To help meet the dire needs of the state’s aviation maintenance workforce, the University of Maine’s Augusta campus has instituted the state’s first aviation maintenance technician program. Reportedly, one impetus for launching the program, which is based at the Brunswick Landing aviation campus, was when medevac operator LifeFlight of Maine told the university it had […]
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said yesterday (July 17) that the U.S. production capacity for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) could increase by 1400% this year “if all announced capacity additions come online.” Actual production is expected to increase by 50% this year. According to a Reuters report, the Biden White House targets meeting all […]
Dynon has announced it will include a new Emergency Glide feature in its upcoming SkyView HDX Software version 17.1, as well as in an upcoming software revision for its Advanced Flight Systems AF-500/6000 Series avionics. Dynon says the “potentially lifesaving” feature will help reduce workload “in a situation where pilots are easily overwhelmed.” With the […]
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) is “pushing back” on what it calls new and steep entry and departure fees for general aviation pilots. The association maintains the fees are exceedingly high—even more than new fees imposed on commercial airlines. AOPA President Mark Baker wrote a letter to the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, […]
Today, just a few days before the start of EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the FAA posted a Safety Alert For Operators (SAFO) driven by the catastrophic fatal accident on Nov. 12, 2022, involving a World War II-vintage B-17 bomber and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra fighter. The subject of the SAFO is “Mass Aircraft Demonstrations […]
A U.S. Army aeromedical unit performed a remote evacuation for a civilian who had fallen from the roof of a cabin along the Yukon River. Members of the evacuation team known as Arctic Dustoff received the mission request about 6:05 local time on July 5. They took off from Ladd Field at Fort Wainwright about […]
A twin-engine Cessna 402 crashed in the Tred Avon River about 4.5 miles south of Easton Airport (ESN) in Maryland yesterday morning, killing the pilot. Robert Merlini, 56, reported loss of engine power after taking off from Tipton Airport about 9:00 a.m., en route to Easton Airport to pick up technicians for an air-sampling flight. […]
Yesterday, July 17, the last known remaining fighter pilot from the 1940 Battle of Britain celebrated his 105th birthday. Group Captain (ret’d) John Allman “Paddy” Hemingway, DFC, AE, was born in Ireland in 1919. In the summer of 1940, Hemingway turned 21 while flying Hawker Hurricanes with the Royal Air Force’s 85 Squadron, led by […]
During an online roundtable on July 17, Joby Aviation founder and CEO JoeBen Bevirt recalled his pathway to becoming involved in electric vertical takeoff and land (eVTOL) aircraft. He sees the present as a time of converging transformational technologies that he believes will make aviation “dramatically more relevant to our daily lives and more impactful […]
On Sunday morning (July 14), a last-minute Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) abruptly closed Somerset Airport (SMQ) in Bedminster, New Jersey, which is less than two miles from the Trump National Golf Course. The TFR was understandable since it came to light that former President Trump had traveled to his New Jersey residence after the assassination […]
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