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Nowadays it’s common for airlines to award miles based on dollars spent rather than based on distance flown. While it eliminates some gamification, the incentive is obvious — airlines want to encourage passengers to book expensive tickets, especially when they’re on someone else’s dime.Understandably airlines have the philosophy that they want you to spend as much as possible, though one airline is unique in drawing a line, and saying it won’t reward people above a certain level of spending. I’d like to take a look at that in this post, because there’s no denying this policy should be updated, and…

From 2017 (YouTube Edition): Kaman Revives The K-MAX Helicopter… Kaman has revived the K-MAX helicopter, and delivered the first new production aircraft to a customer in April, 2017. Terry Fogarty, Director of Business Development for K-MAX Helicopter Programs at Kaman, told ANN CEO and Editor in Chief Jim Campbell at HAI in Dallas, TX earlier this year that when you think about a helicopter as a tool, he is continually surprised by the number of different missions suggested by customers for that tool. Such uses include humanitarian missions, powerline missions, and other things that were always on the periphery before,…

“Today’s announcement is great news for the Treasure State. Including the Bozeman airport in the new tower conversion pilot program will help improve the safety and efficiency of operations…” Source: Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mt.), commenting as the FAA launched a pilot program to convert select high-activity federal contract towers into FAA-owned and FAA-operated facilities. The initiative is designed to strengthen oversight, standardize training, and support the agency’s air traffic controller workforce pipeline while maintaining safety in complex airspace.

The Airplane Banked Right Then Quickly Rolled Left And Descended Behind Trees On April 17, 2026, about 1750 eastern daylight time, a Mooney M20J, N1151H, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Union, South Carolina. The pilot and 3 passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. A review of preliminary ADS-B data revealed that during cruise flight about 1 hour and 13 minutes into the cross-country flight, the airplane diverted south and landed on runway 5 at Union County Airport (35A), Troy Shelton Field,…

Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) A radio transmitter attached to the aircraft structure which operates from its own power source on 121.5 MHz and 243.0 MHz. It aids in locating downed aircraft by radiating a downward sweeping audio tone, 2?4 times per second. It is designed to function without human action after an accident.

Here’s a story that several OMAAT readers have now brought to my attention, as they’re wondering how something like this is possible. I can totally see how this can happen in the first place, though unfortunately the customer service response is where things get super frustrating. Air France claims passenger skipped segment, but he didn’t There’s a thread on X that’s getting quite a bit of attention, involving an Air France-KLM ticket, with the outbound flight from New York (JFK) to Amsterdam (AMS) on KLM, and the return flight from Paris (CDG) to New York (JFK) on Air France. This…

Nearly half a million Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine since 2022 — a death toll exceeding total American losses in World War II — the head of Britain’s top intelligence agency said Wednesday, relaying one of the highest fatality figures any Western government has put on Russia’s war in Ukraine yet. Russia is now losing roughly 1,000 troops a day in killed and wounded along the front, according to Ukraine’s General Staff. Western officials are reaching a consensus that Ukraine has gained a serious edge on the battlefield for the first time in years as Russia struggles to…

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During the latest wave of attacks against Ukraine, a Russian Geran-2 drone hit an apartment building in Romania, near the border. A Russian drone hit an apartment building in Romania, near the border with Ukraine, in the intervening night between May 28 and 29, 2026, causing a fire and injuring two people. The drone apparently went stray during the latest wave of Russian attacks against Ukraine. Among the targets was Izmail, home to the largest Ukrainian port ​on the Danube River and near the border. One of the drones reached Galati, which sits on the border between Romania, Ukraine and…

Lawmakers are introducing provisions to authorize multiyear contracts to buy the F-15EX Eagle II and the F-35 Lightning II, allowing cost savings and shorter delivery timelines. The draft 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA) released by the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) aims to enable the U.S. armed forces to award multi-year contracts for the F-15EX Eagle II and the F-35 Lightning II, instead of the recurring annual awards. The proposed provisions would help cut costs, better plan for ongoing and prospective spare part needs by streamlining the supply chain, and help the manufacturers to ensure faster deliveries. The provisions follow…