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“Nothing has ever gotten in my way... They said, ‘Well, you’re a girl, you can’t do that.’ I said, ‘Guess what, doesn’t matter what you are. You can still do it if you want to do it.’”

Source: Wise words from the late Wally Funk... a favorite of ours and a true legend in the aviation world. We will miss her...

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The long-awaited first flight of the DeltaHawk-powered Piper Seminole DX took place Wednesday morning, less than three weeks before the opening of Oshkosh, marking a significant milestone for both companies. Piper's new configuration combines a pair of contra-

Choose How YOU Want To View Your Aero News: Headlines And Teasers

We're all pretty excited about the new website design here at ANN, but we HAVE heard from some of you that you liked the way that content was displayed on the old site. We hear you, and before you chuck your bitgrinder out a 5th story window, you should know t

Aero Linx: Warhawk Air Museum It all began with John Paul’s passion for airplanes. In the 1950s, he watched and listened as two Corsair fighter planes ripped through the sky over his third-grade classroom. He purchased his first plane by the time he was 20: a

Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA) The lowest altitude, expressed in feet above mean sea level, to which descent is authorized on final approach or during circle-to-land maneuvering in execution of a standard instrument approach procedure where no electronic glide

Royal Australian Air Force Trainer Introduced Generations Of Military Pilots To The Skies

The Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) CT4A trainer aircraft has completed its final flight after nearly five decades of service, retiring the aircraft type that introduced generations of military pilots to the skies. The final display flight took place on Ju

From 2024 (YouTube Edition): New Capabilities For Business Aviation

CiES Corporation President Scott Philiben walked Aero-News Editor-in-Chief Jim Campbell through some of what sets his products apart from the rest of the market. CiES units are “the only proven, all-digital fuel senders” around, a vast improvement from early f

The Navy Has Identified Sailor Lost After Helicopter Emergency Landing

The U.S. Navy on Tuesday identified Cmdr. Gabriel Edwards of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 5 (HSC-5) as the sailor lost at sea after an MH-60S helicopter made an emergency water landing in the Arabian Sea last week. Edwards of HSC-5 aboard USS George HW Bush

New Expanded Facility In Western France

Daher Aircraft has inaugurated a new spare parts, maintenance, equipment overhaul and logistics center in western France. It expands the company’s support capabilities for a broad range of aircraft – from helicopters and training airplanes to legacy general av

Agency Decides To Retain 262 Outlets Used By Flight Service Stations

Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a notice of final decision to decommission Remote Communications Outlets (RCOs) used by Flight Service Stations within the United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. The notice describes the FAA’s pla