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January 20, 2024

Atlantic, Archer Aviation to Kickstart Electric Aviation in Florida

Charging Facilities On the Way to Atlantic Locations Across the Country

While Joby has embarked on building its first electric charging infrastructure on the other side of the country, Archer Aviation has begun laying groundwork for locations throughout Los Angeles, New York City, Northern California, and South Florida. The brand announced a deal with Atlantic Aviation that will see them "electrify several of Atlantic Aviation’s existing aviation assets to support future electric aircraft operations, including Archer’s Midnight air taxi, at Atlantic Aviation locations across four key launch markets". The plan will leverage both parties' existing relationships with BETA Technologies, granting them their interoperable rapid-recharge

Paul Anslow Abruptly Bails on Management Job, Followed by Advisory Members in Protest

A Colorado bureaucrat overseeing the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport left his job right before "controversial" transcripts were released featuring his assessment of local "nut jobs", and the airport is in a tizzy. Paul Anslow is under fire by locals for referring to noise complainants and local airport busybodies as "nut jobs", while "belittling their concerns about airport noise" - that's now local NPR affiliate KUNC sees it. The news affiliate obtained the transcript of a "private conversation given to KUNC News as part of a public records request". Anslow left his job abruptly, according to the official narrative, but locals in the area believe it's b

Kenya's Largest Caravan Operator Joins the Electric Aircraft Game

Surf Air Mobility just keeps adding on to its friends abroad, offering an electric, battery powered modification to the Cessna 208 Caravan. Its most recent business partner is Kenya's 'largest Caravan operator', Z.Boskovic Air Charters. The operator boasts a baker's dozen of Cessna Caravans, with another pair on the way by year's end. The partnership will see Surf Air Mobility convert the aircraft into their own proprietary electrified powertrain tech.

Post-Inspection Cessna 421 Ends Delivery Flight in Corn Field

The NTSB has published a preliminary report about an unfortunate flight involving a post-sale flight of a Cessna 421C, describing a failing right engine and a gear-up landing in a cornfield near McGregor, Texas. "On December 8, 2023, about 1232 central standard time, a Cessna 421C airplane, N146TJ, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near McGregor, Texas...The airplane had just undergone an inspection, and the new owners were taking possession of the airplane. The pilot reviewed the logbooks and conducted a pre-flight inspection, and then filed an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plan to 5C1..."