Aerotime

JULY 30, 2025

Originally, the Airline Pilot Club (APC) was established back in 2019 to create a community of aspiring pilots, enabling Approved Training Organizations (ATOs) and airlines to discover the next generation of aviators. However, through the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI), it has since matured into a more complex entity. Since APC’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Cedric Paillard, stepped into the role in January 2025, the company has continued to solidify its position as a global leader

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Flying Magazine

JULY 22, 2025

The FAA has finalized its long-awaited Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification (MOSAIC) rule, implementing broad changes to the light sport aircraft (LSA) category and sport pilot privileges. Signed on July 18 and unveiled at EAA AirVenture on Tuesday in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the rule marks the most sweeping update to this segment of general aviation since 2004, the agency said.

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Ask Captain Lim

JULY 13, 2025

A Day in the Life of a Pilot For many passengers, air travel is a routine experience – boarding a plane, settling into a seat, and trusting that the air craft will safely reach its destination. But behind the smooth operation of every flight is a carefully organized routine carried out by pilots. Pre-Flight Routine A pilot’s day begins long before take-off.

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Universal Weather

JULY 31, 2025

The International Standard Atmosphere (ISA) is a foundational model in aviation, used to calibrate aircraft instruments and set performance benchmarks. While the ISA is theoretical, it provides a consistent reference for atmospheric conditions—including temperature, pressure, and density—across different altitudes. Knowing how ISA works and how deviations from standard conditions impact performance is critical to safe and efficient flight planning, especially at high altitudes or in hot conditio

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Aviation News

JULY 2, 2025

Aviation News July 2, 2025 – Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) has completed the inaugural test flight of its Midnight electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL).

Pilot Institute

JULY 4, 2025

Pilots constantly watch out of the cockpit windows, and air traffic control monitors traffic in the airspace. But what happens if the pilots can’t see incoming traffic and ATC somehow misses a potential conflict? When all else fails, TCAS will alert you and guide you to safety. We’ll explain what it is, how it works, and how it can help keep your aircraft safe.

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Aerotime

JULY 11, 2025

London’s principal airport, London-Heathrow (LHR), has announced that it will be investing £10 billion ($13.6bn) to help improve service levels, boost reliability, and unlock growth. For the first time in a decade, Heathrow will also create new terminal space for new lounges, shops, and restaurants within existing terminals using private investment funds.

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Simple Flying

JULY 2, 2025

According to various sources, such as IATA and Ascend by Cirium , operating a Boeing 767 in 2025 costs more than $11,000 per block-hour: operating a Boeing 767-200 costs roughly $11,850 per block-hour, the Boeing 767-300ER about $12,520, the stretched Boeing 767-400ER $13,350, and the freighter Boeing 767-300F around $12,440. These figures bundle every cost, such as fuel, maintenance reserves, crew payroll, depreciation, insurance, airport and navigation charges, into a single hourly rate.

Professional Pilot

JULY 3, 2025

PRESS RELEASE M illion Air Albany (KALB), an Avfuel-branded fixed-base operator (FBO), and the Albany County Airport Authority are proud to announce the availability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), providing a meaningful solution for operators seeking to reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from flight operations. This marks the first location in New York to offer a consistent supply of SAF specifically for business and general aviation.

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Aviation Bussiness News

JULY 7, 2025

Annual trade event World Aviation Festival has unveiled some of the headline speakers line-up for this year’s three-day event in Lisbon. WAF returns to the Portuguese capital from Amsterdam and will take place from October 7-9. Among the aviation bosses confirmed to speak are chief executives of IAG, TAP Air Portugal, RwandAir, IndiGo, Vueling. They will share exclusive insights into the strategies shaping the future of commercial aviation, according to WAF organisers.

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AV Web

JULY 10, 2025

Investigators released the final report on the January 2024 Alaska Airlines door plug incident Thursday, concluding that the in-flight separation of the left mid-exit door plug was the result of Boeing’s failure to follow proper manufacturing procedures. The FAA’s inadequate oversight and audit processes were also cited as contributing factors. The accident, involving Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, a Boeing 737-9, led to rapid depressurization while climbing out of Portland, Oregon.

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Aerotime

JULY 23, 2025

Boeing has projected that the aviation industry will need almost 2.4 million new professionals by 2044, with around two-thirds of this demand arising from the replacement of retiring workers. In its annual 20-year 2025 Pilot and Technician Outlook (PTO), released at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on July 22, 2025, the manufacturer stated that “commercial carriers will need substantial hiring and training to sustain the global commercial fleet.

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Vintage Aviation News

JULY 27, 2025

While the Boeing 747 is still flying and is not yet considered a vintage aircraft, at Vintage Aviation News we make exceptions for a select few airframes that are so iconic and historically significant they warrant special attention. The Boeing 747, in any variant, certainly qualifies—and so do aircraft that have played a critical role in advancing aviation technology.

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Simple Flying

JULY 20, 2025

After more than two decades of silence in the skies following the retirement of Concorde , supersonic passenger flight is probably staging a comeback. Leading this new chapter is Boom Supersonic, an ambitious American aerospace company developing a next-generation aircraft called the Overture. Designed to fly at twice the speed of today’s airliners, the Overture promises to revolutionize air travel.

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Cranky Flier

JULY 14, 2025

When I took a look at how the interisland market has evolved in Hawaiʻi, several of you wanted to see a similar peek at the transcon market. Ask and ye shall receive. There is no market more important market in the United States than the New York/JFK – Los Angeles route. It’s a huge market connecting two of the country’s most important cities.

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Plane and Pilot

JULY 31, 2025

My first logbook entry in 1992 records a flight in a Beechcraft Skipper , its compact cockpit and low-wing design thrilling for a novice pilot. The scent of avgas, the hum of the 4-cylinder engine, and my instructor’s calm guidance defined that day. Aviation then was a realm of VOR needles, paper charts, and the pure joy of stick-and-rudder flight. The skies felt timeless, yet three decades have transformed small-aircraft aviation in ways I never imagined as I gripped the Skipper’s yoke.

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AV Web

JULY 24, 2025

NASA reported today on research earlier this year to use 5G cellphone technology to support urban air mobility communications in the future. The research was performed at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and included two specialized radio systems to study the possible application of 5G tech. Casey Bakula, lead researcher for the project at Glenn, said, “The goal of this research is to understand how wireless cellphone networks could be leveraged by the aviation industry to enable new fr

Aerotime

JULY 9, 2025

Virgin Atlantic has announced plans to transform its long-haul services. At a special event held in Central London on July 8, 2025, the airline’s CEO, Shai Weiss, revealed the renovation of key lounges, the updating of premium cabins, and perhaps the most significant of all, the introduction of Starlink free onboard Wi-Fi for all passengers by 2027.

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Aviation News

JULY 11, 2025

Aviation News – July 11, 2025 — Warsaw Modlin Airport is set to become the first airport in Poland to manage air traffic using a Digital Tower, marking a significant step forward in modernizing na…

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Simple Flying

JULY 11, 2025

Concorde was not just another airliner. It flew at the speed of sound, crossed the Atlantic in under three and a half hours, and cruised at altitudes so high that some passengers reported seeing the curvature of the Earth. Every element of the Anglo-French aircraft was shaped by its need to perform at supersonic speeds. The sharp delta wing, slim fuselage, and four afterburning engines made it unlike anything flying in commercial service then, or now.

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Flying Magazine

JULY 21, 2025

The aviation industry has never seen a propeller quite like this before. Hartzell—which has designed and built propellers for more than a century—on Monday revealed that the FAA awarded Part 35 type certification for a new prop tailored specifically to electric, hybrid-electric, and other advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft. The five-bladed, carbon-fiber, ground-adjustable, fixed-pitch design is the first Part 35 propeller of its kind.

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All Plane

JULY 12, 2025

Picture: Dawn Aerospace A curated digest of the week's most important aviation stories, covering sustainable aviation fuel developments, electric aircraft progress, and key industry trends shaping the future of flight. The Big Picture: SAF Mandates Go Global The State of SAF Mandates Across the World While the EU and UK often grab headlines for their "stick" approach to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) adoption through mandates, they're far from alone in this regulatory push.

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AV Web

JULY 23, 2025

This article first appeared in KITPLANES Magazine. The long-awaited Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification (MOSAIC) final rule was signed by the FAA Administrator on July 18, 2025, marking the most significant change to the light aircraft landscape since the Sport Pilot/Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) rule was introduced in 2004. While the rule is complex—the final document spans over a thousand pages—its core impact on the Experimental/Amateur-Built (EAB) community can be distilled int

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Aerotime

JULY 21, 2025

Few industries have been left untouched by artificial intelligence (AI). Even heavily regulated sectors like aviation are getting to grips with the opportunities created by the deployment of machine learning models to solve complex optimization problems. Navigating an increasingly crowded airspace, in which the number of drones, urban air mobility vehicles and a whole range of other aircraft and flying objects is only expected to increase, is one of these challenges.

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Aviation News

JULY 10, 2025

Aviation News – Qatar Airways has officially completed its Starlink installation program on its entire Boeing 777 fleet, equipping 54 aircraft with SpaceX’s ultra-fast satellite wifi.

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Professional Pilot

JULY 2, 2025

PRESS RELEASE U niversal Avionics (UA), today announced that Widerøes Flyveselskap AS (Widerøe), Scandinavia’s largest regional airline, is upgrading its Dash 8 fleet with the InSight flight deck and connected avionics solution as part of De Havilland Canada’s upgraded avionics suite. Widerøe is the launch customer of this modernized cockpit solution, with its fleet of Dash 8-100/200 aircraft.

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Simple Flying

JULY 16, 2025

The Airbus A220 is one of the most interesting aircraft to have been developed in the 21st century. Originally designed by Bombardier as the C-Series, Airbus acquired the program in 2018, and since then, Airbus has continued to invest in the aircraft. Airbus is incorporating new upgrades in avionics, continues to bump the plane's Maximum Takeoff Weight (MTOW), and is improving the sustainability of the A220.

Plane and Pilot

JULY 2, 2025

One of the joys of flight is the ability to maneuver vertically, rather than be restricted to the two-dimensional playground of earthly pursuits. This is new territory for beginning pilots, who must be taught the right—and wrong—ways to manage ascent and descent. As with all airplane maneuvering, proper altitude changes are based on the foundational formula “power plus attitude equals performance.

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AV Web

JULY 30, 2025

U. S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tex) introduced legislation yesterday meant to address factors that led to the fatal January 29 midair collision on the approach path to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) between an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter. Pivotal to the new legislation would be a mandate that military aircraft operating near certain airports would be required to have and use operable Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) equipme

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Aerotime

JULY 17, 2025

United Airlines reported a 1.7% rise in revenue for Q2 2025, attributing this growth to a recovery in demand and better on-time performance, predicting less “geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty” in the second half of the year. In its financial results released on July 16, 2025, the airline said total operating revenue reached $15.2 billion in Q2 of 2025.

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Aviation News

JULY 20, 2025

Aviation news – In a key milestone for its ambitious aviation program, Türkiye (Turkey) has confirmed an order for a sixth prototype of its fifth-generation.

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Learn to Fly

JULY 30, 2025

At the 2025 Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture , the US Transportation Secretary, FAA officials, and the EAA held a joint press conference to announce the final version of the long-awaited Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification (MOSAIC) , which published on July 24, 2025. Though most of the new and revised rules won’t go into effect until October, with some waiting until July of 2026, MOSAIC should make a huge difference in the future of general aviation.

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Simple Flying

JULY 6, 2025

This April, Airbus celebrated the 20th anniversary of the A380's maiden flight. This jet has been built 254 times and has broken countless records, including being the only aircraft with over 500 seats and the only full-length double-decker aircraft. This can reach over 800 passengers in an all-economy configuration. Airbus also announced that the plane had flown over 800,000 flights, serving an astounding 300 million passengers.

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Aviation Bussiness News

JULY 18, 2025

Menzies Aviation has strengthened its presence in Central Europe through a new partnership with Airport Service Budapest Zrt. (AS Budapest), following regulatory approval from the Hungarian Competition Authority. Under the agreement, AS Budapest’s ground handling and cargo operations at Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD) have been transferred to Menzies Aviation.

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Pilot Institute

JULY 11, 2025

As a pilot, will you be able to recognize an occluded front when one comes your way? Will you know how to respond to the challenges it comes with? Many student pilots feel lost when studying occluded fronts, and it’s easy to see why. But while they’re often overlooked and misunderstood, the fact is that they will come your way. Together, let’s untangle the mystery of occluded fronts with a clear and steady approach.

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Aerotime

JULY 9, 2025

On July 8, 2025, a Lufthansa Airbus A340-600 aircraft completed a Transatlantic flight between Boston-Logan (BOS) and Frankfurt (FRA) at only 10,000 feet, just one third of the usual 30,000. The low altitude was due to the lack of pressurization in the cabin. The aircraft in question, registered D-AIHZ, was damaged by a high loader, a type of ground support equipment that is used to haul cargo onto the aircraft, while on the ground at Boston-Logan on July 5, 2025.

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Flying Magazine

JULY 29, 2025

Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday announced the introduction of a bill intended to prevent collisions between commercial and military aircraft. The Rotorcraft Operations Transparency and Oversight Reform bill, or ROTOR Act, would require all aircraft, civilian and military, to use ADS-B Out and ADS-B In aviation navigation technology. It was unveiled exactly six months after American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with a U.S.

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