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The Chinese clone of the Sikorsky S-97 Raider compound helicopter appeared again in a video recently emerged online. Months after the first images emerged online, the Chinese clone of the Sikorsky S-97 Raider appeared again in a video recently emerged online. Exactly like its U.S.-made counterpart, this compound helicopter features two coaxial main rotors and a pusher propeller. It is unclear when and where this video was captured. The first images, which we covered in a previous report here at The Aviationist, emerged in August 2025 but were reportedly captured in April 2025 and initially only published on the Chinese…

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The U.S. Marine Corps has pioneered a 3D-printed first-person view drone that is easy to assemble, ready for field use and conforms to national security standards.Sgt. Henry David Volpe, an automotive technician with the 2nd Marine Logistics Group, used his interest in engineering and robotics to help develop HANX, the Marine Corps’ first unmanned aircraft system built from 3D-printed parts to be approved by the National Defense Authorization Act, service officials announced last month. Fortunately, for both the Marines and for Volpe, he found an outlet for his passion for robotics when he was assigned to the II Marine Expeditionary…

AOPA Board Reportedly Fired Pleasance… Despite Official Reports ANN Realtime Update, 02.05.26, 1219ET: Lisa Pleasance, former AOPA CEO Darren Pleasance’s wife, has posted the following to YouTube, which we are publishing unredacted… “Today AOPA let go their CEO, my husband Darren Pleasance ! He has worked tirelessly to build up the organization’s membership and FACE of the nationwide organization, he’s met with thousands of members all over the country and many donors throughout his year there. The Board claims that the CEO needs to be in The Office more than around the country solving the General Aviations needs. I say…

The Airplane Struck Numerous Pine Trees Along The Impact Path On January 18, 2026, about 1640 central standard time, a Piper PA28-140 airplane, N6711J, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Holly Springs, Mississippi. The flight instructor and student pilot were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. According to the airport manager, the airplane had departed Holly Springs-Marshall County Airport (M41), Holly Springs, Mississippi, after doing several touch and go landings. There was no ADS-B data available for the accident flight.

From 2022 (YouTube Edition): Oregon Company Seeks to Redefine Jet Set Developed by an engineering team comprising veterans of aircraft design and certification programs at Bombardier, Cessna, Icon, Piper, SyberJet, Epic, Glasair, Kestrel, and Lancair, Redmond, Oregon-based Stratos Aircraft’s 716X affords owners/pilots the satisfaction of building a high-performance experimental jet that—though ineligible for certification as a normal category airplane—meets the requirements of FAR Part 23.2005 Level 2 [2 to 6 occupants], high-speed airplanes [VMO >250 KCAS or MMO >0.6 Mach].

“I just spent all day in an airport yesterday trying to get here, and I live closer than anybody. It’s a tough time of the year to be having even more disruptions — and there’s no good time, but this is definitely not a good time.” Source: West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito, commenting as the Federal Aviation Administration is being hit with a serious wave of Deja Vu, entering another partial shutdown on January 31st. This is the second lapse in less than three months, though it’s expected to be much shorter and less disruptive than the record-setting 43…

A FedEx Airbus A300-600F suffered a nose landing gear collapse while parked outside a maintenance hangar at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), prompting a response from airport fire and rescue crews but causing no injuries.  The incident occurred on February 4, 2026, while the aircraft was undergoing maintenance and was not in operation, according to statements from airport officials and FedEx. Images from the scene show the freighter resting on its forward fuselage on the cargo apron adjacent to hangar facilities.  A spokesperson for FedEx confirmed the event, saying the company was “aware of an incident involving one of our parked aircraft undergoing…

Airlines in Spain have scrambled to adapt their capacity in response to several accidents and a general operational reliability crisis which has seriously affected the Spanish high-speed rail network.  On January 18, 2026, a catastrophic crash in Adamuz, Andalusia, involving two high speed trains, caused the death of 46 people and lead to the temporary suspension of services on the rail line connecting Madrid to southern Spain.  Two days later this was followed by another accident near Barcelona that killed a train driver and seriously injured several passengers.  These two episodes, as well as several other instances of material damaged caused by the storms that affected most of Spain early in the year, have prompted a broad public debate about the state of the rail network. In turn, government-owned rail operator ‘Renfe’ has restricted operations on part of its network.  Most affected by these…

The Federal Aviation Administration has published a final rule requiring most newly manufactured large aircraft in the United States to be equipped with cockpit voice recorders capable of storing at least 25 hours of audio, a significant expansion from the long-standing two-hour standards. The rule applies to aircraft manufactured after May 16, 2025, and operated under Parts 91, 135, 121, and 125. It covers airplanes with a maximum certified takeoff weight of at least 59,525 pounds and 29 or fewer passenger seats, capturing a wide range of business jets and larger turbine aircraft.  In issuing the rule, the FAA said the expanded recording duration will give investigators more complete data following…