Airplane News Update

Welcome to your weekly Airplane News update, we have three stories for you, the NTSB issued a statement challenging the findings of the Ethiopian B737 Max crash, SWA cancels more than 2400 flights, the FAA is proposing $134K in fines for an Puerto Rican airline, and the FAA has invalidated 140 checkrides in Alaska.

Welcome to your weekly Airplane News update, we have three stories for you; multiple injuries caused by turbulence, an alert for possible runaway trim, and an update to the story of the plane crash involving 53 dogs.

Welcome to your weekly Airplane News update, this week we’ll talk about a potential end to the LODA requirement, United Airlines purchasing over 200 new jets, and a new piece of MH370 flight was found this week.

Welcome to your weekly Airplane News update, this week we’ll talk about another NPRM by the FAA, The Dallas Mid-air Prelim has been released, and we’ll talk about the Mooney that crashed into power lines in Maryland.

In this week’s airplane news: Archer released an eVTOL called the Midnight, the FAA is adding medical requirements for balloon pilots, there was a CAPS pull on a Cirrus SF50 Jet which saved pilot from injury, and the FAA published a new Notice of Proposed Rule Making. Let’s get to it!

This week in airplane news: A collision between an A320neo and an airport firetruck in Peru, The FAA is extending aircraft registration from 3 years to 7, eVTOL manufacturer Lilium hopes to raise 119 million, and finally the Hybrid Electric Eco Caravan's first flight.

 Welcome to your weekly Airplane News update, this week we have five stories for you, An unfortunate collision between an A320neo and an airport firetruck, the FAA extending aircraft registration to seven years, eVTOL manufacturer Lillium hopes to raise millions from investors, and the hybrid electric Eco Caravan made its first flight.

Your first story this week is the collision of an A320 and an airport fire truck in Peru. 

The A320NEO was nearing V1 (Traveling at 127 mph) when the truck entered the runway, and was unable to avoid the truck. 

Unfortunately two firefighters were killed and one was injured. There were no serious injuries among those on the plane.

It appears that the fire trucks were on a drill to determine driving time to one of the new runways at the airport. 

The second story this week is the FAA extending registrations to last for 7 years rather than three. 

In a statement the FAA said “The new rule applies to new registrations and extends the duration of current certificates. It covers all traditional aircraft and larger drones.”

The extension in registration comes after some folks submitted applications for re-registration 5+ months in advance only for FAA back log to result in the registration expiring. 

This will apply to all Commercial and GA aircraft along with large drones. 

Your third story this week is the eVTOL Lilium aims to raise 119 million dollars.

Lilium has partnered with a number of other companies such as Honeywell and Aciturri for funding in an effort to certify the Lilium Jet. 

For this, Lilium will need to complete its third demonstrator aircraft that will be used for testing.

The fourth story this week is a hybrid electric Eco Caravan, which made its first flight.

The aircraft flew near LA for 33 minutes and reached a maximum altitude of 3500 feet. 

The Eco Caravan is powered by an A03 Compression Ignition Engine rated at 410 kW and is integrated with a 160kW motor and battery packs. 

According to a company statement at EAA Airventure, the engine will deliver twice the thermodynamic efficiency of a comparable turbo prop engine.

Testing during the first flight was primarily power testing and the pilot said “The Eco Caravan propulsion system performed just as expected,”.

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That’s it! Have a great week and we’ll see you again next Friday!

This week in airplane news: A heartbreaking mid air at the CAF Dallas Airshow, Parts of the Challenger Space Shuttle found, Airlines fined for cancellations, and a plane crash onto a golf course.

This week in airplane news; Antonov is rebuilding the AN-225, the Honda Jet Elite II got approved by the FAA, a gun was found inside a raw chicken, the FAA has set airworthiness criteria for Joby, and lastly we have released our Commercial Pilot Made Easy Course, check it out, it is on sale for a limited time.

This week in airplane news, a fully electric R44 has been flown from Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (TRM) to Palm Springs International Airport (PSP). The USAF has flown two single pilot missions in order to test for wartime emergencies. The NTSB has issued an urgent safety recommendations for an inspection of the Otter aircraft. Delta Airlines settled out of court following being sued by a pilot.

This week in airplane news, the AOPA files a part 16 complaint against the FAA having to do with the 100LL ban in Santa Clara, CA; the owner and family of Gold's Gym perished this week after their Piaggio Avanti crashed near Costa Rica; a Cuban defector flew a plane into Florida and was able to land with 3 minutes of fuel left; the NTSB has found the safety concern that caused the recent float plane crash in Washington State.