We're Going Back To A Daily Airborne Sked... AND Adding New Programs!

We’ve teased this for a while but ANN will be returning to a daily webcast schedule right after we start 2021... which we hope will be a much better year than what we’ve just been through. With much of aviation still struggling, increasing our schedule may not seem to be all that careful a move, but the fact is that our aviation community deserves all the honest, REAL-journalistic support we can give it, and this is one way to do it. There are a number of major changes coming your way. The first is the debut of a special new Airborne series devoted to affordable aviation, Airborne-Affordable Flyers -- which will also be supporting the coming debut of the next-generat

The Airplane Suddenly Yawed To The Right And Came Back Down To The Runway

On December 13, 2020, about 1045 eastern standard time, a Flight Design CTSW, N138CT, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Marion, North Carolina. The pilot and the passenger sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that all preflight operations were routine for the cross-country flight to Frankfort, Kentucky. Shortly after liftoff at an airspeed about 46 knots, the airplane suddenly yawed to the right and came back down to the runway. The pilot elected to reject the takeoff.