Also: Army Helos Rescue 18, Stadiums v Drones, Hartzell’s New Sky-Tec, R66 Mil Fleet Logs Time The owners of Solberg-Hunterdon Airport (N51) have taken their dispute with local officials to court, arguing that a newly adopted zoning procedure by Readington Township is designed to quietly “suffocate” airport operations — not just regulate them. The lawsuit claims the measure would prevent modernization and eventually make the family-run field economically unsustainable. Tecnam has introduced the P2008JC NG: a much-anticipated update to its two-seat training aircraft, now certified under EASA CS-23 standards. The variant replaces the earlier certification basis with CS-23 Amendment 6, applying current airworthiness requirements to a long-standing design. Spirit Airlines has managed to scrape in an immediate $50 million boost through its debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing arrangement, providing short-term liquidity as it continues another restructuring under Chapter 11 protection. The funds became available on December 15 — ironically, the same day much of the industry thought Spirit was going dark for good. All this — and MORE in today’s episode of Airborne-Unlimited!!!
