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Santa Monica Propeller Service Returns

FAA Restores Repair Station Approval After Compliance Review The FAA has reinstated Santa Monica Propeller Service Inc.’s air agency certificate following a successful reinspection. The decision brings the California propeller repair station back into approved status after a lengthy regulatory...

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Classic Aero-TV: Ralph Maloof Revs Up – Innovations For Homebuilt A/C Engines

From 2016 (YouTube Edition): A VW Bug Engine Conversion Has Matured Into an Engine for the Airplane Homebuilder… While at EAA AirVenture 2016, ANN News Editor, Tom Patton, visited with the folks at RevMaster and talked with Ralph Maloof, who...

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NTSB Prelim: Boeing E75

(Witness) Heard A Loud “Pop,” And The Engine Noise Ceased. The Airplane Subsequently Impacted A Hay Field On May 29, 2026, about 1153 eastern daylight time, a Boeing E75, N181RF, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident...

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Airborne 06.29.26: B777 Low-Pass, Wingsuit Record, Beijing Building Hit By A/C

Also: Storm Hits Stillwater Fleet, Electric Aviation in HI, Med Emergency Hits Captain, Nellis Rebranding The FAA has confirmed that it's "aware and looking into" a viral video that appears to show a cargo plane making a dangerous maneuver at...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Linx (07.05.26)

Aero Linx: Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) The Interstate Aviation Committee (hereinafter - IAC) was established on the basis of the intergovernmental Agreement on Civil Aviation and Use of Airspace of 1991 (hereinafter Agreement) to coordinate the activities of the post-Soviet...

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Firefly Wins NASA Lunar Contract

Accelerated Blue Ghost Mission Targets Faster Moon Delivery Firefly Aerospace secures a 144 million dollar NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract to deliver it's next Blue Ghost lunar mission. The award reinforces NASA’s push for rapid, repeatable commercial access to...

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Airborne 07.01.26: Helo Finds Giraffe, Air Race Classic, China GA Restrictions

Also: Canada 5G Interference, Frontier Prop Boosts Skywagon, AF Venezuelan Relief, JetBlue Drone Strike? A giraffe that escaped her enclosure at Cedar Hollow Ranch in Leakey, Texas, two weeks ago was found by her owner, Vick Jones, with the help...

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NTSB Final Report: Protech PT2

The Pilot Did Not Respond To Investigators’ Requests To Examine The Airplane Analysis: The pilot, who held a student pilot certificate, stated that he maneuvered in the local area after departure. After about 40 minutes, he started to return to...

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Classic Aero-TV: Catching Up With John Calcagno of Piper Aircraft

From 2024 (YouTube Edition): The Training Market, Reinvesting, And Diesel Engine For The Seminole Aero-News Network CEO and Editor-in-Chief Jim Campbell spoke with John Calcagno, CEO and President of Piper Aircraft on opening day of Oshkosh 2024. Jim asked about...

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Airborne 06.26.26: Breezy Adventure, Rotax E-AD, Artemis II Honors

Also: SkyDrive 100km/h, Scalable Hypersonic Glide Body, Thunderbirds Over Hoover Dam, Wing Nuts Flying Circus Paul Breed, EAA member 1140954, is in the midst of a 9,700 mile tour designed to connect the four corners of the United States in...

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