Safer Skies Act Holds Charters To Airline Security Standards
The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) praised U.S. Representatives Nick Langworthy (R-NY) and Marc Veasey (D-TX) for reintroducing the Safer Skies Act, that would make passenger carriers operating under Parts 135 and 380 subject to the same strict security procedures as the other scheduled carriers, i.e., the airlines.
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Airbus Helicopters recently debuted the latest addition to its light twin-engine helicopter lineup: the H140. Unveiled at VERTICON, the H140 is designed for emergency medical services (EMS), passenger transport, and private and business aviation. The H140 is a 3-ton class helicopter positioned between the Airbus H135 and H145 models. It incorporates design elements based on feedback from H135 operators... Sikorsky announced its successful validation of advanced control laws to fly a prototype battery-powered rotor blown wing concept UAS in both helicopter and airplane models. Sikorsky made the announcement at this week’s HAI Verticon 2025 in Dallas, Texas, and said the 115-lb twin proprotor concept aircraft demonstrated operational stability and maneuverability across all regimes of flight including the transition from rotor-borne to wing-borne
An SnF23 Favorite (YouTube Edition): The Stearman Storyteller
A young Dutch boy looked on, rapt with amazement, as a T-6 pilot flew an aerobatic routine during an airshow long lost to time and obscurity. Up and around the T-6 flew, climbing and diving, rolling and pirouetting, its engine’s unbroken song rising and falling in a chorus of snarling and shrieking that resonated in the lad’s ears, imagination, and viscera. The T-6 landed and its pilot clambered out its cockpit to a coda of hot-engine pings and down-spinning gyros. Mustering his resolve, the boy approached the aviator—hand outstretched, a thousand questions on his lips—only to be brusquely brushed aside and left to watch the pilot stride away amongst a crush of adult admirers.
Engine Exhibited A Sudden Loss Of Power But Continued Running With Excessive Vibration
Analysis: The pilot of the amphibious, amateur-built airplane, who had purchased the airplane several months earlier and did not hold a rating for airplane single-engine sea, departed the lakefront grass runway and performed a sharp left turn to assume his enroute heading without retracting the airplane’s landing gear. The pilot reported that, about halfway through the turn, the engine exhibited a sudden loss of power but continued running with excessive vibration. Remedial actions to restore power were unsuccessful.
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With a new political reality sweeping Washington, DC, and that doesn’t even include the efforts of Elon Musk, there are some serious questions about the future of MOSAIC. During our live coverage of the Aircraft Electronics Association Convention and Tradeshow, last week, we had the opportunity to talk to “Mr. Regulation” AEA’s regulatory expert, Ric Peri... and a guy we’re certain has a better handle on the regulatory environment than ANYONE speaking publicly. The China-based Shang Gong Group has acquired the assets of German aircraft manufacturer Flight Design and will allegedly make significant investment into increasing production in the Czech Republic. Marcello DiStefano, insolvency administrator of Flight Design general aviation GmbH, said that an intensive investor process was conducted before the dec
Aero Linx: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Our purpose is to ignite and celebrate aerospace ingenuity and collaboration, and its importance to our way of life. Our promise is to be your vital lifelong link to the aerospace community and a champion for its achievements. One Remarkable Fact Says It All: Since 1963, members from a single professional society have achieved virtually every milestone in modern American flight. That society is the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. With nearly 30,000 individual members from 91 countries, and 95 corporate members, AIAA is the world’s largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession...
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While broadband has become very much the default internet connection everywhere from homes to offices and coffee shops, there are still a lot of places where a high-speed connection is not available, or you're stuck tethering to your phone with only one "civilization bar" to get your Aero-News. ANN goes through a lot of trouble to make the graphics flashy and cool and an integral part of the story. But let's face it, they're bandwidth-intensive. So here are a couple of thoughts on how to get the most out of Aero-News in the least amount of time.
"An accident involving two Alpha Jets of the Patrouille de France during rehearsals has just occurred in the east of France. Emergency services are being mobilized.
Source: One of several social media reports that followqed a midair collision involving two aircraft of the Patrouille de France.
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