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Lady Luck Smiled on This Smart Yale

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February 15, 2024
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By Gary Daniels She missed capture by the Luftwaffe, survived years of dereliction on a Canadian farm and in a Florida field, and roasted for decades in a West Texas hangar. It may not sound […]

Warbird Industry Gathers at NWOC 2024

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February 15, 2024
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By Luc Zipkin Beginning on Thursday, February 8th, 2024, warbird industry insiders– a small but dedicated group –descended on the Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Pilots, mechanics, museum representatives, aircraft owners, insurance […]

More Australian cities need second airports, says Bonza boss

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February 15, 2024
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Speaking to Australian Aviation for an upcoming podcast, Jordan praised Melbourne’s two airports and the under-construction Western Sydney International Airport, saying the low-cost carrier would be inclined to serve both WSI and Sydney Kingsford Smith…

Opposition demands explanation over Taipan scrapping

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February 15, 2024
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Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Birmingham, Shadow Minister for Defence Andrew Hastie, and deputy chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, David Fawcett, issued th…

Checklist error caused October Cessna crash, says ATSB

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February 15, 2024
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In its report into the incident last October, the safety watchdog found the pilot of VH-JUA had incorrectly set flaps to 40 degrees instead of 20 degrees, as recommended in the plane’s manual for a go-around and said the incident highlights the importa…

VTOL surveillance drone receives CASA approval

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February 15, 2024
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The Camcopter S-100 has become the first vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) system to receive the approval and will now be able to operate in Australian civil aerospace. The capability received a Defence Aviation Safety Authority Permit in 2017, gran…

Lockheed VC-121A “MacArthur Bataan” to Join SUN ‘n FUN

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February 15, 2024
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PRESS RELEASE (LAKELAND, FLORIDA – SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo – February 14, 2024) The 50th Anniversary SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo will play host to hundreds of restored vintage aircraft over the week-long event […]

Progress Report on the Air Force Flight Test Museum

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February 14, 2024
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By Adam Estes In several articles of ours over the years here at Vintage Aviation News (see related posts below), we have covered the efforts of the Air Force Flight Test Museum at Edwards Air […]

Podcast: Inside Babcock’s work at Ambulance Victoria

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February 14, 2024
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Adam Thorn speaks to two of Babcock’s aviation personnel working on the front line, senior base pilot Heath Mastin and senior aircrew officer Ryan Hurrell.

Lake Macquarie pilots didn’t notice each other before near collision

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February 14, 2024
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In its final report into the incident, the transport safety watchdog noted that neither the pilot of the Extra, VH-IOG, nor the Magni M16C Tandem Trainer gyroplane, G1850, heard each other’s broadcasts or saw the other aircraft until they were about 20…