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How sustainable fuel will help power aviation’s green revolution

The pace of sustainable aviation fuel’s development is speeding up as airlines, producers and regulators see it as a critical tool enabling aviation to make progress with cutting its carbon emissions. True or false? Garbage, cooking oil, old clothes and...

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Bell still considering Nexus concepts for UAM space

Bell is continuing to mature systems and technologies that could equip its future Nexus urban air mobility (UAM) vehicle but has yet to commit to a timeline for its development or service entry. Bell is continuing to mature systems and...

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Crisis forces Vilnius airport operator to tear up new terminal contract

Crisis conditions in the air transport sector have forced a rethink on the construction of a new terminal at Lithuania’s gateway airport in the capital Vilnius. The airport operator is to re-tender for the work after agreeing with the current...

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Austrian to reduce fleet and staffing levels

Austrian Airlines intends to make further cutbacks to its active fleet and headcount, and has warned that it will miss the earnings targets it outlined last year. Austrian Airlines intends to make further cutbacks to its active fleet and headcount, and has...

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ANN: Sorry Gang, But April 1 Doesn’t Seem Quite So Funny This Year…

Our Annual April 1 Edition Doesn't Seem Apropos In A Pandemic Year Like all of you, I look forward to the day when all the woes of this horrific pandemic are well behind us, and receding rapidly into history. But,...

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (03.23.21)

"At approximately 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 20, EAA's B-17G, Aluminum Overcast, suffered some minor damage to a wing from an apparent bird strike during a landing approach to Gwinnett County Airport/Briscoe Field near Lawrenceville, Georgia, during the B-17 tour...

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Airborne-Flight Training 03.18.21: XPW USAF Training, Italian Navy, CAP Scholars

Also: WAI Scholarships, Final Drone Rules, Ray Foundation CAF Grant, Nat'l Aerobatics Day Seven Airmen made history as the first “Accelerated Path to Wings” program to graduate and they transitioned from students to Air Force pilots during a ceremony on...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (03.23.21): Flight Plan Area (FPA)

Flight Plan Area (FPA) The geographical area assigned to a flight service station (FSS) for the purpose of establishing primary responsibility for services that may include search and rescue for VFR aircraft, issuance of NOTAMs, pilot briefings, inflight services, broadcast...

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Airborne 03.22.21: Draco Lives!, New NASA Boss?, Ilyushin IL-103

Also: Frequency Allocation Problems, NASA Remembers Lunney, Drone Registration Drop, Sterling Airways Remember that takeoff accident at the Reno-Stead airport in 2019 that put Draco down... once and for all, unsalvageable, and thought never to be seen again... until now....

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Linx (03.23.21)

Aero Linx: Alliance of Air National Guard Flight Surgeons Our Mission is to provide strong support to the overall mission of the Air National Guard and the USAF through continued advancement of the art and science of aerospace medicine. We...

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