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From 2014 (YouTube Edition): An Exercise In Elegant Simplicity… AND Affordable Fun! Model airplanes and ultralights are close cousins, and you’ll see what we mean by that in this video. ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell took the opportunity to talk with Brian Carpenter while at the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo 2014. Carpenter’s Rainbow Aviation Services specializes in sport pilot training but they got their start with ultralights. Carpenter is convinced that ultralights still represent the perfect first step into piloting an aircraft. He also recognizes that ultralights have become scarce and he has an electrifying solution to fix that.…

Discrete Frequency A separate radio frequency for use in direct pilot-controller commu nications in air traffic control which reduces frequency congestion by controlling the number of aircraft operating on a particular frequency at one time. Discrete frequencies are normally designated for each control sector in en route/terminal ATC facilities. Discrete frequencies are listed in the Chart Supplement U.S. and the DOD FLIP IFR En Route Supplement.

“When we read the rule for the first time, we thought it was shaped around our mission … making flying easier, safer, and accessible for everyone. MOSAIC opens a new era of opportunities across the aviation community.” Source: Giovanni Pascale Langer, managing director at Tecnam S.p.A, as they announced an aggressive reframing of their product line to support the new regs. The company is introducing a modular optimized sport aviation Initiative (MOSAI) design (file photo) allowing aircraft to adapt to diverse missions, from primary flight training to high-performance cross-country travel. The K59 represents the 59-knot clean stall speed, the critical…

Israel has launched a daylight preemptive attack against multiple Iranian targets, with the U.S. now joining the operation. Here’s our constantly updated report. Israel and the U.S. have launched on Feb. 28, 2026, a new wave of strikes against Iran, in what Israel has called a “preemptive attack.” Details are still fragmentary, but it appears multiple targets across Iran, including the capital Tehran, were hit in broad daylight, and a first Iranian retaliation has already been launched. Epic Fury / Roaring Lion The U.S. Department of Defense announced in a post on social media that the U.S. operation has been…

Flights across the Middle East were rerouted on February 28, 2026, after explosions were reported in Tehran, Isfahan, and other Iranian cities. Israel said it had launched a “pre-emptive” attack against Iran, while Trump said the US had begun “major combat operations” targeting Iranian missile capabilities and naval forces. Trump says the US has begun “significant combat operations” in Iran to eliminate what he describes as imminent threats to Americans, US forces, and allies, and he repeats that Iran will “never” be allowed to get a nuclear weapon. He says the US will destroy Iran’s missile capability and navy, and…

Pilots at Lufthansa CityLine have authorized a potential strike after wage talks with management stalled, the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) pilots’ union said.  VC said a strike vote among Lufthansa CityLine pilots produced a 99% “yes” vote with 95% participation, giving the union’s group bargaining committee a mandate “for all further steps.” VC did not announce a strike date.   The vote followed a breakdown in negotiations over a collective bargaining agreement. German media reported that VC rejected an employer offer that, in the union’s view, fell short of its demands and included a “peace obligation” through the end of 2027, which VC said would limit bargaining on issues that remain negotiable.   Lufthansa…

A senior White House official is threatening to “take a new interest in the airline industry,” after he and his wife separately had flight delays on American Airlines, just one day apart… James Blair subtly threatens American after two delays James Blair is the Deputy Chief of Staff at the White House, which is a role he has had since the start of Trump’s second term. Last night, Blair took to social media to complain about American: Today, American Airlines delays me 2.5 hours because someone failed to notice empty hydraulic fluid before it was time to go down the…

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A woman who has made a bit of a hobby of sneaking onto flights without tickets has been caught again, this time on a transatlantic flight… Stowaway takes United flight from Newark to Milan A 58-year-old Russian citizen with residency in the United States was arrested in Italy on Thursday morning, after sneaking onto a long haul flight. Specifically on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, the woman snuck onto United Airlines flight UA19, a Boeing 777-200ER operating from Newark (EWR) to Milan (MXP). She managed to get through the TSA checkpoint and onto the flight to Europe. At some point around…

Airline ticket flexibility is incredibly valuable, and in recent years we’ve largely seen airlines adjust their policies to make them more flexible. Even so, one huge advantage of booking an airline award ticket rather than paying cash is the flexibility that you get. Why? Generally you can redeposit the miles for an airline award ticket for a very small fee, or with many programs, for free. Even when revenue tickets have flexibility, typically that comes in the form of a credit you can use toward a future ticket, normally with an expiration date. In this post, I’d like to compare…