Aerotime

MARCH 30, 2025

A Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 narrowly avoided a collision with at least one US Air Force T-38 jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). On March 28, 2025, Delta Flight 2983, an Airbus A319 bound for Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP), was departing Runway 19 around 3:15 p.m. local time when the crew received an onboard Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) alert indicating nearby aircraft proximity.

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Simple Flying

MARCH 30, 2025

United Airlines has formally started construction on a $315 million project to construct a cutting-edge maintenance facility at Orlando International Airport (MCO). Construction on the new facility, which the airline plans to operate in late 2027, started on March 27. This project is the largest private sector aviation investment in Orlando Airport's history and is regarded as a significant investment in Central Florida's aviation infrastructure.

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AV Web

MARCH 30, 2025

Airbus says it is considering using an open rotor engine on its replacement for the A320. The company has been working with CFM to develop the engine, which has primary and secondary counterrotating turbine vanes on the outside of the engines rather than being encased in a nacelle. Exposing the turbines makes the bypass ratio a lot bigger and that improves efficiency.

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Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 30, 2025

Drawing more than 10,000 aircraft in a single week, AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, is a spectacle unlike any other. With countless aircraft vying for attention, few truly captivate. However, the Avro Lancaster Mk. X from the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (CWHM) stood out, mesmerizing visitors with its presence. On a scorching day during AirVenture 2024, I had the privilege of spending time with CWHMs Chief Pilot, Leon Evans, who also pilots the Lancaster.

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One Mile at a Time

MARCH 30, 2025

To kick off the return portion our royal visit to Versailles , I flew Air Frances Airbus A220-300 business class on the 1hr30min flight from Paris (CDG) to Vienna (VIE). Intra-Europe business class is rarely much to get excited about, given that its just economy with a blocked middle seat and better service. That being said, Air Frances short haul business class on the A220 is about as good as it gets.

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Northstar VFR

MARCH 30, 2025

By Josh Page, CFI One of the things youll learn early on in your flight training journey are ground reference maneuvers. They might seem simple at first mention flying circles around a point on the ground or doing an S-turn across a road but these maneuvers require coordination, an understanding of the winds, and some serious precision! Before we get into the steps, lets talk about why these maneuvers matter.

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Aerotime

MARCH 30, 2025

Isar Aerospace conducted the inaugural test flight of its Spectrum rocket from Norway’s Andya Spaceport. The 28-meter, two-stage launch vehicle lifted off at 12:30 p.m. local time but experienced an anomaly approximately 30 seconds into the flight, resulting in a crash into the sea on March 30, 2025. Despite the setback, Isar Aerospace’s CEO and co-founder, Daniel Metzler, characterized the mission as a success, stating, “Our first test flight met all our expectations, achievin

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Simple Flying

MARCH 30, 2025

American Airlines and British Airways have committed to resolving competition concerns regarding transatlantic flights between London and the United States. As part of resolving the issues, both American Airlines and British Airways will provide rival airlines with access to highly sought-after slot pairs on several UK-US routes.

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Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 30, 2025

Ninety-five years ago today, on March 30, 1930, the Sikorsky S-42 took to the skies for the first time. Its development was driven by Pan American World Airways, which in 1931 issued a requirement for a long-range flying boat to expand its global routes. Sikorsky answered the call, and three years later, the S-42 emerged as a prototype. Sikorsky S-42, aircraft registration NC-822M, “Brazilian Clipper”, Pan American Airways, 1934 The S-42 was not an entirely new concept.

Simple Flying

MARCH 30, 2025

Up until recently, the Air France-KLM Group had eight Airbus A350F airframes on order. However, the Franco-Dutch airline conglomerate has since reduced its freighter commitment by two, and will instead take only 6. No, its not exactly huge news, but in todays video, we take a look at this slight order adjustment and the possible reasons for this change.

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Vintage Aviation News

MARCH 30, 2025

By Tom Walsh The following article is one of the seventy-five selected stories from Tom Walshs new 480-page hardcover book entitled American RCAF Warriors. The book highlights the contributions of over 8,864 Americans who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) during World War II. These individuals joined the RCAF because they were ineligible for American military pilot training programs because of age, education, or marital status.

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Plane and Pilot

MARCH 30, 2025

In the automobile world, let’s remember the days of the simple lap belt, made of fabric that seemed like it was picked from the remnants of grandmas sewing room and barely was able to restrain a sack of potatoes from the A&P (and dont forget to collect those S&H Green Stamps). Those were the days when few actually buckled upin fact, automobile seat belt laws didn’t take effect in each state universally until well into the 1980s.

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Simple Flying

MARCH 30, 2025

United Airlines has long been associated with the word " friend." Their slogan for decades has been "Fly the friendly skies," an automated voice plays this message when its planes reach cruising altitude, and Friendship One was the name of United's 1988 round-the-world flight which broke the record for a global crossing. For two years, United also painted its aircraft in a modified version of its 1957 livery that featured the aircraft's type designation, followed by the words "Friend Ship.

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Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 30, 2025

Earning your Private Pilot License (PPL) is one of the most exciting milestones in your aviation journey. Youve put in the hoursstudying aerodynamics, mastering maneuvers, navigating cross-country flightsand youve proven you can take command of an aircraft and explore the skies. Its a remarkable achievement that opens the door to a new world of freedom.

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Simple Flying

MARCH 30, 2025

Lionel Messi is an Argentinian professional footballer and captain of Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. He is considered to be one of the greatest football players of all time. He has also played for Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain. Due to his extensive career and accompanying wealth, his net worth is thought to be around $500 million. Therefore, it is no surprise that he and his family have the ultimate luxury of having a private jet.

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Aerotime

MARCH 30, 2025

A Socata TBM700 turboprop aircraft, registered N721MB, crashed Saturday evening while on approach to Anoka CountyBlaine Airport (ANE), resulting in the deaths of all those on board. The aircraft, owned by Minnesota-based DGW Enterprises, had departed earlier from Des Moines International Airport (DSM) in Iowa. It was on a stable approach to Runway 9 when it abruptly veered left and rapidly lost altitude.

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Simple Flying

MARCH 30, 2025

Sydney Airport (SYD) is the busiest airport in Australia, processing more than 40 million passengers each year. The facility acts as a hub for Australia's flag carrier Qantas, as well as Jetstar and Virgin Australia. Sydney Airport is also one of the few airports around the world that sees multiple daily flights operated by the Airbus A380, along with the likes of London Heathrow Airport (LHR), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), and Singapore Changi Airport (SIN).

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AV Web

MARCH 30, 2025

There’s a hotel near my place that I always recommend because it’s such a cool anomaly. Back in about 2007, the building took form as one of dozens of new condo projects spurred by an unprecedented boom in our area.It was an odd project in many ways. It was a few miles out of town with scant services nearby but the land was probably cheap and the demand for leisure and lifestyle properties was seemingly insatiable.

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Simple Flying

MARCH 30, 2025

Linhas Areas de Angola, also known as TAAG Angola Airlines , has set its sights on launching a new US route between Angola and Houston, Texas, by 2027, according to a report by Ishrion Aviation. The news comes shortly after the airline welcomed the first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner into its fleet.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MARCH 30, 2025

Welcome to my last flight review for 2024! This is B-18919 (Photo: Steve Chang) What is significant about this aircraft? This is SE-RSA before it left SAS's fleet to join China Airlines to become registered as B-18919. (Photo: Paul Spijkers) SAS were forced to undergo fleet restructuring and had to work on a plan to avoid going out of business. So to avoid this situation, the airline decided to return some of the aircraft to the leasing companies, which results to the airline cutting the A350 fl

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Simple Flying

MARCH 30, 2025

Airbus , widely recognized for its commercial airplanes such as the A320 and A380 series, also has a lesser-known division focused on corporate jets. Operating under the name Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ), this segment competes with companies like Boeing Business Jets to attract the world's wealthiest corporations and individuals. Leveraging their manufacturing expertise, Airbus has developed some of the largest private jets globally.

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All Plane

MARCH 30, 2025

Flight#: RO648 From: Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) To: Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) Flight time: 55min Aircraft: Boeing 737-800 A recent trip to Romania to attend Aviation-Event CLJ 2025, an aviation conference gathering industry professionals and media in Cluj-Napoc, Transylvania, offered me the chance to fly on one of Europes oldest airlines, Tarom, albeit on the rather short flight to the countrys capital, Bucharest.

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Simple Flying

MARCH 30, 2025

Delta Air Lines is the world's largest airline by annual revenue and one of the oldest existing airlines. Delta operates a fleet of 987 aircraft to over 300 destinations, making it one of the largest in terms of fleet size and destinations served. Of the 198 Airbus A321 aircraft in Deltas fleet, 71 are A321neos with an average age of 1.7 years. The airline operates out of nine major hubs in the United States, including Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International (ATL), Boston Logan (BOS), Detroit M

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All Plane

MARCH 30, 2025

Key story this week Airbus held its annual Summit, in which it hinted that a new clean-sheet mid-sized airliner concept may see the light in the next decade. This is not a super-revolutionary design, but more of a (very) thorough evolution of the current generation. Whats more, the ZEROe program is still alive, although it has been somehow scaled down a bit in its ambitions and now is more focused on the regional segment.

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Simple Flying

MARCH 30, 2025

Flying light general aviation planes became more convenient than ever before when the Cessna 172 Skyhawk was introduced in 1956, quickly becoming the most popular airplane in the world. In numbers, over 50,000 Cessna 172s have been produced, with the Skyhawk still in production after 60 years. Thanks to its user-friendly design, dependable performance, and versatility.

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The Aviationist

MARCH 30, 2025

Designed for all-weather, night attacks, the two-seat YA-10B was meant to counter Soviet Cold War armor tactics, but only one was built. Project A-X The Vietnam War had demonstrated to the United States Air Force a need for a better CAS (Close Air Support) aircraft, along with the looming threat of the growing numbers of […] The post A Lone Two-Seater: The Story of the YA-10B Warthog appeared first on The Aviationist.

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Simple Flying

MARCH 30, 2025

The Airbus A321neo is easily the most popular commercial aircraft on the market today, with more outstanding orders than Boeing 737 orders. The A321neo forms one of the key backbones of current-generation commercial aviation. It is Airbus' most recent iteration of the popular A320 family, which is poised to overtake the Boeing 737 as the most delivered commercial jet aircraft in history.

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Aerotime

MARCH 30, 2025

Italy is evaluating the procurement of Japan’s Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) for the needs of the Aeronautica Militare. This initiative aims to address the nation’s gap in anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities, which has persisted since the retirement of the Breguet BR 1150 Atlantic fleet in 2017. Following the decommissioning of the Atlantic aircraft, Italy introduced four Leonardo P-72A aircraft, based on the ATR 72 regional aircraft, as an interim solution.

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Simple Flying

MARCH 30, 2025

American Airlines operates ten hubs across the US, but it is its smallest that is also one of its most profitable. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), its hub at the heart of the nations capital, had over 26 million passengers last year, and American Airlines accounted for more than half of them.

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The Aviationist

MARCH 30, 2025

The Coyote LE SR can be fired from the air, ground or sea to detect, identify, locate and defeat threats on the battlefield and perform a variety of missions. Raytheon announced on Mar. 26, 2025, the first test fire of a new variant of the Coyote family of drones from a helicopter at the Nine […] The post Raytheon Test Fires New Coyote LE SR Variant from Helicopter for the First Time appeared first on The Aviationist.

Simple Flying

MARCH 30, 2025

With five A330-200s apparently retired , Air France is operating a fleet of around 10 A330-200s with a total of 11 or 12 remaining in inventory. These will be phased out as it receives its new fleet of A350-900s , but until then, they continue to connect France with many destinations in Africa and beyond. After the A330s are phased out, Air France's widebody fleet will be made up of A350s, Boeing 787s, and newer examples of the Boeing 777-300ER.

AV Web

MARCH 30, 2025

Military pilots are worried their political masters don’t have their best interests at heart in light of the revelation that top U.S. officials were group chatting about timing and weapons load before a raid on Yemen earlier this month. The revelation that Atlantic Magazine Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg had been included on the Signal group electrified the Washington political establishment for much of the week but the young men and women who carry out their wishes were “angered a

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Simple Flying

MARCH 30, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with acting Administrator Chris Rocheleau has announced a goal of hiring 2,000 more air traffic controllers around the United States of America. As many current United States air traffic controllers are retiring, and a current shortfall of 3,833 air controllers, according to the leader of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association in Nick Daniels which according to Daniels and United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby is why US air traffic control is in cri

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Airline Geeks

MARCH 30, 2025

A third airport in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex is one step closer to reality. Last week, the McKinney National Airport received $52.4 million in funding.

Simple Flying

MARCH 30, 2025

Now that the end of March is on the horizon, the full Private aviation numbers for the full 2024 year are in, and an analysis has been posted by Private Jet Card Comparisons. The site has posted the top 30 companies in terms of the number of flight hours taken in 2024 compared with 2023, revealing which companies are becoming more popular and which are falling off.

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AV Web

MARCH 30, 2025

Is Flying Getting Less Safe? Poll: Is Flying Getting Less Safe? No, it's all media hype. Maybe a little bit. There are problems that must be fixed. The whole system needs an overhaul The post Poll: Is Flying Getting Less Safe? appeared first on AVweb.

Simple Flying

MARCH 30, 2025

18,920 lbf of thrust. This is how much power a single General Electric Passport engine produces onboard the Bombardier Global 7500, the largest purpose-built business jet ever made. But to reach a top speed of Mach 0.925 , a Global 7500 has two of these engines. This means that at maximum power, the jet is producing a total of 37,840 lbf of thrust.

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