Pilot Institute

JANUARY 1, 2025

Example TAF: TAF KNUW 2615/2715 13020G36KT 9999 VCSH SCT010 BKN030 OVC060 620509 560009 550909 QNH2916INS Lets break down this TAF to decode its meaning. m/s) gusting to 41 MPH (36 knots; 18.5

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iPad Pilot News

JUNE 17, 2025

Australian pilots can file Search and Rescue Time (SARTIME) details in the flight plan form under REMARKS/OTHER INFORMATION, specifying UTC time, arrival/departure, and airport or coordinates. ForeFlight Trip Support customers can view service statuses and uploaded documents for each trip leg directly in the Flights view.

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Aerotime

JUNE 18, 2025

June 18, 2025, 15:06 (UTC +3) June 18, 2025, 15:06 (UTC +3) Lithuania selects Embraer C-390 as next military transport aircraft The Ministry of National Defense of Lithuania has announced that the Embraer C-390 Millennium has been chosen as country’s next-generation military transport aircraft.

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The Aviationist

MARCH 7, 2025

The secretive X-37B spaceplane has just returned from its latest highly classified, long-duration mission. 7, 2025, at 07.22

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Adventures of Cap'n Aux

JULY 15, 2025

Air India 171 Preliminary Accident Report GENERAL FACTS Crew, Passenger and Aircraft Info Pilot Experience & History Excerpt : The aircraft was scheduled to operate flight Al171 from Ahmedabad to Gatwick with ETD 07:40 UTC ( 13:10 IST ). The crew is seen arriving at the boarding gate in the CCTV recording at about 07:05 UTC ( 12:35 IST ).

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 25, 2024

J28243 took off from Baku at 03:55 UTC time and was flying to Grozny. Interestingly thats basically the same distance from Grozny as the origin of Baku. Flight #J28243 that crashed near Aktau Airport in Kazakhstan is an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer ERJ-190 with registration 4K-AZ65.

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 26, 2024

J28243 took off from Baku at 03:55 UTC time and was flying to Grozny. Interestingly thats basically the same distance from Grozny as the origin of Baku. Flight #J28243 that crashed near Aktau Airport in Kazakhstan is an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer ERJ-190 with registration 4K-AZ65.

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Aerotime

JUNE 4, 2025

High-resolution satellite images of Olenya Airbase as of June 3, 10:00 UTC This is a follow up to our previous post on Olenya Air Base. The Olenya base, located over 2,000 kilometers from Ukrainian territory, houses key assets used in cruise missile attacks on Ukraine.

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Aerotime

JUNE 19, 2025

June 19, 2025, 13:40 (UTC +3) June 19, 2025, 12:33 (UTC +3) Vaeridion discloses launch customer, new partners for all-electric Microliner Electric aircraft developer Vaeridion has announced ASL Group as the launch customer for its Microliner program.

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Aerotime

JUNE 16, 2025

RELATED Baykar, Leonardo launch UAV venture LBA Systems to address European defense gaps June 16, 2025, 15:56 (UTC +3) LOT selects Airbus for new regional fleet with order for up to 84 A220s LOT Polish Airlines has selected Airbus for a new regional fleet with an order for up to 84 A220s at Paris Air Show 2025.

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One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Local media are reporting a Bering Air flight is overdue at Nome and search & rescue efforts are now underway.

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Jetwhine

JULY 14, 2025

An Air India Boeing 787 That’s because of a short piece of text on page 13 reads, “The aircraft achieved the maximum recorded airspeed of 180 Knots IAS at about 08:08:42 UTC, and immediately thereafter, the Engine 1 and Engine 2 fuel cutoff switches transitioned from RUN to CUTOFF position one after another with a time gap of 01 sec.

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Flying Magazine

JULY 2, 2025

UTC), serving as vice president and CFO of Carrier Corp. when it was an operating unit of UTC, and was also vice president and CFO at UTC Aerospace Systems (now Collins Aerospace). Prior to that, he served as senior vice president and CFO at L3Harris Technologies and spent more than 20 years at United Technologies Corp.

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Aerotime

JULY 12, 2025

Fuel cutoff mid-climb Flight AI171, bound for London Gatwick (LGW), had departed Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (AMD) at 13:39 IST (08:09 UTC). Seconds later, at 08:09:05 UTC, a “Mayday” distress call was transmitted. It was carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members. The engines began to spool down.

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Aerotime

JUNE 24, 2025

News of a possible ceasefire came on June 23, 2025, at around 22:00 UTC when President Trump wrote on social media that a “complete and total” ceasefire had been “fully agreed” by Israel and Iran. On June 24, 2025, at around 05:30 UTC, President Trump wrote: “THE CEASEFIRE IS NOW IN EFFECT. military facilities in Qatar.

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Aerotime

JUNE 23, 2025

In a social media post on June 23, 2025, at around 11am UTC, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) wrote: “Earlier today, the IDF struck routes in order to obstruct access to the Fordow enrichment site.” Israel has launched a fresh attack against the Fordo nuclear site in an attempt to prevent Iranians from accessing the facility.

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AV Web

JUNE 9, 2025

The aircraft took off from runway 27 at SAN at 12:25 (19:25 UTC) on a flight to Phoenix-Sky Harbor International Airport, AZ (PHX). The aircraft, registered to a supplement business in Pima, Arizona was on a flight to Phoenix when it went down a few minutes after takeoff.

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Aerotime

JULY 25, 2025

The website Downdetector, which tracks online outages, indicates that the problem began on July 24, 2025, at approximately 18:30 (UTC). According to Michael Nicolls, the Vice President of Starlink Engineering, customers experienced disruption to their internet service for around two and a half hours.

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Aerotime

JULY 27, 2025

July 28, 2025, 14:13 (UTC +3) Drone possibly thrown off course by Ukraine’s air defenses, says Lithuania In an update on the unidentified drone that entered Lithuania from Belarus, the Lithuanian Armed Forces said the object was initially detected by the Lithuanian Air Force while it was still in Belarusian airspace.

Fear of Landing

JULY 18, 2025

At 07:43 UTC (12:43 local time) the flight crew contacted ATC for pushback, which was approved, followed by the aircraft starting up. The aircraft lifted off at 08:08:39 UTC. Both pilots passed their preflight Breath Analyser test, which is standard procedure for all flight crew at Air India.

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Aerotime

JUNE 12, 2025

June 12, 2025, 19:07 (UTC +3) One survivor confirmed as British national, police say In a significant development, Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik told Indian news agency ANI that one person has survived the crash of Air India Flight AI171. The confirmation comes after officials previously stated there “appeared to be no survivors.”

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Aerotime

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Update at 17:50 (UTC+3): Birmingham Airport has confimed that the police incident is now over. Birmingham Airport is an operating base for easyJet, Jet2.com, com, Ryanair and TUI Airways. Around 11 million passengers used Birmingham Airport in 2023 representing an increase of 19.63% compared to 2022.

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Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

The uncrewed spacecraft landed at New Mexico's White Sands Space Harbor at 12:01 am ET (0401 UTC) on Saturday, Sept. Starliner will now be shipped to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for inspection and processing. Touchdown, #Starliner !

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Aerotime

JULY 11, 2024

Flight performed a fuel dump and landed safely at 12:50 UTC on runway 35R. LATAM Airlines Brasil Boeing 777 PT-MUG, flight TAM8073 from Milan (MXP) to São Paulo (GRU), suffered a tail strike during rotation while taking off. As a result, runway 35L was closed for inspection.

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Aerotime

JULY 22, 2024

22 July, 2024, 14:46 (UTC +3) Luxair orders up to four Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft (Boeing) European regional carrier Luxair placed an order for two Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft with options for two more. Luxair’s regional fleet consists of 21 aircraft, with two leased 737-8s and eight Next-Gen 737s.

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Aerotime

JUNE 30, 2024

UTC) and was supposed to land at Ben Gurion Airport approximately 3 hours and 45 minutes after departure. UTC) for refueling. The incident occurred on June 30, 2024, when the EL AL Boeing 737-800, registered 4X-EKA, was operating scheduled passenger flight LY5102 between Warsaw (WAW) and Tel Aviv (TEL).

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Aerotime

MAY 5, 2024

UTC) with an expected arrival at the destination airport approximately 45 minutes later. The incident occurred on May 4, 2024, when the Avia Traffic Company Kyrgyzstan Boeing 737-300 aircraft, registered as EX-37020, was performing domestic flight K9-117 between Bishkek (FRU) and Osh (OSS) on behalf of Tez Jet Airlines.

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One Mile at a Time

JULY 11, 2024

Flight performed a fuel dump and landed safely at 12:50 UTC on runway 35R. LATAM Airlines Brasil Boeing 777 PT-MUG, flight TAM8073 from Milan (MXP) to São Paulo (GRU), suffered a tail strike during rotation while taking off. As a result, runway 35L was closed for inspection.

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Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 17, 2024

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Fear of Landing

MAY 24, 2024

A few seconds later, at 07:49 UTC, “all hell broke loose” as passenger Andrew Davies said to CNN. The aircraft diverted to Bangkok, where it landed safely at 08:45 UTC (15:45 local time). The report shows that the real risk is for the cabin crew. Anyway, the seat belt light appeared. The plane just felt like it dropped.

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Universal Weather

MARCH 13, 2025

Slots are available 24/7, but there are night-hour limitations (1400-2259 UTC / 2200-0659 local) due to noise considerations. However, non-frequent or new operators should submit applications at least two weeks prior to allow for processing time. VHHH Parking and Slots VHHH requires airport slots for all arrivals and departures.

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Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 4, 2024

In addition to these projects, VTST attended and exhibited at the Get Up to Speed With STEM 2024 event, with support from young people at Doncaster UTC and a team of Vulcan volunteers. The winners will be announced soon, and a team of engineers from CBE+ and DN4 Innovation will create a scale model of the winning design.

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Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The flight departed normally from Leipzig Halle Airport at 02:08 UTC (03:08 local), operating as flight QY5690/BCS18D. At 03:28 UTC, ninety minutes into the flight and on final approach to Vilnius, the aircraft crashed near Liepkalnis Hill. Vilnius International Airport serves the capital of Lithuania, located just 5.9

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Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

If not, make sure to tune into our broadcast on May 6 at 6:30pm ET (2230 UTC): [link] pic.twitter.com/Zx9jpvOi88 — NASA (@NASA) May 5, 2024 The post How to Watch Launch of Boeing Starliner’s First Crewed Flight Test appeared first on FLYING Magazine.

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Universal Weather

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2019, Seletar implemented Noise Abatement procedures between 1400 to 2300 UTC. Both Seletar and Changi are 24-hour airports of entry with full aircraft services and support available. Seletar is primarily a GA airfield and is a level 2 schedule facilitated airport. Slots At this moment, no airport slots are needed for Seletar.

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Universal Weather

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Slot coordination period: March 30, 2025 (0001 UTC) October 25, 2025 (2359 UTC). Applications are accepted via: Online Coordination System (OCS). Manual request via email to Hellenic Slot Coordination Authority ( slot@hsca.gr ). Slots are not transferable between aircraft unless: Both aircraft operate under the same AOC.

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Universal Weather

JANUARY 24, 2025

NOTAM Updates for Zurich Airport (LSZH) for WEF 2025 : Parking Restrictions : From January 19 (0500 UTC) to January 25 (1330 UTC) , prior parking permission (PPR) is required for non-scheduled and non-commercial flights with ground time exceeding 2 hours.

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