“Training and verification of individual pilot credentials is a more just and legal approach than a blanket ban on an entire legal category of ultralights. USUA has used a similar philosophy when insuring pilots in our very successful third-party insurance...
Aero Linx: RAF Cranwell RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire was the world’s first Air Academy and today, it continues to select and train the next generation of RAF officers. Additionally, it is home to RAF Recruitment, RAF Air Cadets, No 3...
Charter Heavyweight Retains 1,500 Cessna Citation Options Textron Aviation and NetJets have entered into an agreement by which the Columbus, Ohio-based charter and fractional-ownership concern will retain options to purchase up to 1,500 additional Cessna Citation business jets over a...
Desperation’s Weird Wages Ural Airlines appears to be preparing to undertake what—if successful—would amount to the heroically unlikely retrieval of an Airbus A320 stranded in a Siberian field following a 12 September 2023 emergency landing. Aviation industry pundits posit Ural’s...
DOT Inspector General Issues Notice of Audit On 14 September 2023, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General forwarded a memorandum comprising an audit announcement pertaining to the FAA’s oversight of SkyWest Airlines’ maintenance program. Subject memo, as...
Autumnal Applicators Making Seed Drops in Turn from Usual Sprays The National Agricultural Aviation Association shined a light on the increasing use of airborne seeding services among the usual crop dusting community, as airdropping cover crops gains popularity. The crops...
"Resurrected" Mystery Meat Helo Could Pollute the Market with Garbage Parts An interesting investigation by the Miami FSDO unveiled a little bit of hoodwinkery when a Bell 206B, number N536T, turned out to be the spitting image of an existing...
Sins of the Holly Hill Town Council The town council of Holly Hill, a 1,277-resident hamlet in south-central South Carolina’s Orangeburg County, has promulgated an ordinance prohibiting operations of 'ultralight' aircraft massing less-than six-hundred-pounds at Holly Hill Airport (5J5). Handed...
1974-2024 Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo (stylized SUN 'n FUN) is a Lakeland, Florida-based nonprofit dedicated to the promotion of aviation education. The organization is best known for its annual fly-in—which pilots and aviation aficionados broadly consider the opening event...
Pilot Radioed The LUK Tower About 10 Miles Away From The Airport And Informed Them Of The Engine Trouble On September 1, 2023, about 2038 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-32-300, N6868D, was substantially damaged when it was involved in...