako is the company's first new product since the relocation of the experimental aircraft pioneer to Texas. First flown on July 18, 2017, the Mako has logged several dozen hours of flight time, and has met or exceeded all performance expectations. Fully instrumented flight testing was planned shortly after the close of the AirVenture show. The new design features 25 improvements, including dual gullwing cabin doors, a first for a Lancair model. Newly designed low-drag "scim

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.18.25)

Aero Linx: The Cradle of Aviation Museum The Cradle of Aviation Museum is an aviation and spaceflight museum located in East Garden City, New York on Long Island to commemorate Long Island's part in the history of aviation. It is located on land once part of Mitchel Air Force Base which, together with nearby Roosevelt Field and other airfields on the Hempstead Plains, was the site of many historic flights. In fact, so many seminal flights occurred in the area, that by the mid-1920s the cluster of airfields was already dubbed the "Cradle of Aviation", the origin of the museum's name. The museum originally opened

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (04.18.25): DETRESFA (Distress Phrase) [ICAO]

DETRESFA (Distress Phrase) [ICAO] The code word used to designate an emergency phase wherein there is reasonable certainty that an aircraft and its occupants are threatened by grave and imminent danger or require immediate assistance.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (04.18.25)

“The New York region is home to three of the world’s preeminent airports, serving upwards of 150 million passengers annually. But the drive from Manhattan to any of these airports can be painful, taking one, sometimes two hours. We want to change that by giving residents and visitors the option to complete trips in mere minutes.” Source: Adam Goldstein, CEO and Founder of Archer,  in comments made as Archer Aviation announced a blueprint for an eVTOL network in New York City that would connect travelers between Manhattan and nearby airports in New York and New Jersey that would use existing aviation assets like helipads in the city and airports as nodes for travelers looking to save travel time.

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