YouTuber Faces Up To 20 Years For Obstruction Of A Federal Investigation The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today in a memo that YouTuber Trevor Jacob, 29, agreed yesterday (May 10) to plead guilty to a felony charge for obstructing a federal investigation. According to the plea agreement with the U.S. States[…] Read this article
Search Suspended For Victims Of California Learjet Crash The U.S. Coast Guard announced today (May 11) it has suspended the search for the three occupants of a Learjet 36A that crashed into the Pacific Ocean yesterday off the coast of San Clemente Island. The as-yet-unidentified victims are presumed[…] Read this article
Here Be Dragons I’m going to go out on a fairly stout limb with this statement: No pilot ever plans to become an accident statistic. Instead, we all approach every flight in the firm belief it will be successful or we don’t fly.[…] Read this article
Outgoing Wheels Up Exec's Exit Package Includes Salary, Flight Privileges Embattled business aviation provider Wheels Up’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Form 8-K released on May 9 reveals that outgoing chairman and CEO Kenneth Dichter will continue to receive his $950,000 annual salary for the next two years. Dichter, who[…] Read this article
Oregon-Based Mercy Flights Joins Air Charter Safety Foundation Mercy Flights, a Medford, Oregon-based civil air ambulance company, is the newest member of the Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF). The nonprofit ACSF now includes more than 310 aviation-centric businesses, including charter and fractional operators. Mercy Flight will now participate[…] Read this article
Blade Air Mobility Announces Its Financial Results for Q1 2023 Blade Air Mobility, self-described as “a technology-powered air mobility platform,” announced its first quarter 2023 financial results today (May 11). The company cited year-over-year revenue increases of 70 percent over Q1 of 2022; short-distance revenue up 148 percent for the[…] Read this article
