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The Arizona Pilots Association set forth in a communique that the entirety of Las Vegas, Nevada’s general aviation airports—Harry Reid International (LAS), Henderson Executive (HSH), and North Las Vegas (VGT)—will require all general aviation aircraft arriving during the time period spanning 14 through 20 November 2023 to secure reservations/prior permission and pay a $3,000 arrival fee. Pioneer Aerospace Corporation, d.b.a. ASR-Pioneer, has declared chapter 11 bankruptcy and is seeking to sell the company under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code. The parachute manufacturer is a collection of companies, including Pioeer
USAF Auxiliary Tops 100,000 Hours Aloft
The Civil Air Patrol set a new record for cadet orientation flight hours in fiscal 2023, with CAP pilots totaling 14,451-hours aloft with their young passengers—an increase of 19.5-percent over the 12,096-hour figure set in fiscal 2022. The previous high for orientation flight hours, set in fiscal 2018, was 14,101. The record total helped CAP break the one-hundred-thousand-hour flight mark for the first time since 2017. Pilots logged 101,446 flying hours for all missions in fiscal 2023, up seven-percent over the previous year's total of 95,242.
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An Eagle by Any Other Name
Originally developed as the Yuma by Alisport, an Italian aircraft manufacturer based in the Northern Italian city of Cremella, the Aquilae (ACK-will-lay) is a kit-built, STOL-capable, Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) distributed in the U.S. by Kent, Illinois-based North American Eagle. Aquilae is the Latin term for Eagle. As implied by its eligibility for certification as an LSA, the Aquilae’s maximum gross weight is 1,320-pounds. The aircraft is powered by a one-hundred-horsepower normally-aspirated, carbureted, four-cylinder, four-stroke, liquid-and-air-cooled, Rotax 912 ULS engine.
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Florida Investment Firm Buys Into Successful Wichita MRO
AE Industrial Partners, LP (AEI), a U.S.-based private equity firm specializing in aerospace, defense & government services, space, power & utility services, and specialty industrial markets, has acquired a majority interest in Yingling Aviation, a provider of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) and Fixed-Base Operator (FBO) services to customers in the U.S. business aviation and government sectors. Yingling Aviation chairman and CEO Lynn Nichols and President Andrew Nichols will remain attached to the company. The transaction’s terms were not disclosed.
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Airplane Landed On Runway 17 And Was Rolling Out When The Right Wing Struck The Grounds Worker, Resulting In Fatal Injuries
On September 29, 2023, about 1415 central daylight time, a Beech A36 airplane, N9379Q, was involved in an accident while landing at the Broken Bow Airport (90F), near Broken Bow, Oklahoma. The pilot was not injured. An airport grounds worker was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight. According to initial reports, a grounds worker was mowing the grass along the west side of the runway 17 at 90F and was travelling toward the south. The airplane landed on runway 17 and was rolling out when the right wing struck the grounds worker, resulting in fat
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