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During A Low Pass Over A Gravel Bar, The Airplane’S Tailwheel Impacted An Area Of Rough, Uneven Terrain Analysis: The pilot reported that he was flying low-level over various remote gravel bars looking for a suitable one to land on. During a low pass over a gravel bar, the airplane’s tailwheel impacted an area of rough, uneven terrain, which pivoted the nose of the airplane down, resulting in a hard, inadvertent landing. The main landing gear wheels subsequently impacted a 3 ft high gravel berm, and the main landing gear collapsed resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage and left…

Hold For Release Used by ATC to delay an aircraft for traffic management reasons; i.e., weather, traffic volume, etc. Hold for release instructions (including departure delay information) are used to inform a pilot or a controller (either directly or through an authorized relay) that an IFR departure clearance is not valid until a release time or additional instructions have been received.

LTA Research, an airship development company backed by Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin, demonstrated the capabilities of its lighter-than-air ‘Pathfinder 1’ vehicle with a flight around San Francisco Bay, California, on October 28, 2025.  At 124 meters long, the Pathfinder 1 is currently the largest aircraft in the world. This modern take on the airship concept started to take shape with the construction of the first prototypes in 2016. Filled with helium and powered by 12 electric motors, the Pathfinder 1 has also fly-by-wire controls, not unlike those of a modern airliner.  Although this was not the first public flight of…

The U.N. human rights chief said Friday that U.S. military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are “unacceptable” and must stop.The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for an investigation into the strikes, in what appeared to mark the first such condemnation of its kind from a United Nations organization.Ravina Shamdasani, a spokeswoman for Türk’s office, relayed his message on Friday at a regular U.N. briefing: “These attacks and their mounting human cost are unacceptable. The U.S. must halt such attacks and take all measures…

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The Airbus A350F has got itself a new customer in the form of Seoul-based SkyTeam founding member Korean Air. Earlier today, Airbus confirmed that the South Korean flag carrier had converted seven of its orders for the passenger-carrying A350-1000 to the cargo variant. This development represents another vote of confidence for the European firm’s new freighter. While Korean Air has previously flown cargo aircraft from Airbus, its current fleet does not have any, with jets from its US rival Boeing exclusively operating the airline’s cargo flights at present. Now, it stands to diversify this side of its operations, and, with…

French aircraft developer Aura Aero has opened a US factory on the campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, as part of an ambitious plan to produce the world’s first hybrid-electric regional airliner.   The 11,000-sq-ft facility at Embry-Riddle’s Research Park will serve as the company’s US headquarters, delivery, and support center, and marks the start of a larger industrial footprint for the manufacturer on the US Space Coast.  “The opening of Aura Aero’s headquarters at Embry-Riddle’s Research Park marks a significant milestone in our collaboration with an innovative company shaping the future of sustainable aviation,” said Embry-Riddle President P. Barry Butler, Ph.D.  Founded in 2018 at Toulouse-Francazal Airport (TLS) in France, Aura Aero is developing a…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At a secret location in rural Ukraine, columns of attack drones are assembled at night and in near silence to strike deep inside Russia.Their targets are strategic: oil refineries, fuel depots, and military logistics hubs. Since the summer, Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign has ramped up dramatically, pounding energy infrastructure across Russia and stretching Moscow’s air defenses thin.Built from parts made in a scattered network of workshops, these drones now fly much further than at any point in the war.Officers in body armor move with quick precision; headlamps glow red to stay hidden. Engines sputter like old…

On October 30, American Airlines revealed that New York JFK to Edinburgh would be its first long-haul route aboard the Airbus A321XLR. This revelation came a week after the oneworld member disclosed that New York JFK-Los Angeles would be the variant’s very first route. On the same day, the Canadian leisure carrier Air Transat announced its next transatlantic link. This is from Montreal to Agadir aboard the A321LR. It’ll be the first time the Moroccan city has ever had North American service. In fact, until mid-2024, even the significantly more popular Marrakech didn’t have any. American Will Resume JFK-Edinburgh Flights…

Having launched its new passenger-centric approach, dubbed ‘Customer First Compass’, in April 2025, Wizz Air is now reporting encouraging signs of success.   At a company event in London on October 28, 2025, six months after the €14 billion investment, Customer First Compass went live, Wizz Air announced that the airline had seen a 10% improvement in overall customer satisfaction.  Additionally, Wizz Air has achieved an average flight completion rate of 99.5%, despite operating 7% more flights compared to 2024, reaching 1,000 flights a day in the summer peak.  At the event, the Chief Commercial Officer Michael Delehant spoke at length…