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“Aero-News has been working with SUN n FUN as their media partner for the better part of a decade and gotten to know their crew quite well… but this cooperative undertaking has proven to us that the folks that populate SUN n FUN are not only nice folks to work with… but incredibly talented to boot. ANN is just a few days shy of being 30 years old and we’ve learned quite a bit in that time… but the last few months of SnF tutelage have been a mind-blower. SUN n FUN, Aviation’s COOLEST event, is in the hands of…

Inner-Approach OFZ The inner-approach OFZ is a defined volume of airspace centered on the approach area. The inner-approach OFZ applies only to runways with an approach lighting system. The inner-approach OFZ begins 200 feet from the runway threshold at the same elevation as the runway threshold and extends 200 feet beyond the last light unit in the approach lighting system. The width of the inner-approach OFZ is the same as the runway OFZ and rises at a slope of 50 (horizontal) to 1 (vertical) from the beginning.

From 2017 (YouTube Edition): Pilots Competed For $10,000 For A First Place Finish… Drone Racing came to the Sebring Sport Aviation Expo in January, with pilots competing for a $10,000 first prize. But the event was about more than just the money, according to Chris Thomas, founder and president of MultiGP, which organized the event. Thomas told ANN CEO and Editor in Chief Jim Campbell that the Sebring event was the first time MultiGP had worked with the FAA to conduct a drone race in close proximity to General Aviation activity.

On-Course Indication An indication on an instrument, which provides the pilot a visual means of determining that the aircraft is located on the centerline of a given navigational track, or an indication on a radar scope that an aircraft is on a given track.

Also: AIR Loses eVTOL Demonstrator, USCG Getting New Helos, Freighter Fleet To Grow, US Army Falls Behind Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, in partnership with NASA, successfully completed the first flight of the X-59, an innovative, quiet supersonic aircraft designed to return the capability of supersonic flight to commercial air travel. The X-59 launched from the Skunk Works facility at the U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, and landed near the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. King Schools is stepping up to help fill the gap left by the sudden closure of AceCFI, offering impacted CFIs…

ROME — The team-up between Leonardo and Rheinmetall to fulfill a huge vehicle order for the Italian army has received its first contract, the manufacturers said on Wednesday.The 50-50 joint venture between the Italian and German firms has signed to supply 21 Rheinmetall Lynx tracked fighting vehicles, part of an eventual planned order of 1,050 vehicles by the Italian army.David Hoeder, the executive chairman of Leonardo Rheinmetall Military Vehicles, said the deal “brings the two companies, as well as two of Europe’s largest countries, closer together. Cooperation is not optional anymore – it is the very essence of our European…

Air France is already by far Europe’s most premium global airline, and the airline just keeps improving. Air France’s long haul business class is excellent, among the best out there, though I’ve long said that the biggest area for improvement is with the bedding. This spring, the airline announced an exciting update, with plans to roll out mattress pads in business class. The exact timeline for the rollout wasn’t very firm at the time, but there’s now a positive update. Air France partners with Sofitel on mattress pads Air France and Sofitel have launched a partnership, to introduce mattress pads…

November 05, 2025, 17:18 (UTC +3) Death toll rises to nine Authorities have confirmed that nine people were killed in the crash of UPS Flight 2976 in Louisville, Kentucky. The NTSB and FAA are investigating, with early focus on a possible engine separation seen in video footage. A UPS cargo jet crashed and exploded in flames shortly after takeoff from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) on November 4, 2025, killing at least nine people and injuring 11 others, according to Kentucky officials. The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighter, operating as UPS Flight 2976 to Honolulu, caught fire moments after liftoff and crashed…

Nearly five months have passed since the June 2025 NATO summit in The Hague, where allied leaders unveiled what seemed like a bold new commitment – a collective defense-spending benchmark of 5% of GDP by 2035. The headline figure grabbed attention. But the devil is in the details.The new framework divides the pledge into two parts: 3.5% of GDP for traditional, “hard” defense accounts, such as personnel, equipment, operations, research and development.An additional 1.5% is for the broader category of defense- and security-related spending, meant to cover investments that make societies more resilient, like critical infrastructure protection, cyber defense, military…

In July 2025, Bilt announced plans to make major changes to its credit card portfolio, which includes working with a new issuer, and going from having one co-branded card, to having three co-branded cards. While there are still more questions than answers, the airline has just revealed some more details about the timeline for the changes, and how the transition will work. Major Bilt credit card changes coming February 2026 Bilt will be completely overhauling its credit card portfolio as of February 7, 2026, with the introduction of what’s being called Bilt Card 2.0: Bilt will be transitioning from Wells…