Update: Rescue Completed For Downed Twin Otter In Northern Canada As of 11 a.m. Mountain Time (1 p.m. EST) today, rescue helicopters were expected to be en route to help extract occupants of a de Havilland Twin Otter twin turboprop on a private charter flight, operated by Air Tindi of[…] Read this article
EAA Young Eagles Bounces Back Strong From COVID Pandemic EAA’s Young Eagle program statistics have come a long way toward putting the COVID-19 pandemic in the rearview mirror. More than 57,000 young people experienced flight from EAA-member volunteers in 2023 as of Dec. 17—the 120th anniversary of the Wright[…] Read this article
DARPA Launches SPRINT Competition With Four Contenders Under the auspices of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), four companies are now designing prototypes of an experimental vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) military aircraft. As reported today (Dec. 28) in Defense News, the contestants’ final design,[…] Read this article
USAF Leadership Shifts As New Top Officer Calls For Action The U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff four-star Gen. David Allvin has seven words of advice for today’s airmen: “Don’t take your foot off the gas.” As reported in Air Force Times, Allvin explained that he believes current Air Force[…] Read this article
Airlines Doing Better This Holiday Season U.S. airlines have done better this holiday season, but compared with last year, the bar wasn’t exactly high. According to a CNN report yesterday (Dec. 27), FlightAware data shows that less than 1% of flights were canceled this year during[…] Read this article
