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Andris Spruds resigned as Latvia’s defense minister on May 10, 2026, shortly after Prime Minister Evika Silina publicly demanded he step down over the country’s response to a Ukrainian drone that struck an oil storage facility in Rezekne three days earlier. Silina named Latvian Army Colonel Raivis Melnis, currently serving as the Latvian Defense Ministry’s representative in Ukraine, as Spruds’ successor. Melnis has served in the Latvian National Armed Forces since 1998 and obtained his military education in London. He has international service experience and on February 13, 2026, he also joined the prime minister’s office as a freelance, unpaid adviser on military cooperation.  Silina argued…

London-Heathrow Airport (LHR) has blamed a 5% fall in passenger numbers on the conflict in the Middle East and war in Iran, as customers adjusted their travel plans. On May 11, 2026, Heathrow Airport said April 2026 passenger numbers reached 6.7 million, a 5.3% dip against April 2025. The UK’s largest airport said the figures reflected the “ongoing impact of the Middle East conflict on some markets and short-term adjustments to travel plans”. However, the airport highlighted strong demand from transfer passengers, with a 10% increase year-on-year, as travelers rerouted to Asia and Oceania amid the Middle East conflict. “While…

A person died at Denver International Airport (DEN) after being hit on the runway by a Frontier Airlines aircraft. The incident took place around 23.19 on May 8, 2026, as a Frontier Airlines Airbus A321 operating flight F9 4345 was taking off for Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) with 231 passengers and crew onboard.  According to airport sources, the person had entered the airport’s perimeter without permission barely a couple of minutes earlier after having jumped over a fence. The aircraft was on its takeoff run when the pilots told the control tower they had spotted an unidentified individual on their…

Contrary to common belief, not all screws have the same design. You can find them in different types, such as Type A and Type AB. They are still used to fasten objects, but there are subtle nuances between these two types that affect their utility and performance. For a better understanding of Type A and Type AB screws, keep reading. What Are Type A Screws? Type A screws are self-tapping screws with a sharp point and coarse threads. Their threads aren’t aligned tightly together. Instead, they are spread farther apart than other types of screws. Like all self-tapping screws, Type…

The Royal Air Force (RAF) conducted a long-range parachute drop over the island of Tristan da Cunha, an isolated British Overseas Territory in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean.  On May 9, 2026, a RAF A400M aircraft dropped six paratroopers and two military medics from the 16 Air Assault Brigade of the Parachute Regiment, on this remote British outpost in order to provide medical assistance to a suspected Hantavirus patient.  Since Tristan da Cunha doesn’t have an airport (this rugged volcanic island has almost no flat terrain), the parachute drop was the fastest way to deliver the required medical…

From 2014 (YouTube Edition): A Peaceful Resurrection For A Valued Wartime Boeing PT-17 While at EAA AirVenture 2014, ANN Special Correspondent Michael Maya Charles had the opportunity to talk with a young man about his career in aircraft restoration. While standing in front of a beautifully restored Stearman biplane, we find out that Mike Porter has restored more airplanes than seems possible for his age. It turns out that Porter got his start very young in aviation because it was a business he was born into. His father was a commercial pilot that in the 1990s worked with a company…

“The aviation security work to eliminate current flight deck vulnerability has been needlessly prolonged for way too long. We must not continue to delay this work and allow more time for another catastrophic incident to happen before the FAA and airlines act.” Source: Captain Steve Jangelis, Aviation Safety Chair of the Air Line Pilots Association, commenting on the FAA’s much-anticipated secondary cockpit barrier rule and why it is running into the same problem again: manufacturers aren’t ready, and airlines are asking for more time. This time, it’s JetBlue Airways formally requesting a one-year extension, pushing the deadline from July 31,…

Secondary Radar/Radar Beacon (ATCRBS) A radar system in which the object to be detected is fitted with cooperative equipment in the form of a radio receiver/transmitter (transponder). Radar pulses transmitted from the searching transmitter/receiver (interrogator) site are received in the cooperative equipment and used to trigger a distinctive transmission from the transponder. This reply transmission, rather than a reflected signal, is then received back at the transmitter/receiver site for processing and display at an air traffic control facility.

Aero Linx: New Zealand Society of Air Safety Investigators (NZSASI) The Australian Society of Air Safety Investigators (ASASI) was formed to better serve and represent the views of Air Safety Investigators in Australia. The Australian Society of Air Safety Investigators (ASASI) was formed in 1978 after an inaugural meeting held in Melbourne, Victoria. ASASI was formed to better serve and represent the views of Air Safety Investigators in Australia. Since then ASASI has grown to a membership of 150 plus and now hosts a biennial conference in conjunction with the New Zealand Society of Air Safety Investigators (NZSASI). ASASI is…

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