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November 08, 2024

Zenith Introduces Matched-Hole CH 650 Kit

New Feature Simplifies and Streamlines Assembly Process

Zenith Aircraft recently introduced matched-hole parts for its CH 650 kit. This streamlines the aircraft’s assembly, making it a low-time project for both newbie and veteran builders. The CH 650 kit is also celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

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Man Attempts to Destroy Power Grid With Rigged Drone

Undercover FBI Agents Block White Supremacist’s Pipe Bomb Attack

24-year-old Skyler Philippi of Columbia, Tennessee, was arrested just before attempting to damage a Nashville power grid with his drone. He planned to rig the device with pipe bombs to destroy the facility. The US Department of Justice charged Philippi with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to destroy an energy facility.

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Classic Aero-TV: Viking Engines and the Redefining of the Piston Aircraft Engine

From 2022 (YouTube Edition): Engine Company Challenges Convention—and Wins

Viking Aircraft Engines, the Edgewater, Florida-based manufacturer of piston aircraft engines, has fashioned a seemingly humble business-model into a genuine, and genuinely American success story. Viking’s praxis is simple. The company buys new and gently-used, late-model Honda automotive engines, and converts them to aircraft powerplants. Conversion, however, is no simple feat. In point of fact, it’s a downright complex process comprising extensive modification of the engine’s cylinder heads, valve-train, cam chain, pistons, oil-syste

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NTSB Prelim: Badlands Vaquero

About 3,000 Ft Above Ground Level, Flames Appeared From The Right Side Of The Engine Cowling

On October 27, 2024, about 0915 Pacific daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Badlands Vaquero airplane, N510DH, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near West Wendover, Nevada. The pilot sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that during cruise flight, about 3,000 ft above ground level, flames appeared from the right side of the engine cowling.

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