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NTSB Final Report: Rotorway Exec

Failure To Maintain Lateral Control Of The Helicopter During Takeoff, Which Resulted In A Dynamic Rollover Analysis: The non-certificated pilot of the helicopter reported that the purpose of the flight was to practice takeoff, hover, and landing maneuvers from his...

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Classic Aero-TV: Viking Twin Otter 400–Bringing the DHC-6 Back Into Production

From 2011 (YouTube Edition): Rugged, Legendary, STOL Twin Makes A Comeback The de Havilland Twin Otter is an airplane with a long history, and it gained a reputation as a workhorse of an airplane. But after it went out of...

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (08.25.25)

"As we continue to set the pace for space, I am incredibly proud of our team's professionalism and persistence supporting this launch. X-37B continues to prove itself as a premier testing platform aiding in experiments to better understand our future...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (08.25.25): Basic Radar Service

Basic Radar Service These services are provided for VFR aircraft by all commissioned terminal radar facilities. Basic radar service includes safety alerts, traffic advisories, limited radar vectoring when requested by the pilot, and sequencing at locations where procedures have been...

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (08.26.25)

“Relocating this historical event is no small undertaking. The show must go on—and it will. Together with our incredible fans, we are writing the next chapter of the world’s fastest motorsport, and while there will be growing pains, it’s going...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (08.26.25): TRSA Service

TRSA Service This service provides, in addition to basic radar service, sequencing of all IFR and participating VFR aircraft to the primary airport and separation between all participating VFR aircraft. The purpose of this service is to provide separation between...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Linx (08.26.25)

Aero Linx: United Flying Octogenarians WELCOME to a most extraordinary group of aviators, the United Flying Octogenarians (UFO). Founded in 1982 with just a handful of pilots, we have grown to around 1,700 members worldwide, all of whom have acted...

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Airborne-NextGen 08.26.25: Iran UAV Knockoffs, X-37B Spaceplane, Army Training

Also: ERAU Uses UAVs, P550 Group 2 UAS, Starship’s Florida Launches, NASA Missions Chopped The Air Force has put out a call to commission a one-to-one copy of the Iranian-designed Shahed-136. This is a low-cost attack drone that Russia has...

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Classic Aero-TV: Profiles in Aviation – Aaron Singer’s Nanchang CJ-6A

From 2009 (YouTube Edition): From China to Wittman Field, Singer Introduces the Nanchang CJ-6A From 1954 until 1958, the Nanchang Aircraft Factory build the Soviet Yak-18 under license as the CJ-5; however, with increasing advancements in jet pilot training, Chinese...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (08.23.25): On-Course Indication

On-Course Indication An indication on an instrument, which provides the pilot a visual means of determining that the aircraft is located on the centerline of a given navigational track, or an indication on a radar scope that an aircraft is...

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