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Thu, Aug 20, 2026

World’s Longest Running Advanced Air Mobility Conference

The 20th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium (EAS), held at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh on July 18–19, featured a record 47 speakers and 12 moderators, and attracted nearly 200 in-person attendees. The two-day program had a 50% increase over last year and more than 100 registrants also ordered the EAS 2026 video recordings, which are still available to the public to those who couldn’t attend. “Advanced air mobility (AAM) is a dynamic new segment of the aviation industry enabled by electric propulsion and advanced technologies” said Mike Hirschberg, co-producer of EAS 2026. “This year’s symposium highlighted a wide range of new aircraft designs and propulsion system developments as well as important regulatory and infrastructure developments — some for the first time.”

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

Aviation Has Spent Decades Apologizing For A Problem It Didn’t Create. Maybe It’s Time We Stopped.

There are some arguments so fundamentally ridiculous that reasonable people tend to have trouble responding to them, mostly because we keep assuming that somewhere beneath all the noise, emotion and political posturing there must be a rational premise worth debating. Sometimes there isn’t. Which brings us to one of my favorite recurring demonstrations of American civic lunacy: the person who knowingly buys a house next to an airport and then becomes deeply, passionately and sometimes politically traumatized by the discovery that airplanes use it. I’ve been flying for more than half a century, and I’ve watched variations of this idiocy play out more times than I care to count. The airport is usually several decades old, frequently older than most of the surrounding development and occasionally older than the municipality currently trying to figure out how to get rid of it…

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

European Certification Expands XCub And NX Cub Offerings With 215 HP Lycoming Engine

CubCrafters has received approval from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the 215 HP version of its flagship XCub, including both the conventional tailwheel XCub and nosewheel NX Cub configurations. The approval adds the CC19-215 model to CubCrafters’ European certification, powered by the fuel-injected Lycoming IO-390-D3B6 engine, marketed by CubCrafters as the CC393i. EASA’s Major Change Approval, issued June 15, 2026, also includes the CC19-215 configuration with nose landing gear and spring main landing gear, extending European certification to the NX Cub configuration.

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

C-17 Globemaster III Returned To Christchurch, New Zealand After Russian Planned Missile Launch

A U.S. Air Force flight bound for Antarctica returned to New Zealand after a warning about “potentially hazardous” space activity, according to New Zealand authorities. The space activity was notified to the agency by Russia’s State Air Traffic Management Corporation, “resulting in the issuance of a NOTAM advising pilots of the hazard,” the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said Tuesday. In a follow-up statement Wednesday, CAA said it was made aware by the Russian air traffic agency of a planned missile launch and “associated potential hazard to international airspace, within New Zealand’s Oceanic Flight Information Region (FIR),” a 30-million-square-kilometer area which is one of the largest airspaces in the world.

Thu, Aug 20, 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.

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

Kevin Rideout Returns To U.S. Care After More Than Nine Months In Captivity

After more than nine months, Kevin Rideout is finally on his way home. The SIM International missionary pilot was abducted in Niger’s capital last October. His release closes a long chapter of uncertainty for his family and brings an aviation story with an extraordinary human dimension to a welcome turning point.

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

Review Will Delay Filing Of Second-Quarter Earnings For The Drone Company

XTI Aerospace said Scott Pomeroy has resigned as chairman and chief executive amid an internal review of the executive and other related corporate-governance matters. XTI on Tuesday said a committee of independent board members is working to complete the review, which it said will delay the timely filing of the company’s second-quarter report with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Wall Street Journal reported.XTI didn’t disclose any specifics related to the review, but the Las Colinas, Texas, drone company said it doesn’t believe that the matters involved will affect any of its previously issued financial statements.

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

Installation Of ThermaCool Electric Air Conditioning System On 280FX AC Helicopters

Enstrom Helicopter Corporation has announced it has won FAA approval of the ThermaCcool Electric Air Conditioning system, certified through the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) held by Kelly Aerospace Thermal Systems, for the 280FX AC helicopters.The ThermaCool electric air conditioning system provides efficient cockpit cooling designed to improve pilot and passenger comfort, particularly during ground operations and flight in warmer climates.

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

Also: Nearly 20 Years Of Airborne, Little Blue Cloud, EAA Gathering Raises $2.85M, Solairus Acquisition

The Mesa City Council has voted 6-1 to delay Falcon Field Airport’s landing fee program amid an ongoing lawsuit and an investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). “This delay in the implementation is to give an opportunity for our outside counsel, a national expert, to provide that independent review, and to determine whether to provide confirmation on the fees or to propose and recommend new fees,” said city attorney Jim Smith. The British Royal Air Force (RAF) Aerobatics team the Red Arrows have pulled out of a number of key summer events due to the team being stranded in Canada. The RAF’s aerobatics team were due to return to RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire last week following its tour of the U.S., but were grounded due to poor weather predicted for north-eastern regions of Canada. In an update, the team

Thu, Aug 20, 2026

Also: NTSB Says Fan Blade Broke Off, Surface Movement Radar System, APS Jet Transition, UT NG Fights Fire

California pilots are fighting back against local governments using FAA-mandated ADS-B aircraft tracking data for tax collection. Los Angeles County Assessor Jeff Prang said he uses ADS-B for tax collection. “If you have an aircraft and it’s here in LA county, it’s assessable for the period of the time it’s in the county,” Prang says. California Pilots Association Vice President Eve Lopez calls the policy a Big Brother approach. An in-flight failure of a Bell 222 tail rotor pitch horn has prompted the FAA to act immediately. The component may develop premature fatigue cracks in areas exposed to elevated stress. Now, affected helicopters face mandatory replacement before they fly again. The Arizona Pilots Association (APA) and the Aviation Safety Advisory Group of Arizona (ASAG), among others, have submitted

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