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Fri, Feb 07, 2025

Able Flight to Support 100th Pilot in 2025

Class of 2025 Scholarship Recipients To Join the Program’s 98 Licensed Pilots

Able Flight, a nonprofit organization that offers flight training opportunities to those with physical disabilities, is entering its 20th year of operation with 98 licensed pilots. One of its recently announced scholarship recipients for the Class of 2025 will become the 100th Able Flight pilot.

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Thu, Feb 06, 2025

Rotax Issues Another Mandatory Check for 900 Series Engines

SB Requires Inspection or Replacement for 912 i, 915 i, and 916 i Series

On February 3, Rotax issued a new Mandatory Service Bulletin for the 912 i, 915 i, and 916 series engines that requires inspection or replacement of the crankcase and gearbox housing. This is the second surprise obligation for newer 900-series powerplants in less than two months.

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Thu, Feb 06, 2025

Sonex Opens Reservations for New Highwing Kit

Highwing Prototype Slated to Take Flight in April 2025

Sonex Aircraft has officially opened reservations for its highly anticipated Highwing kit, allowing prospective builders to secure their place in line with a $500 deposit. Once the prototype completes its first test flights, reservation holders will have the opportunity to convert their deposits into firm kit orders.

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Thu, Feb 06, 2025

NTSB Prelim: Zenith 601XL

Pilot Had Just Completed The Airplane Build And Was Operating The Airplane As A Test Flight

On June 3, 2023, at 1320 central daylight time, an experimental, amateur-built Zenith 601XL, N601YP, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Albertville, Alabama. The commercial pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 flight. Preliminary Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) data revealed that the flight departed Albertville Regional Airport-Thomas J Brumlik Field (8A0), Albertville, Alabama at 1220. The airplane departed the airport traffic pattern to the southwest and flew for about 1 hour, performing several heading changes, and a climb to 4,000 ft mean sea level (msl) before descending to 2,000 ft msl, then leveling-off shortly before contact was lost.

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Wed, Feb 05, 2025

Bigger, Better, Badder… The 2025 SnF Innovation Preview Is On The Way!

New Date and Time, And Major Upgrades Are Part of the SnF Innovation Preview for 2025!

The 51st Annual SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo is proud to present, as the lead-in to the aviation year via its partnership with the Aero-News Network, the upcoming 2025 SUN ‘n FUN Innovation Preview. The aviation world is driven by new developments in technology, design, and innovation… And focusing the entire Aero-Verse at the beginning of the year on all that is cool, interesting, innovative, important, and pivotal is the ultimate aim of the 2025 SUN ‘n FUN Innovation Preview. The SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo, as the aviation world's leadoff event and a history of many decades of service to the aviation industry, is the perfect place to make a stand on focusing the future of news coverage, responsibly and credibly, on the gear and products that will become prominent, even critical, in each comi

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Wed, Feb 05, 2025

NTSB Final Report: Quad City Challenger

Pilot Stated He Had No Experience In The Airplane Make And Model, But That He Ferried Airplanes For A Living

Analysis: The pilot-rated passenger had just purchased the light sport airplane and hired the pilot to relocate airplane to his home airport. The passenger/owner reported that the pilot stated he had no experience in the airplane make and model, but that he ferried airplanes for a living and was confident with no hesitations. After conducting a preflight inspection, the pilot and passenger boarded the airplane and the passenger briefed the pilot on the use of the airplane’s flaperons. The passenger reported that the airplane “swerved right” about 20 ft above ground level after takeoff, and that the pilot continued the climb while adjusting the flaperons.

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Wed, Feb 05, 2025

Classic Aero-TV: LTA Aviatrix Cheri White -- The Intricacies of Gas Ballooning

From 2010 (YouTube Version): Cheri's Achievements Are Exceeded Only By The Heights She Has Achieved As A World-Class Balloonist

You may all be a little sick, by now, in hearing about the amazing team ANN's Aero-TV crews has at the 2010 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta... the sites, the sounds, the colors, the staff, the crews, the PILOTS... they all made an extraordinary week even more so. And one of our favorite people was a balloon pilot, Cheri White, who launched herself (and partner Mark Sullivan) into the late night ether to take a chance in seeking the top spot in the America's Challenge Gas Balloon Race.

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Tue, Feb 04, 2025

Seasoned Skydiver Killed in Parachuting Accident

Complications Ensue Despite Woman’s Parachute Fully Deploying

Ann Wick, a 55-year-old woman from Minnesota, was killed in a parachuting incident on January 24. She reportedly experienced complications while descending despite her parachute (fle photo, attached) fully opening. A similar fatality occurred nearly one year ago, also at Skydive Arizona.

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