I’ve been playing the latest edition of Microsoft Flight Simulator for about 3 years now when it took off in 2020. Throughout these years I’ve used the drone camera to take plenty of pictures from my flights around the world and it certainly leads to a lot of great shots! However, as I was daydreaming […]
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Capcom Took Me Down a Rabbit Hole of Aviation in Video Games – It Includes the Blue Angels!
Did you know that Fat Albert, the C-130 Hercules transport plane of the Blue Angels, was in an arcade shoot‘em up video game in 1990? I sure didn’t know that until now! Since my last blog about the collector’s edition watch from Avi-8 themed around Capcom’s 1942 video game, a game that I loved as […]
American Airlines and CR Smith Museum Launch AvEd Program Bridging the Classroom and Industry
Photo above – Students at the CR Smith Museum’s annual Aviation Career Day in 2022 were coached on flight simulators by students attending the American Airlines Cadet Academy. American Airlines and the CR Smith Museum are teaming up to introduce a new education program to inspire the next generation of aviation professionals. The multi-year Aviation […]
Large-Scale Study Using SAS Aircraft Concludes Biofuel Improves Air Quality
Bio-based aviation fuel reduces the number of ultrafine particles that are emitted from the aircraft engines, thereby improving air quality. This is one of the conclusions drawn from a large-scale international study using a SAS aircraft at Copenhagen Airport. Researchers measured an aircraft with 34 percent bio-based fuel (known as Sustainable Aviation Fuel, SAF), in […]
Out of this World Exhibition “Lands” at Phoenix Sky Harbor
A NASA space mission to a small, metallic ‘world’ captured the imagination of university students around the country. The mission’s destination, Psyche, is an asteroid located between Mars and Jupiter that may offer a unique window into Earth’s core. Psyche appears to consist of exposed nickel-iron core material of an early building block of a […]
Wisk Expands AAM Leadership in Los Angeles
Wisk Aero has expanded its leadership in Los Angeles and the AAM industry with the region’s first public air taxi flights and discussions with local and city officials. In October, Wisk became the first electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi company to fly in the greater Los Angeles Area with the launch of […]
Transportation Leaders Break Ground on State’s First Multimodal Electric Charging Stations
North Carolina took a step toward sustainable aviation with last week’s groundbreaking of the first electric aircraft chargers in North Carolina. The electric chargers were designed by BETA to be multimodal, meaning they support the charge of electric aircraft and electric cars and trucks at the airport. Two electric charging stations will be installed in […]
Cirrus Aircraft Celebrates 500 Vision Jet Deliveries with Limited Edition Series
Cirrus Aircraft has revealed the Special Edition Vision Jet (SF50) to commemorate 500 deliveries of the world’s first single-engine personal jet. The Vision Jet has been the best-selling jet for five years and has become a proven asset for business and personal travel, widely utilized by Part 91 and 135 operators. With inflight Wi-Fi and […]
Textron Aviation’s Maintenance and Paint Apprenticeship Programs Recognized by the Kansas Department of Commerce
Textron Aviation has announced that its Maintenance and Paint Apprenticeship programs have officially been recognized as state-registered apprenticeships through the Kansas Department of Commerce. The two-year programs support the company’s long-term strategic workforce plan and offer prospective and current employees opportunities to try new fields, learn new skills and stretch their abilities to build a […]
Federal, State and Local Officials Celebrate NARTP Building #2 Groundbreaking
Photo above – Officials ceremoniously break ground to signal the start of construction on a second building in the National Aerospace Research & Technology Park in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. Approximately 125 people, including federal, state and local officials, celebrated a groundbreaking for construction of the second building at the National Aerospace Research and Technology […]
