Sat, Feb 08, 2025
“As AirVenture is the world’s largest annual gathering of warbirds, bringing these two iconic aircraft together is another of those ‘Only at Oshkosh’ moments. These airplanes are big favorites wherever they appear separately, but together they will make the occasion even more unforgettable.”
Source: Rick Larsen, EAA’s vice president of communities and member programs, who coordinates AirVenture features and attractions, chatting up another big attraction for this year's Oshkosh.
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Fri, Feb 07, 2025
Class of 2025 Scholarship Recipients To Join the Program’s 98 Licensed Pilots
Able Flight, a nonprofit organization that offers flight training opportunities to those with physical disabilities, is entering its 20th year of operation with 98 licensed pilots. One of its recently announced scholarship recipients for the Class of 2025 will become the 100th Able Flight pilot.
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Fri, Feb 07, 2025
Firm Order Includes Phenom And Praetor Models Plus Options
Flexjet announced a firm order for Embraer jets to the tune of $7 billion for 182 aircraft, to include Phenom 300E, Praetor 500, and Praetor 600 models, and options for an additional 30 aircraft as well as an enhanced services and support agreement.
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Fri, Feb 07, 2025
Over 30 Piloted Flights Executed Since Early January
Verical Aerospace announced on February 4, 2025, the successful completion of Phase 2 of its piloted flight test program for its VX4 eVTOL aircraft, including vertical takeoff and hovering, and low-speed maneuvers over a small defined area.
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Fri, Feb 07, 2025
Also: $7B Embraer Buy, Tariff Pause, Air Tour Safety Committee, 1st CA SkyCourier
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University recently announced that its flight team, the Golden Eagles, will be moving out its legacy fleet of Cessna 150s. The aircraft will be replaced by CubCrafters NX Cubs in late 2025. The Golden Eagles Precision Flight Team is based at the ERAU campus and Prescott Regional Airport (PRC) in Prescott, Arizona. Able Flight, a nonprofit organization that offers flight training opportunities to those with physical disabilities, is entering its 20th year of operation with 98 licensed pilots. One of its recently announced scholarship recipients for the Class of 2025 will become the 100th Able Flight pilot. Two employees of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority in Washington, D.C., were arrested and charged with leaking official airport video footage of the mid-air collision involving an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and American Ai
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Fri, Feb 07, 2025
Also: 2 Blimps For OSH, USCG-Airbus Deal, Japan Buys T-6s, Starliner Boss Replaced
A 56-year-old California man recently pled guilty after he flew his drone into a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft. The incident forced responders to temporarily ground all nearby aircraft and take the damaged plane out of service. California authorities have reported at least 40 unauthorized drone incidents during the Palisades Fire. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday January 30 the appointment of FAA deputy administrator Christopher Rocheleau to Acting Administrator following the mid-air collision over the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) between an American Eagle passenger flight and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter operating out of nearby Fort Belvoir, Virginia. A Learjet 55 medical jet crashed near a shopping mall in Philadelphia on Friday, January 31, killing all six on board and injuring several more on the groun
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Fri, Feb 07, 2025
Also: Lufthansa Dreamliner Sim, ATC Can't Quit, NBAA Leadership, Acting FAA Head
ierra Space is becoming the newest content provider for EAA’s AeroEducate online resource and will be adding space-related content to its already-strong offerings. The agreement with Sierra Space gives EAA AeroEducate a true space-oriented subject matter expert to help create new space-focused activities for the K-12 students and their teachers who use the platform. In the future, the company will develop youth space-related awards under the AeroEducate achievement badge program. Textron Aviation announced its first international sale of seven of its Beechcraft King Air 260 military multi-engine training aircraft to SkyAlyne and KF Aerospace to support the Future Aircrew Training (FAcT) program for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Deliveries are expected to begin in the first half of 2028. Sporty’s announced it has acquired PilotWorkshops. The acquisiti
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Fri, Feb 07, 2025
Free Online Aerospace Resource Gains Space-Related Content
Sierra Space is becoming the newest content provider for EAA’s AeroEducate online resource and will be adding space-related content to its already-strong offerings, EAA announced.
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Fri, Feb 07, 2025
Creating a Third Runway Could Drastically Increase Aviation Emissions
The recent spike in government support for a runway expansion project at London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR) has triggered pushback from local environmentalists. The project, slated for completion by 2035, would drastically increase flight operations and emissions along with it.
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Fri, Feb 07, 2025
One Victim Awaiting Positive Identification from Medical Examiners
A team of over 100 officials has spent over a week searching the Potomac River and has managed to recover all 67 victims from the fatal mid-air collision. 66 of the bodies have been positively identified and 10 have been returned to loved ones. NTSB investigators are currently reviewing data from the flight data and cockpit audio recorders to use in the preliminary and final reports.
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