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Classic Aero-TV: The Life and Afterlife of the B1B Lancer

From 2023 (YouTube Edition): A Bone to Chew Envisioned in the 1960s as a platform that would combine the Mach 2 speed of Convair’s sexy but temperamental B-58 Hustler with the range and payload of Boeing’s rock-steady B-52 Stratofortress, Rockwell’s...

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NTSB Final Report: Quad City Challenger

(Pilot) Lost Control Of The Airplane As It Turned To The Left Despite The Application Of Full Right Rudder Analysis: The pilot was performing a pre-buy flight in the amateur-built airplane. The takeoff roll was normal until the airplane accelerated...

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Airborne 02.17.26: Epic Downed By CFIT, Long-Delayed 777X, Osprey Troubles

Also: Canada Expected To Certify Gulfstream, Vista Spends $4.7B, Warbird Reg Update, Daher AD An Epic E1000 impacted terrain near Steamboat Springs, Colorado, just after midnight on February 13. Authorities confirmed that all four people were lost in the crash...

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Airborne 02.19.26: AOPA/Klapmeier Slander?, Robert J. Collier Trophy, Drone Bust

Also: AviationStart, Enstrom MX Classes, GE Aerospace Deal, Mounting T-7A Costs The two newest AOPA board members addressed the issue of the dismissal of former AOPA President and CEO Darren Pleasance at an overflow pilot town hall meeting at the...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Linx (02.19.26)

Aero Linx: International Federation of Airworthiness (IFA) We aim to be the most internationally respected independent authority on the subject of Airworthiness. IFA uniquely combines together all those with responsibility for policies, principles and practices concerned with the continuing airworthiness...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (02.19.26): Breakout

Breakout A technique to direct aircraft out of the approach stream. In the context of simultaneous (independent) parallel operations, a breakout is used to direct threatened aircraft away from a deviating aircraft.

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Airborne Affordable Flyers 02.12.26: RedBull Race, SportPlane Certs, Bristell

Also: Letters Of Deviation Notice, Velocity To Partner, Out-Of-Production Kits, Another eXenos First Flight Luke Czepiela traced the full ideal line of the Bahrain International Circuit at low level, including short takeoffs and landings (STOL) on the start/finish straight in...

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Airborne 02.13.26: Lasers v Cartel UAV?, WiFi Prank Scrambles Jets, ATC Dropouts

Also: Blended-Wing Aircraft, Free Pilot’s Guide To Airspace, F16 Pilots Earn DFC, Mardi Gras TFR A lack of coordination between the Defense Department and the FAA over the military’s use of a high-energy, counter-drone laser led to the FAA shutting...

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Airborne-NextGen 02.18.26: Streamlining Cert, UAV Delivery Spike, EAA v UAV Regs

Also: NASA Selects Vast, FlightSim v RealWorld, USAF Semi-Autonomous Flight, Crew-12 Restocks ISS A bipartisan group of senators and representatives has introduced the Aviation Innovation and Global Competitiveness Act, taking clear aim at the FAA’s below-par aircraft type certification process....

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Airborne Affordable Flyers 02.12.26: RedBull Race, SportPlane Certs, Bristell

Also: Letters Of Deviation Notice, Velocity To Partner, Out-Of-Production Kits, Another eXenos First Flight Luke Czepiela traced the full ideal line of the Bahrain International Circuit at low level, including short takeoffs and landings (STOL) on the start/finish straight in...

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