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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (06.19.25)

“As we take another step toward the Cassio 330’s production, our strategy remains unchanged: using safe and efficient electric-hybrid propulsion and power technologies that are realistically available today, applying them to a conventional takeoff/landing aircraft for sustainable regional transportation using...

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Airborne 06.20.25: Starship RUD, Paris Airshow v Israel, Rhinebeck Troubles

Also: MCI Starlink Mini Charger, Honda Reuseable Rocket, B-25 ‘Miss Mitchell’, SkyCourier Sale A SpaceX Starship second stage, Ship 36, mounted on a test stand loading fuel for a static fire test was destroyed in a huge explosion that was...

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NTSB Prelim: North American T-28B

Pilot Started To Return To The Airport Before Electing To Land On A Nearby Dirt Road On May 17, 2025, at 1022 Pacific daylight time, a North American T-28B, N28DE, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (06.16.25): Wide-Area Augmentation System (WAAS)

Wide-Area Augmentation System (WAAS) The WAAS is a satellite navigation system consisting of the equipment and software which augments the GPS Standard Positioning Service (SPS). The WAAS provides enhanced integrity, accuracy, availability, and continuity over and above GPS SPS. The...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Linx (06.16.25)

Aero Linx: International Republic Seabee Owner's Club (IRSOC) This site includes links to Specifications, Limits and History of the Republic Seabee. We are always searching for other articles and historical documents. If you can help, send us what you have...

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NTSB Final Report: Magniflight LLC M24 Orion Plus

Pilot Was Unable To Maintain Altitude And Made A Forced Landing In Tall Grass, During Which The Gyroplane Rolled Over Analysis: The pilot of the gyroplane reported several lane warnings during the flight, which indicated possible disruptions to the fuel/ignition...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Linx (06.18.25)

Aero Linx: MQ-1B Predator The MQ-1B Predator is an armed, multi-mission, medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft that is employed primarily as an intelligence-collection asset and secondarily against dynamic execution targets. Given its significant loiter time, wide-range sensors, multi-mode communications suite,...

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Airborne-NextGen 06.17.25: JetZero Finds A Home, VX4 eVTOL, H55’s B23 Energic

Also: Electric Aircraft Symposium, Radia Windrunner Avionics, AIRO Debut, NASA’s Orion Ready California-based aerospace start-up JetZero has formally selected Greensboro, North Carolina, as the site for its first US factory. This will be used to manufacture the company’s ‘all-wing’ aircraft:...

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DeltaHawk RV-14 Takes Flight!

New Diesel Engines On The Way for RV Builders DeltaHawk published a short video of a recent test flight using a Van’s RV-14, giving builders and buyers a hint of what’s to come. “On the average mission," DeltaHawk said, "a...

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Airborne 06.16.25: eAircraft Symposium, MedXPress, Regent Ground Effect Aircraft

Also: Aviation Mental Health Bill, JetZero Taps NC, Radia Windrunner Avionics, Iowa Lakes Aviation Program The Vertical Flight Society announced that dozens of the world’s electric aircraft developers and tech experts will be presenting at the 19th Annual Electric Aircraft...

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