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U.S. charter demand is up 27% in a year, but departures haven't moved. More brokers, same flights.
When everyone's scrambling for an aircraft, who's checking the crew?
Veriflier verifies pilot identity and FAA credentials in secs, before wheels up. Brokers and operators free beta trials coming to your inbox soon!
First eVTOL cleared to carry passengers. BETA's Alia going from test flights to people on board is a real step for advanced air mobility, and it's great to see it announced at NBAA-BACE.
At #NBAA2026, DOT @SecDuffy Duffy announced that FAA has given @BETA_aircraft a special airworthiness certificate allowing the company to carry passengers on its Alia 250, a first for eVTOL aircraft.
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Good news for warbird fans: the Tillamook Air Museum reopens Oct 29, ten months after a windstorm tore open the roof of historic Hangar B. Photo via @WarbirdsNews
Ten months after a windstorm tore a large gash in the roof of the old Naval Air Station Tillamook Hangar B, the Tillamook Air Museum has announced it will reopen to the public on Thursday, October 29. With the help of the Utah-based nonprofit Vintage Aviation Museum, one of the Pacific Northwest’s most well-known air museums will once again welcome visitors inside its massive WWII-era wooden blimp hangar.
The reopening will also allow visitors to see two retired military aircraft delivered to the museum in October 2025: McDonnell-Douglas AV-8B Harrier II BuNo 165002 and Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star 51-4286.
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Source: Vintage Aviation News
15 years ago today, the e-Volo VC1 made the first crewed flight of a fully electric multirotor. A lot of today's eVTOL progress traces back to that hop. Photo via @ron_eisele
A Florida campus police department just became the first U.S. law enforcement agency to fly a piloted eVTOL. Quiet, electric, quick to launch. At Lucky Duck Capital, we help ensure every pilot on those missions is verified.
70 years ago today, the UH-1 Huey entered U.S. military service as its first turbine-powered helicopter. That wop-wop sound still turns every head on the ramp. Photo: Scott Slocum via @EAA
Happy 70th anniversary to the UH-1 Iroquois, better known as the Huey!
On October 20, 1956, the Huey became the first turbine-powered helicopter to serve with the U.S. military and went on to become one of the most iconic rotorcraft ever built.
📸 Scott Slocum
#Aviation #Avgeeks #Helicopters #VietnamWar #Huey
70 years ago today, the UH-1 Huey entered U.S. military service as its first turbine-powered helicopter. That wop-wop sound still turns every head on the ramp. Photo: Scott Slocum via @EAA
Happy 70th anniversary to the UH-1 Iroquois, better known as the Huey!
On October 20, 1956, the Huey became the first turbine-powered helicopter to serve with the U.S. military and went on to become one of the most iconic rotorcraft ever built.
📸 Scott Slocum
#Aviation #Avgeeks #Helicopters #VietnamWar #Huey
Reliable Robotics just raised $115M and passed a $1B valuation, building systems that let existing aircraft fly themselves. Retrofitting autonomy into today's fleet is a big step. via @TechCrunch
Today is International Day of the Air Traffic Controller. Every safe arrival starts with a calm voice on frequency who rarely hears the thank-you. So: thank you, ATC.
Archer's Midnight just flew piloted demos over San Francisco Bay through busy Class B airspace. Oakland to the Marina in about ten minutes. Urban air mobility only works if the airspace can keep up.
Over the past week, Midnight made its way from Salinas to Oakland through progressively larger cities with more complex airspace, then completed multiple piloted flights over the San Francisco Bay. The goal: show our electric air taxi can operate seamlessly in the complex airspace around San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose's international airports. Mission accomplished.
That’s a wrap on the Northern California leg of the "No Roads" Flight Tour. Los Angeles is up next.
archer.com/news/archer-compl…
Beautiful, beautiful, come back and do another one' might be the best tower transmission ever recorded. The SR-71 didn't do flybys, it made appearances! @SacPolice
Garmin Autoland on 2,500+ aircraft in under seven years. Smart safety tech backing up the pilot in the left seat is a win for everyone flying GA.
Integrated flight deck provider @Garmin said Wednesday that its Autoland system is now equipped on more than 2,500 aircraft, marking a new milestone for the technology that was initially certified less than seven years ago in May 2020. vist.ly/5nv4p
FAA MedGuide lets pilots check a medication against duty rules before they fly. Clear answers up front keep more crews current and safe.
The FAA has introduced MedGuide, an online, interactive resource that lets users search medical conditions, prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications to determine whether a medication is acceptable for safety-related duties.
The tool also indicates whether an initial or subsequent-dose wait period applies. The initial wait applies after the first dose of a medication; the subsequent wait applies after the last dose before reporting for flight or other safety-related duties.
MedGuide is part of the FAA's Guide for Aviation Medical Examiners and serves as a reference for airman medical certification and air traffic controller clearance. The FAA says the current version 1.0 shows only allowed medications, with later versions expected to add conditional and unacceptable medications. The agency notes the tool is not a substitute for an individualized aeromedical assessment.
Medication use remains reportable on each FAA medical application.
Read the full story from NBAA, click here: aerocrewnews.com/fmsc
#FAA #PilotMedical #AviationSafety #FitForDuty #Pilots #Aviation
MORFIUS taking out 50+ drones in a single flight is the counter-UAS scale the market has been waiting for. At Lucky Duck Capital, we help ensure airspace security rests on verified professionals.
Grok Bot reaponse time for us is less then 3, secs for simple tasks. Far less disconnects and freezes! Awesome update!
Intercepted over Cincinnati for violating restricted airspace. NOTAMs and a preflight TFR check are not paperwork. They're what keeps fighters off your wing.
NORAD F-16 fighter aircraft intercepted a general aviation aircraft over Cincinnati, Ohio on Oct. 17, 2026, at approximately 3:00 p.m. CST.
Click on the link for more information: dvidshub.net/news/577195/nor…
A Raptor pilot just commanded a drone wingman in flight. Big milestone. When the wingman is software, knowing exactly who's in command matters more than ever.
A pilot flying an F-22 Raptor fighter has issued commands to a YFQ-44A Fury Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) drone in a first-of-its-kind test. This is an important development for the U.S. Air Force’s CCA program, as its F-22s are set to be the first aerial ‘quarterbacks’ for these uncrewed aircraft once they enter operational service.
The Air Force and Anduril, Fury’s prime contractor, announced the “airborne tactical-control demonstration” yesterday, but it occurred sometime earlier this month. An Anduril spokesperson confirmed directly to TWZ that this was a first for an F-22 and a pre-production YFQ-44A.
Read our full story here: twz.com/air/f-22-pilot-contr…
