Latest posts tagged with #AvBrief on Bluesky
"For #AirVenture last summer, #Garmin added the FISK Arrival procedure to its navigation databases, and now it created a SmartChart for the upcoming Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo fly-in at Lakeland Linder International Airport in Florida."
avbrief.com/garmin-creat...
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"Textron’s purpose-built light cargo plane will take on a whole new role following a deal with the Belgian air force."
avbrief.com/belgium-buys...
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"Modern kits are incredibly complete and help the inexperienced builder make it to the end—but they cost a lot more than in the old days."
avbrief.com/the-evolutio...
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"Compared to the Fly Baby, the new airplane was massive. Other homebuilders were astonished by the hulking aircraft taking shape."
avbrief.com/a-whale-of-a...
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"Air Tractor announced Monday it’s bought competitor Thrush Aircraft for an undisclosed amount of money."
avbrief.com/air-tractor-...
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"The Victory Air #Museum on the South Jersey Regional Airport in Southern New Jersey is worth the stop."
avbrief.com/jet-fighters...
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"The world is always falling apart and on the verge of destruction. This Hormuz thing is only the first in about a hundred seemingly world-ending events for you in your life of flying."
avbrief.com/chicken-litt...
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"Something very much on the line in scrubby hills of #Iran this weekend, besides the life of a “highly respected colonel” was the notion of American exceptionalism." by Russ Niles (a Canadian)
avbrief.com/a-battlefiel...
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F-15E
"The White House has confirmed the missing weapons systems officer from an #F-15E shot down in #Iran on Friday was rescued early Sunday morning after what Green Beret-turned-journalist Jack Murphy said was a “fierce firefight.”
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So much winning:
"An Air Force #A-10 attack aircraft was reportedly shot down over #Iran Friday, becoming the second aircraft lost to Iranian air defenses in less than 24 hours."
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" #AOPA has confirmed it’s selling its 2013 #Cessna 525 CJ1 M2 business jet but insists it’s not because it needs the money."
avbrief.com/aopa-selling...
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"The #FAA said it is investigating reports of corrosion on the forward wing spar attachments of #Piper #PA-28, #PA-32, #PA-34, and #PA-44 #airplanes following multiple discoveries of severe corrosion in the fleet of Pipers."
avbrief.com/faa-look-for...
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"The public has a week to review a 471-page report and offer comments on a proposal to radically change the way flight training is done in the U.S."
avbrief.com/report-calls...
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"It’s important to remember that in aviation, knowledge is only valuable if it is there when it is needed."
avbrief.com/are-we-train...
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" #Sonex CEO Mark Schaible says he’s hoping that the company will continue in some capacity to support builders of hundreds of kits and the owners of about 700 completed aircraft in the wake of a #bankruptcy announcement last week."
avbrief.com/potential-in...
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"The first crewed mission to the #moon in more than 50 years is on its way after the successful launch of the #Artemis II on Wednesday."
avbrief.com/successful-l...
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Well this was predictable:
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has overruled Army commanders and reversed the suspension of two Apache helicopter pilots who hovered and flew near Kid Rock’s Nashville area home on Saturday."
avbrief.com/army-reviewi...
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"I wonder if Sam Graves is the shoo-in a lot of people seem to think he is as AOPA’s next CEO" by Russ Niles
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"The #FAA has reduced the capacity of San Francisco’s two parallel east-west runways just as a repaving project is set to close the north-south pair of runways for six months."
avbrief.com/faa-bans-par...
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"A Delta Air Lines A330 rained engine parts on Sao Paulo Brazil’s international airport late Sunday, sparking a brush fire and igniting panic in some of the passengers."
avbrief.com/video-captur...
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"the Pentagon is considering using its controversial LOCUST #laser weapon to shoot down #drones at Fort Lesley J. MacNair, a military base in southeast Washington ..."
avbrief.com/pentagon-mul...
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"I had the pleasure of meeting Yamil Quinones, current caretaker of Max Holste MH.1521M Broussard, serial number 16, appropriately registered N16MH" by Jay Selman.
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"The airplane departed the left side of the runway, crossed the grass, and came to rest on the parallel taxiway."
avbrief.com/on-the-recor...
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"The first time a builder new to blind rivets (also known as “POP®” #rivets or pulled rivets) sets a #rivet, they glance at the rivet’s tail and see it isn’t perfectly round and straight, like the plans show."
avbrief.com/yes-thats-no...
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"Kid Rock says he doubts the pilots of two Army #Apache helicopters that put on an impromptu airshow in front of his Nashville area home will get into trouble for the brief demonstration."
avbrief.com/army-reviewi...
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"... the flight attendant thrown from an #AirCanada Express CRJ 900 at La Guardia Airport March 22 in a collision with a fire truck is now on the mend in a hospital, but there’s a long recovery ahead."
avbrief.com/flight-atten...
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"An Iranian missile attack on a Saudi Arabian base used by the Air Force has injured about a dozen service members and destroyed an #AWACS aircraft and reportedly damaged an unknown number of KC-135 tankers."
avbrief.com/awacs-destro...
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#USA airspace #ATC issues again. Just a matter of time ...
avbrief.com/black-hawk-t...
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"The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office #helicopter was used to pluck a Goldendoodle from the frigid Seneca River in northern New York last week."
avbrief.com/police-helic...
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