Sonex Aircraft announced that its high-wing prototype aircraft has had its first engine start, which fired up immediately with no issues and it also successfully completed its first taxi and brake tests.
Twenty Were On Board During the Collision, Leaving Four Seriously Injured
A skydiving plane carrying 20 people crashed shortly after takeoff near Tullahoma Regional Airport in Tennessee on Sunday, June 8, prompting a large-scale emergency response. The crash occurred around 12:30 pm near the Beechcraft Heritage Museum.
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on June 6 that, among other things, directs the FAA to rescind the prohibition of supersonic flight in the U.S. over land, establishes noise-based certification standards, and repeals other regulatory barriers that have hindered faster-than-sound flight and related research for 52 years.
The National Air Transportation Association is in favor of confirming Bryan Bedford as the Administrator of the FAA, during the present time of historic transformation and challenges facing the aviation sector.
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