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Miracle On The Hudson 2.0: Cessna 172 Ditches In Icy River
Both of the plane's occupants survived the unplanned water landing.
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CAF Airbase Arizona Announces 2026 Flying Legends of Victory Tour
CAF Airbase Arizona has announced its 2026 Flying Legends of Victory Tour, launching April 24–26 in El Paso, Texas, and concluding September 29–October 4 in St. George, Utah. The tour features the B-17 Sentimental Journey, B-25 Maid in the Shade, and select appearances by the unit’s C-47.
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Sky Alps NS26 Network Additions – 01MAR26
Published at 0500PST / 1300GMT 03MAR26Sky Alps in Northern summer 2026 season schedules additional new/resumed routes, previously not covered on AeroRoutes. Planned network addition summary as of 01MAR26 includes the following.Berne – Cagliari 30MAY26 – 10OCT26 1 weekly Dash 8-Q400 (No service 18JUL26 – 22AUG26; Last served in 2024)Berne – Olbia 29MAY26 – 11OCT26 1 weekly Dash 8-Q400 (No service 18JUL26 – 27AUG26, 2 weekly from 28AUG26)Bolzano – Luxembourg 1 weekly Dash 8-Q400 scheduled during f
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Erratic ILS Signal Causes A Missed Approach
Have you ever flown an ILS approach and had the localizer or glideslope jump back-and-forth erratically?
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The 5 Most Common Checkride Failures For Private Pilots
Checkrides can be stressful, especially if it's your first one. But there's good news: a lot of other people have taken them, and you can learn from their mistakes.
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Ryanair reduces select Croatia routes
NEWS FLASHIn the latest revision of its network, Ryanair has reduced frequencies on select routes from Croatia during the peak of the 2026 summer season in June, July and August. The carrier will remove one weekly flight on services from Zagreb to London Stansted, from Pula to Katowice and from Dubrovnik to Wroclaw. As a result, it will maintain eleven instead of twelve weekly flights between Zagreb and London, which still represents an increase of two weekly services compared to the same period
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Air Serbia sees surge in China demand amid Middle East conflict
Air Serbia has recorded a surge in bookings on its flights from China following the wide-ranging airspace closures across the Middle East, which have triggered the most significant disruption to global air traffic since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. The overnight service from Guangzhou, which landed in Belgrade this morning, carried a number of passengers who had originally been booked on Emirates and Qatar Airways flights to Europe but opted to travel via the Serbian carrier
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Smoke Rises Over Big Cypress National Preserve
The National fire has burned tens of thousands of acres within the Florida preserve, fueled by vegetation dried by prolonged drought and killed by recent frost.
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Garuda Indonesia March 2026 Macau – India Charters
Published at 1400PST / 2200GMT 02MAR26 Garuda Indonesia in Mid-March 2026 scheduled charter service to Macau as well as India. Planned charter service as follows.Macau – Bangalore GA8640 BLR0800 – 1555MFM 773 10MAR26GA8650 MFM2155 – 0055+1BLR 773 13MAR26 Macau – Hyderabad GA8620 HYD0800 – 1535MFM 339 10MAR26GA8630 MFM2010 – 2330HYD 339 13MAR26Macau – JakartaGA8651 MFM1755 – 2150CGK 773 10MAR26GA8641 CGK1400 – 1940MFM 773 13MAR26
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Flight Test Files: Northrop X-4 Bantam-Navigating the Limits of the Tailless Wing
How the Northrop X-4 Bantam tested semi-tailless flight near Mach 1 and revealed stability limits that shaped future high-speed aircraft design.
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Pilots Petition Starlink Following Shift to New Speed Tiers
Revised in-motion limits force most GA users into higher-cost plans.
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WINTER in MAY
By Mike Davenport, Langley, British Columbia Last month, Bits and Pieces editor Ian challenged us to provide some insight into winter flying. I don’t have any wisdom to share about winter other than it is usually cold and I have a severe reaction to same. Back when the world was still flat (1983), I did […]
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Collaborating Through Data: Inside the PSI Users Group
About the PSI Users Group The Physical Sciences Informatics (PSI) Users Group is a recurring Webex forum that brings together researchers, open-science practitioners, and collaborators from across the physical sciences community. Designed to foster collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and data-driven discovery, each meeting provides participants with a platform to directly engage with leading researchers and PIs. Each […]
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Air Busan – Jin Air NS26 Codeshare Routes
Published at 0900PST / 1700GMT 02MAR26 Air Busan since November 2025 has started carrying Jin Air’s LJ-coded flight numbers on selected service, ahead of planned integration. Although Jin Air did not publicly files codeshare flight numbers, the flight number range LJ1000 – 1999 and LJ3000 – 3999 is already filed in Air Busan’s schedule listing since 03NOV25.The following Air Busan service will continue to carry Jin Air’s LJ-coded flight numbers on/after 29MAR26.Busan – Denpasar Busan – Jeju
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IATA: Air cargo demand up 5.6% in January 2026 as regional divide emerges
Global air cargo demand began 2026 on solid footing, with total cargo tonne-kilometres (CTK) rising 5.6% year-on-year in January, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). International operations outperformed the headline figure, expanding 7.2%. Capacity growth remained more moderate. Available cargo tonne-kilometres (ACTK) increased 3.6% globally (+5.7% internationally), pushing the global cargo load factor […]
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This 1946 Cessna 140 Is a Time Capsule ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick
Low-time engine and updated avionics transform postwar classic into efficient, cross-country commuter.
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KLM NS26 German Airways E190 Operations – 01MAR26
Published at 0800PST / 1600GMT 02MAR26KLM during Northern summer 2026 season continues to offer service operated by German Airways Embraer E190 aircraft. As of 01MAR26, German Airways E190 aircraft to operate following KLM service.Amsterdam – Aalborg 2 dailyAmsterdam – Aberdeen 1 dailyAmsterdam – Barcelona 1 daily Amsterdam – Basel/Mulhouse 1 daily (selected weeks 6 weekly)Amsterdam – Brussels 1 weekly (except 04JUL26 – 29AUG26)Amsterdam – Cardiff 1 dailyAmsterdam – Dusseldorf 2 dailyAmsterdam –
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Grounded Dreams: The EADS Mako – Europe’s Lost High-Performance Trainer
Why EADS’ supersonic Mako jet trainer, powered by the F414 engine, never advanced beyond mock-ups despite strong performance plans.