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ANN had received an invite from Waco Aircraft to visit their new HQ in Battle Creek, MI, where they have made serious upgrades and improvements to what had always been a cool little airplane company. New facilities, upgraded capabilities and a very slick new FBO (with enough ramp space for a few Boeings) are but the tip of the iceberg as we toured the production facilities for the Waco YMF-5 classic radial engined biplane and the more conventionally powered Great Lakes 2T-1A-2  -- a favorite  for aerobatic trainers. One major addition to the mix is an in

Major Keller Describes Her Experiences As An Army Reserve Aviator

A Blackhawk medevac pilot for the Army Reserve, Major Keller explained her decision to start with ROTC and then join the military with ANN’s Maria Morrison. Based out of Fort Knox, KY, Mjr. Keller explained the role of the reserves and her experiences as the pilot of one of the military’s iconic rotorcraft, the Sikorsky Blackhawk. Keller described some of the other aircraft that she works with, the duty cycle she deals with (under normal circumstances) and the Reserve's need for a number of personnel for a wide variety of support tasks.

Aero Linx: International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO is funded and directed by 193 national governments to support their diplomacy and cooperation in air transport as signatory states to the Chicago Convention (1944). Its core function is to maintain an administrative and expert bureaucracy (the ICAO Secretariat) supporting these diplomatic interactions, and to research new air transport policy and standardization innovations as directed and endorsed by governments through the ICAO Assembly, or by the ICAO Council which the assembly elects.

On-Course Indication An indication on an instrument, which provides the pilot a visual means of determining that the aircraft is located on the centerline of a given navigational track, or an indication on a radar scope that an aircraft is on a given track.

“Hybrid electric propulsion technology, deployed at scale for environmental and commercial benefits, is an important part of the future of travel. This relationship with Surf Air Mobility leverages the unique performance capabilities of the Cessna Grand Caravan in both passenger and cargo operations, and continues to demonstrate the aircraft’s adaptability for innovative missions and configurations.” Source: Ron Draper, President & CEO, Textron Aviation, in comments made as Surf Air Mobility agreed to purchase up to 150 Cessna Grand Caravan EX single-engine turboprops, with an initial fleet order of 100 aircraft and an option for 50 more. The aircraft will be upgraded to Surf Air Mobility’s proprietary hybrid el