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Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics Guides ANN-AEA Day 2 Coverage!

Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics and True Blue Power AEA2023 Booth #202 The 3-Pack is Back! Trusted, 2-inch Standbys Go Digital The Flex 3-Pack of digital instruments will be on display in the Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics and True Blue Power...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Linx (04.25.23)

Aero Linx: United Flying Octogenarians Short answer: we are an international group of more than 1,800 pilots who have acted as a certificated PIC on or after our 80th birthday. The UFO was "born" on November 2, 1982, in Las...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (04.25.23): Charted VFR Flyways

Charted VFR Flyways Charted VFR Flyways are flight paths recommended for use to bypass areas heavily traversed by large turbine-powered aircraft. Pilot compliance with recommended flyways and associated altitudes is strictly voluntary. VFR Flyway Planning charts are published on the...

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LaunchPoint Commences Shipping Hybrid Electric Motors

New 12 kW System Suited to Large Drones and AAM Vehicles On 24 April 2023, LaunchPoint announced it had begun shipments of its 12 kW motor and controller solution for hybrid-electric aircraft. The new motor system is designed for and...

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NTSB Prelim: Aero Commander 100-180

Part Of A Group Of 6 Airplanes That Had Departed Wichita Falls, Texas On March 18, 2023, about 1035 central daylight time, an Aero Commander 100-180, N4064X was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Gordonville, Texas....

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Classic Aero-TV: The PB4Y-2 Privateer – A Priceless Aero-Treasure

From 2015 (YouTube Version): Oshkosh Reveals Many Treasures... Including Old Warbirds Full Of History While at EAA AirVenture 2015, ANN News Editor, Tom Patton, ventured out to visit the warbirds and was attracted to a large four engine aircraft that...

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New Marine Corps Supply Drone In the Works

SeaOnyx UAS to Deliver Up to 600-Pound Payload A recent Request For Information (RFI) posting by the Marine Corps’ Program Executive Office for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons called for a new UAS vehicle capable of delivering five-hundred-pounds of ordnance...

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Enstrom Helicopter Corporation President Retires

Matt Francour to Call it a Career Enstrom Helicopter Corporation, the American helicopter aerospace manufacturer based on Michigan’s Menominee–Marinette Twin County Airport (MNM), is making ready to say goodbye to its long-time and storied president, Mr. Matt Francour. For nearly...

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H2FLY Passes Integrated Liquid H2 Tank Filling Tests

A Hard Cell by Any Measure Stuttgart-based H2Fly, a wholly-owned subsidiary of U.S. eVTOL concern Joby Aviation founded for purpose of researching, building, and testing hydrogen-electric aircraft powertrains, announced on 24 April 2023 that it has successfully passed liquid hydrogen...

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Airborne-Flight Training 04.20.23: FAA Test Changes, 737 MAX8 Sim, USAF Training

Also: Young Eagles Day, Textron “Top Hawks”, Royal Aeronautical Society, AEA LIVECast 04/24-26 The FAA’s Airman Testing division has disclosed it has been working in cooperation with its testing vendor, PSI Services, to scientifically assess existing FAA Airman Knowledge Tests....

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