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December 21, 2024

And So It Begins... ICON Admits Plans To Move 'Some' Production To China

As We Predicted Months Ago... Formerly American IP and Company Heading To China

No surprise here, as the inevitable takeover of Icon becomes an International Game. ICON Aircraft will be moving “a portion” (with likely more to come) of its manufacturing to a new state-of-the-art facility in China but will (for now...) maintain its headquarters in Vacaville, California. Jason Huang will be stepping down as President and will transition into an advisory role with SG Investment America, the company that now owns ICON.

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Boom XB-1 Flight 10 Hits Mach 0.95

Reaches 32,400 Feet In Quest For Mach 1.0

Boom’s XB-1 demonstrator took another step closer to achieving its goal of getting to airspeed Mach 1.0 in its latest Flight 10 on December 19, 2024, setting new records for both altitude and airspeed in the process. At XB-1’s speed in this flight, it was flying faster than the cruise speed of a Boeing 787 or Airbus A380, which is about Mach 0.85. Its top altitude of 32,417 is near the altitude for the planned supersonic flight at 34,000 feet MSL.

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FAA Pauses New Medical Certification Policy

Agency Responds To Concerns From Industry Groups

The FAA announced it is postponing implementation of a new medical certification policy that would classify medical certification applications with incomplete paperwork as denied, rather than deferred, as they were previously. Rather than January 1, 2025, the new policy will take effect on March 1, 2025.

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