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Sun ‘n Fun is Expanding the Career Fair All Week

Extra Time Allotted for Job Searchers The Career Fair will be held from April 9th to the 14th from 0900 to 1700 hrs every day. Things just keep getting bigger, too, with more exhibitors and booths than ever. Originally, the...

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NTSB Prelim: Cirrus Design Corp SR20

The Pilot Under Instruction Was “Under The Hood” Conducting An Instrument Approach On February 27, 2024, at 1622 eastern standard time, a Cirrus Design Corp SR20, N485DA, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Sanford, Florida....

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Classic Aero-TV: That’s NOT All Brother – CAF Updates From AirVenture 2016

From 2016 (YouTube Version): The CAF Salutes Women Air Force Service Pilots in a New Commemorative Program… While at EAA AirVenture 2016, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, came across a story that needs to be told and that’s what...

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USCG Taps Pilotsafety.org for Avionics Training

Operators Going Back to Master the Basics Gary Reeves of Pilotsafety.org has been making the rounds in Texas, setting up back to back training courses with the US Coast Guard and Houston Police Department. Reeves brought his compendium of advanced...

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Quito, Ecuador Schedules Runway Maintenance

Maintenance Planned Well in Advance for Equatorial Aerodrome Ecuador's Mariscal Sucre Quito International Airport has announced a few chunks of downtime for runway maintenance, describing some taxiway work and mainline repairs that will put the airport out of commission for...

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Airborne-NextGen 03.12.24: Pulsejets R Back!, Mach 5?, DJI v Congress

Also: 1-gram Remote ID Module, Starship Ready?, Ampaire Acquires Magpie, Clay Lacy-Starlink The legendary sound of the old V-1 of WWII fame is back, except this time it's powering an uncrewed, combat-ready, UAV. The autonomous aspects of drones have finally...

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True Blue Power Charges Up LIVE Coverage of AEA24!

Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics and True Blue Power Is On Display At AEA2024 Booth #413 True Blue Power Unveils 50 Amp-hour Lithium-ion, Main Ship Battery New Gen5 TB50 is a same-size replacement for standard 44 amp-hour batteries with more power,...

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PS Engineering Tries out Audio System on Falcon 2000

STC Allows for Streamlined, Feature-Rich Audio Setup Trimec Aviation installed a PS Engineering PAC45A Digital Audio System alongside a Universal Avionics InSight flight deck on a Falcon 2000, paving the way for the system in similar aircraft. Trimec already received...

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NASA Astronaut Sworn In As A USCG Reserve Commissioned Officer

Douglas Is The Third Active-Duty Coast Guard Member To Become A NASA Astronaut Apparently adaptable to nearly any element, the Coast Guard now gets to claim an Astronaut as one of their own. The Coast Guard swore-in NASA Astronaut Andre...

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SmartSky Announces Another Install Partner

ATG Internet Service Keeps Expanding Reach Those looking to get some high-speed internet aboard their ritzy business aircraft should be happy to note even more installation throughput in the SmartSky family now that Haggan Aviation of Denver, Colorado has joined...

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