Tue, Jun 03, 2025
Can Serve Half Concurrently With Separate Sentence
Jordan Dwayne Jackson, 36, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for pointing a laser at a Houston Police Department helicopter in 2021. U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal ordered that Jackson spend at least half that time in federal prison, and the other half can be served concurrently with his 18-year sentence for aggravated sexual assault for which he was convicted in July 2024.
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Tue, Jun 03, 2025
Focused Only On Loss Of Ship, Booster Covered By Test Exception
The FAA has required SpaceX to conduct an investigation of the Starship Flight 9 mission, which lasted significantly longer than the two previous flights but still resulted in the loss of the Ship upper stage vehicle after a propellant leak led to a loss of control and a controlled termination of the mission.
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Tue, Jun 03, 2025
Iconic VTOL Jump Jet On Long-Term Loan From USMC
The Commemorative Air Force Airbase Arizona is happy to announce it will be receiving a new addition to its aircraft collection: an iconic AV-8B Harrier jump jet, scheduled to arrive June 10 if logistics and weather cooperate.
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Tue, Jun 03, 2025
Delivery Part Of Seven Ordered In Second Batch Of Program
Airbus Helicopters delivered the first two of seven NH90 Tactical Transport Helicopters to the Spanish Navy as part of the second batch in the service’s NH90 program which will total 23 aircraft when completed.
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Tue, Jun 03, 2025
From 2021: The Inside Skinny On What Being An ANN Oshkosh Stringer Is All About
By ANN Senior Stringer Extraordinare, Gene Yarbrough
The annual gathering at Oshkosh is a right of passage or a pilgrimage to Mecca for many. However the rank and file public rarely have the opportunity to experience the FULL Oshkosh experience. Oshkosh, like onions and ogres, is a multi-layered microcosm within the enigma of the greater Wisconsin county in which it transpires. The Aero-News Network stringer has opportunity, and if so inclined, the access to every aspect of general aviation including the "behind the scenes" view few even know exist.
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Tue, Jun 03, 2025
An Amazing Experience Awaits The Chosen Few...
Oshkosh, to us, seems the perfect place to get started on watching aviation recover the past couple of years... and so ANN is putting EXTRA effort and resources into our coverage of Oshkosh 2025... just a little under 90 days hence. We are now undertaking the process to seek talented stringers to help us present Oshkosh and the sport and general aviation community to the world around us. If you ever thought about joining us, this is THE year to do it. IF YOU want to be a part of this unique adventure, speak up NOW, rather than later, because we're going to be looking for the best volunteer folks we can find and are planning to do so ASAP. You've been warned (grin)....
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Tue, Jun 03, 2025
Also: NBAA v Tariffs, B-29 DOC/P-51 Tour, Alberta Int’l AirShow Kaput, First D328eco Test Aircraft
Jared ‘Rook’ Isaacman has been dropped, shortly before a final confirmation vote, as the Trump admin nominee to head NASA. The move has shocked the space community, who seemed fairly well aligned in their support for the two-time private astronaut. A routine paragliding equipment test went wrong when a strong updraft pushed the pilot to an altitude of 28,000 feet. He was able to regain enough control to get back on the ground, where he will stay for the next six months due to the flight ban imposed thereafter. Experienced Chinese paraglider Peng Yujiang had been testing out some equipment over the Qilian Mountains near the Gansu Province in northwest China. Aerospace manufacturer Williams International recently decided on a location for its new billion-dollar, million-square-foot turbine engine manufacturing facility. The inve
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Tue, Jun 03, 2025
Blocked In By Sea Ice, Preparation Hastened Rescue
Alaska Army National Guard aviators operating out of Bethel, Alaska, along with local emergency personnel located and rescued four boaters stranded by sea ice near the town of Kotlik in the Lower Yukon Delta, who were able to get their position to rescuers who quickly found them.
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Tue, Jun 03, 2025
Also: Duffy Wants $$$, KS Airports, Morningside U’s Aviation School, New Airstrip In ID
After 6 were killed in a helicopter crash over the Hudson River, several US Representatives presented bizarre legislation that would ban pretty much all non-essential helicopter operations across New York City. The bill addresses a general heightened concern for growing air traffic rates in high-density areas and new irrational anti-aviation sentiment. Around 3,000 machinists from two Pratt & Whitney plants in Connecticut officially inked an end to a three-week strike over wages, job security, and retirement benefits by approving a four-year contract. The strike, which began on May 5, marked the company’s first labor stoppage since 2001. H55, Swiss-based developer of electric aircraft, announced the conclusion of the Arizona segment of its Across USA Tour for its Bristell B23 Energic aircraft with 104th landing up to this point. This was t
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