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As part of advancing communication technology between aircraft, control towers, and airline operations, Boeing, in partnership with United Airlines and various communication service providers, conducted a test flight wherein the use of Internet Protocol Suite (IPS) standards was evaluated, as Internet-based communication is expected to improve communications, operational efficiency, and flight safety. This test flight is viewed as a step in the direction of enhancing communication speed, reliability, and accuracy, which will not only see improvements in the aircraft communication system but also upgrades to the systems of control towers, ultimately improving flight safety. Upgrades To Communication Channels Credit: Shutterstock A…

Aero Linx: Beech Aero Club The Beech Aero Club (BAC) is the international type club for owners and pilots of the Beech Musketeer aircraft and its derivatives, the Sport, Super, Sundowner, Sierra, Duchess and Skipper, aka Beech Aero Center aircraft. It traces its roots to the Spring of 1999 when James Fairhurst contacted Bob Steward for help in starting an e-mailing list for owners of the Beech Musketeer. James met Bob through the Grumman Gang, a similar mailing list for owners and pilots of Grumman aircraft.

While Landing In The River, The Extended Landing Gear Contacted The Water And The Airplane Nosed Over, Resulting In Substantial Damage Analysis: The pilot of the amphibious airplane stated that he departed from a turf runway at his home airport but forgot to raise the landing gear. He planned a short flight to a nearby river where he would make a water landing, before returning to his home airport. While landing in the river, the extended landing gear contacted the water and the airplane nosed over, resulting in substantial damage to the forward portion of the fuselage.

From 2022 (YouTube Edition): Carrying the Legacy of The B-29 For Generations to Come We had a chance to chat with the Executive Director of B-29 Doc, Josh Wells, during their stop at Wings Over the Rockies Exploration of Flight in Centennial, Colorado. He stated that their mission is to tell the stories of the greatest generation, to make sure their legacy carries on for generations to come. It involves letting people “get up close and personal with the B-29, see it, feel it, hug it, crawl through it, make sure that they understand what it may have been like…

Also: Cosmonaut Kicked Out, Airbus Scales Back, AF Silver Star, Russian A-60 Clobbered A Samaritan’s Purse humanitarian flight was hijacked on Tuesday, December 2, while attempting to supply a mobile medical unit in South Sudan. Authorities were able to meet the aircraft on the ground and take the suspect into custody without further incident. The aircraft involved was one of the organization’s Cessna Grand Caravans that operates solely within Africa. The FAA has taken an unusually cooperative step towards pilot mental health reform, reducing the stabilization wait time for approved antidepressant medications from 6 months to just 3. Though this…

“This vote sends an undeniable message to Air Transat management: We are unified, resolute, and have earned a contract that reflects today’s industry standards, not the standards from 2015. The 98 percent participation rate alone demonstrates the depth of frustration among our members, who are tired of flying under a decade-old and outdated collective agreement.” Source: Capt. Bradley Small, Air Transat MEC chair, commenting as Air Transat pilots have voted overwhelmingly to strike if continuing negotiations with Air Transat management fail to produce ‘a modern contract.’ Of the 98 percent of eligible pilots who could vote, 99 percent voted in…

The head of Airbus has once again voiced his confidence in the European Future Combat Air System (FCAS), even as he acknowledged that the next-generation fighter program remains mired in structural difficulties, particularly in its industrial relationship with Dassault Aviation.  Speaking to French broadcaster BFM TV on December 10, 2025, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury described FCAS as “an uphill battle,” capturing the sense of fatigue and frustration that has come to define the long-running Franco-German-Spanish effort to develop a sixth-generation combat aircraft.  Despite the rhetoric, Faury insisted he still believes in the project and in the need for a European…

In the 12 months to August 2025, Delta transported 202 million passengers, filling 84.4% of the available seats. Traffic rose by 1.8% year-over-year. But as capacity rose faster, its seat load factor reduced. These findings are from examining the US Department of Transportation data. Route-by-route analysis for the same period shows that the SkyTeam member had 17 airport pairs with over a million passengers. This is based on all passengers: those who only flew between the two airports and those who connected elsewhere. Obviously, most of those markets would be nowhere near as popular without the transit traffic. Delta’s Routes…

Lufthansa Group has unveiled a new brand identity as part of its efforts to “evolve from a group of airlines into an integrated airline group”. As part of the announcement on December 10, 2025, the Lufthansa Group launched a new logo, font and a color palette expanded by six new tones. In September 2025, Lufthansa Group announced that its subsidiary airlines will lose some decision-making power as it looks to centralize some processes. The plans included changes to the organizational structure, processes, financial management framework, and cross-group collaboration. The new approach to integration will mainly involve Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines…

While the Airbus A380 may be one of the most iconic and loved jets ever produced by Airbus, its cancellation after only 12 years and only 251 deliveries (over half of which were to a single customer) is hard to read as anything else than a failure. As the BBC put it in 2019, “…the Airbus programme, long-delayed and over-budget, never really shook off predictions that it would be a white elephant of the skies.” The Independent put it bluntly, “…commercially it has been an abject failure, which has signally failed to recoup the original investment of around $25 billion.”…