Cessna 172 Goes Down, Piper Seminole Able To Land Safely

The pilot and sole occupant of a Cessna 172 was killed when the aircraft was involved in a mid-air collision above the town of Martintown in southeastern Ontario. The aircraft went down in a wooded area and the pilot, a 28-year-old man from Île-Bizard, Quebec, was found dead. The other aircraft, a Piper Seminole with two on board, was able to land safely at Cornwall Regional Airport (YCC/CYCC).

New Photos Show Engine/Pylon Separation, ‘Evidence Of Fatigue Cracks’

The National Transportation Safety Board released its Preliminary Report on the crash of UPS Flight 2976 on November 4, 2025, as it took off from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) in Kentucky. The 3 crew members on board and 11 people on the ground were fatally injured, and 23 additional people on the ground were injured.

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The NTSB's preliminary report on the UPS Flight 2976 crash has focused on the left engine pylon's separation and a subsequent fire that started even before impact. Imagery released by NTSB shows a clear left engine and pylon failure as the aircraft rotated for departure. The report indicates that the left engine and pylon separated from the wing shortly after takeoff, leading to a fire that ignited near the pylon's attachment point. NBAA, along with its fellow 60-plus aviation stakeholders in the Modern Skies Coalition issued the following statement supporting legislation that

Equipped With EWS, Guns For Use In CSAR And Special Ops

Airbus announced at the Dubai Airshow 2025 that the Kingdom of Morocco has signed a contract with Airbus Helicopters for ten of its H225 models. They will be outfitted for combat search and rescue operations by the Royal Moroccan Air Force (Forces royales air) and will replace the existing fleet of Eurocopter Pumas that have been in service for over 40 years.

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The work of Elfin.aero founder Dr. Reiner Stemme, who passed on October 31, 2025, is already being reignited to honor the designer’s years of dedication to the still-unfinished elfin20: a high-performance, two-seat, self-launching electric glider. Development of the prototype is well underway. Gulfstream Aerospace announced that its newly certified ultralong-range G800 achieved its eight city-pair speed record on its flight from Phuket, Thailand to the Dubai Airshow 2025 in the United Arab Emirates. The feat was accomplished in 5 hours 38 minutes. This l

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Like most of the industry, kit manufacturer Sonex has been hit by the ever-increasing costs of parts and materials, and is being forced to pass some of the burden off to customers beginning December 15. Still, Sonex’s prices remain well under par, with many of its complete airframe kits available for under $40,000. The company detailed the price shifts for Complete Airframe Kits, Quick Build Kits, and AeroVee engine packages. Produced jointly by the Aero-News Network and SUN ’n FUN—in addition to the pre-show SNF Innovation P

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Samaritan’s Purse is officially moving its historic Douglas DC-8 cargo jet into retirement and bringing in a new Boeing 767. This marks the end of an era for the world’s last flying, US-registered DC-8. For more than a decade, the four-engine DC-8 served as the backbone of Samaritan’s Purse’s disaster response efforts. The aircraft was acquired in 2015 and has since flown 217 missions, delivering over 9.2 million pounds of critical relief supplies. Boeing delivered 53 jets in October, bringing its 2025 total to 493 aircraft and marki

Interim Level Lets Pilots Earn Hours Ahead Of Aircraft Certification

Tru Simulation + Training announced its Bell 525 Full Flight Simulator at the Bell Training Academy has received Interim Level C qualification from the FAA. With this endorsement, pilots can earn more flight hours on the Bell 525 platform prior to the rotorcraft’s anticipated type certification.

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Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane has cleared another round of pre-flight milestones at Kennedy Space Center. The company has been running the spacecraft through a long list of test campaigns ahead of its debut under NASA’s CRS-2 cargo contract. The Dream Chaser’s most recent accomplishments include electromagnetic interference and compatibility testing inside the Space Systems Processing Facility, demonstrating that its avionics and subsystems behave properly in the kinds of charged environments it will encounter from launch to landing.

Outlines Requirements For Commercial Operations

Vertical Aerospace, a developer of electric aircraft based in Bristol, England, voiced its support for the UK CAA – Civil Aviation Authority – publication of a Policy Consultation that lays out the regulatory framework for commercial eVTOL aircraft operations planned for launch in 2028.

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The longest federal government shutdown in history is finally coming to a close… but the aviation industry is taking its time to bounce back. Airlines are getting ready to shoulder thousands more flight delays and cancellations as the President himself takes to warning air traffic controllers with pay cuts. The FAA’s game plan involved an initial 4 percent flight reduction at 40 major airports, incrementally working its way up to 10 percent. Through years of first-hand experience, Adriana Barrigan has seen how damaging holes in the fligh

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Time to Procure a Replacement for the Aging E-3A is Running Low

Multiple NATO partners have now abandoned a joint plan to purchase six Boeing E-7A Wedgetail aircraft, citing the loss of both “strategic and financial foundations.”  The group was originally made up of eight, including the United States, all looking to replace NATO’s 14-strong fleet of E-3A Sentry AWACS aircraft.

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Founded in 2011 by pilot, aircraft designer and builder, and U.S. Air Force veteran Sam Watrous, Uncasville, Connecticut-based ScaleBirds is about the noble mission or salting the kit-plane marketplace with unique, radial-engine-powered, down-scaled replicas of iconic WWII aircraft. Currently in its prototype phase, ScaleBirds’s initial offering is a 55-percent scale P-36 Hawk. Once thoroughly vetted and certificated, the type will be the first in what Watrous and his crack team of engineers, fabricators, and artists have dubbed the company’s

According To The Witness, Once The Airplane Landed, It Continued To Roll In A Relatively Straight Line Until It Impacted A Tree In His Front Yard

On November 4, 2025, about 12:45 eastern standard time, a Funk B85C airplane, N24157 was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Anderson, Indiana. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. The airplane departed a private grass airfield (II26) in Wolcott, Indiana, earlier on the day of the accident and was enroute to Anderson Regional Airport (AID), Anderson, Indiana. The airplane was recently purchased, and the pilot was flying the airplane to AID for the new owner.

Aero Linx: Swift Museum Foundation The Swift Museum Foundation is a 501(3)c non-profit, member supported organization. Membership details are available by contacting the Museum Headquarters. Membership benefits include sharing over 60 years experience in the care and maintenance of the Swift by thousands of owner members. The Swift Museum Foundation was started by Charlie Nelson, our President, over 40 years ago with an ad in Trade-A-Plane to Swift owners inquiring about any interest in forming a type club. It started as the International Swift Association, grew and ten years later became the only type club to purchase the FAA Type Certificate for it’s aircraft. It also acquired with

"In the frame-by-frame photos from the surveillance video, the left engine can be seen rotating upward from the wing, and as it detaches from the wing, a fire ignites that engulfs both the departing engine/pylon and the area of the wing where the engine was attached." Source: Just part of the details that were revealed in a recent update from the NTSB, following the tragic Lousville UPS MD-11 accident. 

Radar Required A term displayed on charts and approach plates and included in FDC NOTAMs to alert pilots that segments of either an instrument approach procedure or a route are not navigable because of either the absence or unusability of a NAVAID. The pilot can expect to be provided radar navigational guidance while transiting segments labeled with this term. 

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