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Portuguese Air Show Collision Kills One Pilot, Injures Another

Yak 52 Display Turns Fatal, But Still No Answers Yet A combined Spanish-Portuguese aerobatic demo team suffered a fatality at the Beja AirShow, when one of their aircraft clipped another during a performance. Apparently, the lost pilot was the only...

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Utah Courts AAM

Next-Gen Industries Invited to Bed Down in the Uintahs Utah publicized a bevy of AAM plans centered around their new Air Logistics Transportation Alliance project, or Project Alta. They describe it as a "collaborative partnership with a mission to establish...

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Airborne-NextGen 06.04.24: Drone Bill HR 8416, Pivotal-USAF, Gray Eagle

Also: Starship Set To Launch, Nexus eVTOL, Merlin, SPRINT X-Plane The Drone industry has raised its hackles regarding the Drones for First Responders Act introduced by Congressional rep Elise Stefanik, describing it as a boon to the EMS/Fire/Police crowd at...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (06.01.24): Hold For Release

Hold For Release Used by ATC to delay an aircraft for traffic management reasons; i.e., weather, traffic volume, etc. Hold for release instructions (including departure delay information) are used to inform a pilot or a controller (either directly or through...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Linx (06.01.24)

Aero Linx: International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine (IAASM) The Academy was founded in 1955, with the object of searching for and promoting new knowledge in Aviation and Space Medicine and contributing to international co-operation and exchange of information...

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Airborne 05.31.24: 1Q GA Sales, 200th ALTO LSA, Spitfire Grounding

Also: NATA CEO In Legal Dilemma, WestJet Encore Settle, Drone Bill H.R. 8416, USN Jet Trainer GAMA released their 1Q/24 GA Aircraft Shipment and Billing Report -- with mostly mixed news. The results for the first three months of 2024...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (06.02.24): Mach Technique [ICAO]

Mach Technique [ICAO] Describes a control technique used by air traffic control whereby turbojet aircraft operating successively along suitable routes are cleared to maintain appropriate MACH numbers for a relevant portion of the en route phase of flight. The principal...

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (06.01.24)

“As FedEx begins its journey to restructure under the ‘One FedEx’ strategy, our pilots remind management that there’s still unfinished business to address in the near term. Our negotiations began well ahead of this realignment strategy, and we strongly believe...

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Airborne 05.28.24: Jump Plane Down, Starship’s 4th, Vision Jet Problems

Also: uAvionix AV-Link, F-16 Viper Demo, TN National Guard, 'Staff the Towers' A Saturday afternoon jump run, originating from SkyDive Kansas City, went bad when it was reported that, "a Skydiver premature parachute deployment at 14,000 msl damag(ed) the tail...

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Airborne-Flight Training 05.29.24: Coe College, NetJets Issues, Wayman Financing

Also: VA Scholarships, Certification Standards, 'Staff the Towers', Women in Aviation Advisory In partnership with Revv Aviation and the Eastern Iowa Airport (CID), Coe College is opening a new flight school and aviation management program. Those interested in becoming a...

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