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On Aug 17, 2026

Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Arrived 20 Minutes Before Ground Ambulance To Medical Emergency

Hyde County, North Carolina Emergency Medical Services (EMS) recently deployed a flight-trained paramedic flying an eVTOL aircraft, arriving about 20 minutes ahead of a ground ambulance to a 911 medical emergency call. Hyde County EMS began using an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) to respond to 911 calls in what officials describe as a first-of-its-kind program aimed at improving emergency response in rural areas. During two recent emergency calls, a flight-trained paramedic piloted the eVTOL aircraft directly to patients, Pivotal Aero reported. On one call, the paramedic arrived about 20 minutes before a ground ambulance and began providing advanced life support while other crews were still in route, according to Hyde County EMS and Code Blue Resources.

Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Wants Return To Steam System And Remove The Electromagnetic Catapult System

President Trump has directed the Navy to tear out a complex system for launching jet fighters from its aircraft carriers and instead go back to using steam catapults, a move Navy official has fought for years and will likely cost billions of dollars, the Wall Street Journal reported. U.S. officials say Trump signed a national security memorandum Thursday directing the change, which would involve removing the electromagnetic catapult system used by the ships in the Gerald R. Ford class of carriers. “They’re not nearly as good, too complex,” Trump said last month at a conference in Pennsylvania, referring to the electromagnetic system. The move directs the Navy to redesign the fourth ship in the class—to be named the Doris Miller—and all remaining ships. The first three ships—the Ford, John F. Kennedy and Enterprise—will retain the electromagnetic system.

Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Pause On Training Fights Comes After Two Soldiers Died During Maintenance Test Flight

The Army is temporarily halting all Apache helicopter training flights after two soldiers were killed in a crash this week. On Friday afternoon, the Army said leaders ordered a “temporary stand-down of AH-64 Apache training flight operations.” The announcement came two days after an AH-64E Apache from 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood crashed during a maintenance test flight. “The stand-down will remain in effect until we have a better understanding of the root cause of the accident,” the statement said. “We currently have no additional information to share.”

Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Multi-Billion Dollar FENS Contract Could Help Power The FAA’s New Air Traffic Control System

The FAA is moving toward a long-term network services agreement with AT&T. An initial $74.3 million task order will fund early planning and development. The effort is tied to the agency’s goal of putting it’s new air traffic control system into operation by December 2028.

Mon, Aug 17, 2026

New Grand Forks Center Brings Advanced Technology And Modern Training Together

A $36 million flight operations center is taking shape at Grand Forks International Airport. The new facility will give University of North Dakota aviation students a modern environment built around training, technology and collaboration. It’s arrival also marks a significant new chapter for one of the nation’s most established collegiate aviation programs.

Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Proposed Restrictions Could Reach Popular Drones Already Approved For Sale In The United States

A new FCC proposal could reshape the American drone market in ways that extend well beyond military applications. DJI, a China-based drone manufacturer and one of the world’s largest commercial drone makers, could see popular aircraft already approved and sold in the United States face restrictions because of onboard technologies such as LiDAR and thermal imaging. The proposal raises a consequential question about how far national security rules should reach into civilian aviation.

Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Six Years Of Repeated Efforts To Close Boulder Municipal Airport Comes To An End

The City of Boulder is now moving to pursue new federal and state grant funds to maintain the airport ensuring it will continue to play a key role in the community. Last month the city council voted 8-1 to continue operating the airport and seek federal and state funding for its upkeep. A key airport opponent on the council who sought avenues to close the airport and redevelop the land then resigned after the vote. The FAA had reminded the city it could not close the airport because of city financial and grant assurance obligations. Since some of the $12.7 million the city has accepted over the years was used to acquire land to expand the airport’s footprint, the letter says the city is required to keep the airport open “in perpetuity,” and that it cannot be closed without FAA permission.

Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Airborne NextGen Is Becoming Airborne Innovation, But The Bigger Story Is How ANN’s Video Programming Is Preparing For Its Next Two Decades

It’s a little difficult to believe that we’re approaching 20 years since we started putting together the pieces that became Aero-TV and, eventually, the Airborne series (and over 30 years since ANN got its start!). Go back to roughly Oshkosh 2007, and the aviation media environment was a very different place. Online video was still developing, broadband wasn’t remotely as universal as it is today, smartphones had barely begun changing the way people consumed information, and the idea of producing serious, recurring aviation video news programming for internet distribution was still something of an experiment. We decided to experiment anyway. Nearly two decades later, that experiment has turned into thousands of programs, interviews, news stories, special reports and event productions covering an extraordinary period in aviation history.

Mon, Aug 17, 2026

Moberly Area Community College Aviation Commercial Pilot Program Moves Into Old Columbia, Missouri Terminal

Moberly Area Community College has developed the Aviation Commercial Pilot Program for students seeking a two-year associate of applied science degree that gives them the skills to become FAA-certified private and commercial pilots and moved into the old terminal. The last American Airlines flight out of the old Columbia Regional Airport was in 2022 and the 54-year-old building had been sitting dormant since then. Now it is officially the base for the aviation school to train commercial pilots.

Mon, Aug 17, 2026

China’s Homegrown Airliner Enters Scheduled International Service For The First Time

China’s C919 has finally crossed a line that matters. The Air China-operated jet has entered scheduled international service, taking COMAC’s homegrown narrow-body airliner beyond Chinese territory for the first time and giving the aircraft its first regular taste of an international market. For an industry built around decades of Boeing and Airbus dominance, the significance is hard to miss.

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