Almost half the people aboard an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 survived when the plane crashed on what appears to be the infield or an area outside of an airport in Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Christmas Day. The aircraft departed from Baku and was initially en route to Grozny in Russia but diverted to Aktau, Kazakhstan. Remarkable […]
General Aviation Modifications Inc. says long-term exposure of painted aircraft surfaces to avgas with high aromatic content, like its G100UL and, potentially, 100LL is “not recommended” but “incidental contact should not cause paint to peel.” The company was responding to a video released by a California A&P who conducted his own set of material compatibility […]
General aviation hangar developer/manager Sky Harbour Group announced this week it has entered into a lease agreement to develop a 10-acre footprint for a Sky Harbour Home Base hangar complex at Trenton-Mercer Airport (KTTN) in New Jersey. The campus will include corporate-jet storage hangars, associated office space, line services for hangar tenants, “critical” operating infrastructure, […]
G100UL unleaded fuel appears to damage aircraft paint under specific circumstances, according to a California A&P who conducted his own compatibility tests on it and 100LL. Michael Luvara also said new nitrile O-rings swelled beyond certified limits when submerged in the unleaded fuel for five to six days. GAMI recommends replacing nitrile components with those […]
Malaysia has announced it will resume the search for Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014. The country is planning a “no find, no fee” contract with Texas robotics company Ocean Infinity to use its underwater search equipment in an undisclosed area of the […]
Advanced Air Mobility pioneer Lilium has ceased operations and laid off almost all its more than 1,000 employees after failing to raise the capital it needed to continue. The German company, which stunned the aviation industry 11 years ago with its electric multi-rotor design and audacious plan to introduce short-hop inner-city-to-inner-city service, raised more than […]
A consortium of 30 aviation groups representing the broad spectrum of the industry have written President-elect Donald Trump asking him to consider funding changes to the FAA that will give the agency the resources it needs to modernize. Specifically, the group is urging use of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund to “upgrade and modernize […]
Textron says it won’t add G100UL unleaded avgas to its approved fuel list until it has been more thoroughly tested. In statements released last Friday (one for singles, one for twins), the company said it won’t be giving its stamp of approval to the fuel unless and until that more comprehensive testing has been done. […]
Brazilian authorities say a prominent businessman and nine members of his family were killed when the Piper PA-42-1000 Cheyenne 400LS crashed shortly after takeoff from Canela Airport in Gramado in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul on Sunday. Seventeen people on the ground were injured. Luiz Claudio Galeazzi was flying the twin with […]
Two naval aviators safely ejected from their F/A-18 Super Hornet when the aircraft was shot down over the Red Sea in a friendly fire accident by the guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg Saturday. “Both pilots were safely recovered. Initial assessments indicate that one of the crew members sustained minor injuries,” U.S. Central Command said in […]
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