6+ hour, 24+ min ago  (267+ words) Mon, May 18, 2026 Mandatory Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airworthiness information states that a report was received of a crack on the main rotor (MR) mast after a crew reported an abnormal increase of vibration. This emergency AD is intended to detect…...

4+ hour, 33+ min ago  (191+ words) Mon, May 18, 2026 ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues. Let us hear from you, folks! "The…...

5+ hour, 1+ min ago  (216+ words) Mon, May 18, 2026 Air traffic control in the United States is no longer something happening quietly in the background. It is now front and center. The FAA is responding to a shortage of roughly 3, 500 controllers with historic pay increases that push…...

5+ hour, 1+ min ago  (260+ words) Mon, May 18, 2026 We are talking about aircraft capable of flying around 5, 400 kilometers per hour at altitudes nearly twice as high as conventional airliners. A trip from Japan to the United States in just two hours suddenly sounds far less impossible…...

5+ hour, 24+ min ago  (155+ words) Mon, May 18, 2026 The FAA has shifted up the timeline of one of its airport surface safety fixes, using $16. 5 million from the One Big Beautiful Bill to install transponders on roughly 1, 900 FAA vehicles and not-so-subtly telling airports and airlines that they…...

6+ hour, 24+ min ago  (231+ words) Mon, May 18, 2026 A modified Boeing 747-8i'intended as an interim Air Force One solution is drawing scrutiny as officials highlight major cost and capability differences. The VC-25 B program now exceeds 4. 2 billion dollars with projections near 5. 7 billion through 2031. Delivery delays have pushed…...

5+ hour, 24+ min ago  (339+ words) Mon, May 18, 2026 From emergency medical flights to wildfire response, the next generation of helicopter pilots may soon have a faster and more affordable route into the cockpit. The University of Dubuque is expanding its aviation program with a new associate…...

6+ hour, 24+ min ago  (332+ words) Mon, May 18, 2026 There is a noticeable shift happening across flight training right now, and schools are being pushed to prepare pilots for airline operations earlier and more efficiently than ever before. That is exactly where Skyborne seems focused as it…...

6+ hour, 24+ min ago  (944+ words) Mon, May 18, 2026 Who exactly is listening to whom anymore? Because what transpired at the gathering was not the confident, transparent reset of a trusted aviation institution. It felt instead like an organization attempting to carefully manage the aftermath of a…...

13+ hour, 4+ min ago  (324+ words) Sun, May 17, 2026 What began as a day celebrating aviation skill and precision quickly turned into a tense and uncertain scene witnessed by thousands gathered near the Idaho installation. Two jets crashed Sunday during the second day of the Gunfighter Skies…...