RX4E, pequeño avión eléctrico chino, obtiene su certificado de tipo - Sandglass Patrol

https://blog.sandglasspatrol.com/rx4e-pequeno-avion-electrico-chino-obtiene-su-certificado-de-tipo/ 

China's home-grown small electric aircraft secures 1st type certificate

 https://english.www.gov.cn/news/202501/02/content_WS67764c15c6d0868f4e8ee733.html?trk=public_post_comment-text

Trump says NATO members should raise defense spending to 5% of GDP

Trump says NATO members should raise defense spending to 5% of GDP https://www.spacewar.com/reports/Trump_says_NATO_members_should_raise_defense_spending_to_5_of_GDP_999.html 

Ukrainian F-16 Fighter Jet Pilots Claim 6 Russian Cruise Missiles On One Mission

https://simpleflying.com/ukranian-f-16s-claim-6-russian-cruise-missile-one-mission/ 

Ryanair Sues Disruptive Passenger Over $15,000 For Causing Flight Diversion

https://simpleflying.com/ryanair-disruptive-passenger-suit-15000/ 

Vertical VX4 advances to Phase 2B of flight-test plan

https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/vertical-vx4-advances-to-phase-2b-of-flight-test-plan/161306.article 

Russia's Sky Gates Airlines doubles Il-96 freighter fleet

https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/149005-russias-sky-gates-airlines-doubles-il-96-freighter-fleet 

Lufthansa Group sets ambitious recruitment goal for 2025

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/lufthansa-group/ambitious-recruitment-goal-for-2025/ 

Embraer delivers 206 aircraft in 2024, achieving 14% annual growth

https://www.aviation24.be/manufacturers/embraer/embraer-delivers-206-aircraft-in-2024-achieving-14-annual-growth/ 

High winds prove a challenge for aircraft on LA fires

https://fireaviation.com/2025/01/07/high-winds-prove-a-challenge-for-aircraft-on-la-fires/ 

[Vídeo] Espectacular rescate en helicóptero de la Guardia Civil en una estrecha grieta entre dos paredes verticales

https://blog.sandglasspatrol.com/video-espectacular-rescate-en-helicoptero-de-la-guardia-civil-en-una-estrecha-grieta-entre-dos-paredes-verticales/ 

[podcast] La historia del portaaviones (2)

https://blog.sandglasspatrol.com/podcast-la-historia-del-portaaviones-2/ 

Aviation Sans Frontières To Use Windracers ULTRA For Delivery of Humanitarian Aid in Africa – Windracers

https://windracers.com/aviation-sans-frontieres-to-use-windracers-ultra-for-delivery-of-humanitarian-aid-in-africa/ 

BAE Systems completes tests of solar stratospheric aircraft

BAE Systems has announced progress in developing its High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) uncrewed aerial system, PHASA-35, following a series of successful flight trials at Spaceport America in New Mexico

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/bae-systems-completes-tests-of-solar-stratospheric-aircraft/ 

Leonardo reveals design of new British naval drone

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/leonardo-reveals-design-of-new-british-naval-drone/ 

Big rockets, a big telescope and big changes in space await in 2025

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/big-rockets-a-big-telescope-and-big-changes-in-space-await-in-2025/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_boeing-aerospace 

U.S. E-11A ‘Flying Gateway’ Takes Part In Counter-Drone And Integrated Missile Defense Exercise In Middle East

https://theaviationist.com/2025/01/05/u-s-e-11a-yellow-sands/ 

Saudi Arabia Reportedly Eyeing Purchase of 100 TAI Kaan Fighters from Turkey

https://theaviationist.com/2025/01/06/saudi-arabia-reportedly-eyeing-tai-kaan/ 

Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Achieves Initial Operational Capability

https://theaviationist.com/2025/01/07/ngj-mb-initial-operational-capability/ 

C919 begins first commercial service outside Mainland China as Comac focuses on ramp-up

https://www.flightglobal.com/air-transport/c919-begins-first-commercial-service-outside-mainland-china-as-comac-focuses-on-ramp-up/161281.article 

New Eurofighter chief executive to target further orders

https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/new-eurofighter-chief-executive-to-target-further-orders/161297.article 

Administrators detail Reaction Engines’ failed rescue plans as funding crisis grew

https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/administrators-detail-reaction-engines-failed-rescue-plans-as-funding-crisis-grew/161298.article 

Washington targets more than 130 Chinese firms as military suppliers

The list features numerous subsidiaries of the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China that actively produce fighters, bombers, rotorcraft and trainers for the Chinese military, alongside commercial airframer Comac.

https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/washington-targets-more-than-130-chinese-firms-as-military-suppliers/161296.article 

Mesa to raise $230m with sale-leaseback of 18 E175s to United

https://www.flightglobal.com/fleets/mesa-to-raise-230m-with-sale-leaseback-of-18-e175s-to-united/161303.article 

BAE To Prototype MDAC HVP | US Approves MK 54 MOD Sale To Saudi Arabia | Dos Approves AMRAAM Sale To Japan

https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/bae-to-prototype-mdac-hvp-us-approves-mk-54-mod-sale-to-saudi-arabia-dos-approves-amraam-sale-to-japan-0242423/ 

USAF Tests Reaper In Challenging Environments | Turkey Builds Three New Warships | Ukraine Gets Drones From Latvia

https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/usaf-tests-reaper-in-challenging-environments-turkey-builds-three-new-warships-ukraine-gets-drones-from-latvia-0242427/ 

Boeing Tapped For F-15 Production | Sweden Donates Millions for Romanian Patriot Replacement | India To Develop Ammo For Russian-Origin Weapons

https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/boeing-tapped-for-f-15-production-sweden-donates-millions-for-romanian-patriot-replacement-india-to-develop-ammo-for-russian-origin-weapons-0242432/ 

Jeju Air denies crash puts it under financial pressure

https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/148964-jeju-air-denies-crash-puts-it-under-financial-pressure 

HÜRKUŞ MEETS THE SKY

https://aviationnews.eu/news/2025/01/hurkus-meets-the-sky/ 

Japan – AIM-120D-3 and AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM)

https://aviationnews.eu/news/2025/01/japan-aim-120d-3-and-aim-120c-8-advanced-medium-range-air-to-air-missiles-amraam/ 

SWISS crew member’s death after emergency landing was due to oxygen deprivation

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/lufthansa-group/swiss/swiss-crew-members-dead-after-emergency-landing-was-due-to-oxygen-deprivation/ 

Chile reinforces firefighting efforts with powerful Aircrane and Super Puma helicopters

https://www.aviation24.be/manufacturers/sikorsky/chile-reinforces-firefighting-efforts-with-powerful-aircrane-and-super-puma-helicopters/ 

Two bodies found on JetBlue aircraft’s landing gear compartment

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/jetblue/two-bodies-found-on-jetblue-aircrafts-landing-gear-compartment/ 

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol welcomes 66.8 million travellers in 2024, solidifying its global connectivity

https://www.aviation24.be/airports/amsterdam-schiphol-ams/amsterdam-airport-schiphol-welcomes-66-8-million-travellers-in-2024-solidifying-its-global-connectivity/ 

Melbourne runway blocked for hours after 787 tyre blowout

https://australianaviation.com.au/2025/01/melbourne-runway-blocked-for-hours-after-787-tyre-blowout/ 

NASA jet touches down in Australia to watch Starship re-entry

https://australianaviation.com.au/2025/01/nasa-jet-touches-down-in-australia-to-watch-starship-re-entry/ 

Lilium gets $200 million reprieve from going bust

https://newatlas.com/aircraft/lilium-200-million-reprieve/ 

Blue Origin sets the date for first launch of New Glenn rocket on orbital test mission – GeekWire

https://www.geekwire.com/2025/blue-origin-sets-the-date-for-first-launch-of-its-new-glenn-rocket-on-orbital-test-mission/ 

#20: Only a few seconds to make the right decision

https://colleenmondor.substack.com/p/20-only-a-few-seconds-to-make-the 

For Alaska Flight 1282 passengers, terror of blowout is slow to fade

The Alaska passengers are in the middle of a massive fallout — lawsuits, federal investigations, intense media interest. They're also traumatized individuals.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/for-alaska-flight-1282-passengers-terror-of-blowout-is-slow-to-fade/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_boeing-aerospace 

Israel Reveals Daring Raid on Iranian Missile Factory Deep Inside Syria - The Aviationist

https://theaviationist.com/2025/01/03/israel-raid-iranian-missile-factory-in-syria/ 

Ukrainian Pilots Reportedly Completed Training on Mirage 2000-5F

https://theaviationist.com/2025/01/03/ukrainian-pilots-training-mirage-2000-5f/ 

U.S. Approves Massive Foreign Military Sale of 1,200 AIM-120D-3 and AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM Missiles to Japan

https://theaviationist.com/2025/01/03/us-approves-fms-japan-1200-amraams/ 

Turkey’s New Hürkuş-II Primary Flight Trainer Takes to the Skies

https://theaviationist.com/2025/01/04/turkey-new-hurkus-ii-trainer-first-flight/ 

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall On AI In Tomorrow's US Air Force

https://simpleflying.com/air-force-secretary-frank-kendal-on-ai-tomorrows-us-air-force/ 

Jeju Air Crash: US Engine Maker GE Aerospace Joins Investigation

https://simpleflying.com/jeju-air-ge-aerospace-joins-investigation/ 

Emergency landing for Air France Airbus A318 at Paris CDG after pressurization loss

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/air-france-klm-group/air-france/emergency-landing-for-air-france-airbus-a318-at-paris-cdg-after-pressurization-loss/ 

Administrator Whitaker Reflects on the Past Year of FAA’s Boeing Oversight Following the Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX Door Plug Incident

https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/administrator-whitaker-reflects-past-year-faas-boeing-oversight-following-jan-5-alaska 

Rotor Technologies aims to shake up crop dusting with ground-controlled Robinsons

https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/rotor-technologies-aims-to-shake-up-crop-dusting-with-ground-controlled-robinsons/161278.article 

Government auditors uphold Sierra Nevada’s contract win for new US Army intelligence jet

https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/government-auditors-uphold-sierra-nevadas-contract-win-for-new-us-army-intelligence-jet/161276.article 

Cathay Pacific apologises for 54-hour delay after medical emergency

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/cathay-pacific/cathay-pacific-apologises-for-54-hour-delay-after-medical-emergency/ 

Nationwide IT failure disrupts border controls at major German airports

https://www.aviation24.be/airports/nationwide-it-failure-disrupts-border-controls-at-major-german-airports/ 

easyJet Trials New Lighter Weight Paint to Reduce Fuel Use and Emissions

https://www.breitflyte.com/post/easyjet-trials-new-lighter-weight-paint-to-reduce-fuel-use-and-emissions 

Transavia 737 shed nose tyres after late flare and hard landing on sloping runway

French investigators believe the slope of a Nantes runway led a Boeing 737-800 pilot to misperceive the aircraft's glidepath, resulting in a late flare and a hard bounced landing, during which the jet shed both nose tyres.

https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/transavia-737-shed-nose-tyres-after-late-flare-and-hard-landing-on-sloping-runway/161275.article 

Beijing slams US over potential Chinese drone ban

China said on Friday it would take "all necessary measures" in response to the United States announcing it was considering restrictions on commercial Chinese drones for national security reasons. On Thursday, the United States Commerce Department said it was considering new rules to address risks posed by drones made with technology from foreign adversaries such as China and Russia. The…

 https://www.spacewar.com/reports/Beijing_slams_US_over_potential_Chinese_drone_ban_999.html 

Disaster dogged Boeing in 2024. Can it turn around in 2025?

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/disaster-dogged-boeing-in-2024-can-it-turn-around-in-2025/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_boeing-aerospace 

One year after 737 door-plug blow-out, Boeing says safety overhaul is working

https://www.flightglobal.com/airframers/one-year-after-737-door-plug-blow-out-boeing-says-safety-overhaul-is-working/161271.article 

USAF to re-open competition for Next-Generation Ejection Seat fleet modernisation

https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/usaf-to-re-open-competition-for-next-generation-ejection-seat-fleet-modernisation/161273.article 

Plane crashes into Fullerton, California, warehouse: 2 dead, 18 injured

https://www.aviation24.be/miscellaneous/accidents/plane-crashes-into-fullerton-california-warehouse-2-dead-18-injured/ 

China-made C919 achieves milestone: over 1 million passengers

https://www.aviation24.be/manufacturers/comac/china-made-c919-achieves-milestone-over-1-million-passengers/ 

Pilot sues Air India over B777-200LR emergency oxygen supply

https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/148865-pilot-sues-air-india-over-b777-200lr-emergency-oxygen-supply 

Japan cleared for massive AMRAAM buy

https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/japan-cleared-for-massive-amraam-buy/161272.article 

NASA confirms Parker Solar Probe survived solar close encounter

https://newatlas.com/space/parker-solar-probe-survives-closest-ever-encounter-sun/ 

Turkish Airlines Passengers Encounter Bedbugs On 3 Flights

https://simpleflying.com/turkish-airlines-passengers-bedbugs-3-flights/ 

Chinese Regulator Advises Airlines To Reroute Flights & Look For "Hidden" Hazards At Airports After Azerbaijan Airlines & Jeju Air Crashes

https://simpleflying.com/chinese-regulator-advises-airlines-reroute-flights-hidden-hazards-airports-azerbaijan-airlines-jeju-air-crashes/ 

EUROJET signs contract to provide 59 engines to the Spanish Air Force Eurofighter Fleet | Rolls-Royce

https://www.rolls-royce.com/media/press-releases/2024/23-12-2024-eurojet-signs-contract-to-provide-59-engines-to-the-spanish-air-force-eurofighter-fleet.aspx 

China hits dozens of U.S. companies with trade controls

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/china-hits-dozens-of-u-s-companies-with-trade-controls/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_boeing-aerospace 

A half-ton piece of space junk falls onto a willage in Kenya

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/a-half-ton-piece-of-space-junk-falls-onto-a-village-in-kenya/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_boeing-aerospace 

Jared Isaacman’s Tornado F2’s Assembly Progresses, as Jet Awaits Certification and First Flight

https://theaviationist.com/2025/01/02/jared-isaacman-tornado-f2-assembly/ 

US Unveiled $6B Aid For Ukraine | Ukraine Gets Sea Sparrows From Greece | Japan Approved V-BAT Purchase

https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/us-unveiled-6b-aid-for-ukraine-ukraine-gets-sea-sparrows-from-greece-japan-approved-v-bat-purchase-0242412/ 

DARPA Demos NOMARS At-Sea Refueling | Embraer Sells C-390 To Unknown Customer | China Introduces New AEW&C Aircraft

https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/darpa-demos-nomars-at-sea-refueling-embraer-sells-c-390-to-unknown-customer-china-introduces-new-aewc-aircraft-0242417/ 

Leonardo M-346FA for Austrian Air Force

https://aviationnews.eu/news/2025/01/leonardo-m-346fa-for-austrian-air-force/ 

Qatar Airways resumes flights to Syria, strengthening regional connectivity

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/qatar-airways/qatar-airways-resumes-flights-to-syria-strengthening-regional-connectivity/ 

Hainan Airlines resumes Beijing–Oslo direct flights, boosting Norway-China ties

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/hainan-airlines/hainan-airlines-resumes-beijing-oslo-direct-flights-boosting-norway-china-ties/ 

Iceland joins EUROCONTROL as 42nd Member State, strengthening European aviation

https://www.aviation24.be/air-traffic-control/eurocontrol/iceland-joins-eurocontrol-as-42nd-member-state-strengthening-european-aviation/ 

[Australia] Apaches could team with drones, hints Defence

https://australianaviation.com.au/2025/01/apaches-could-team-with-drones-hints-defence/ 

Virgin crew member allegedly sexually assaulted in Fiji

https://australianaviation.com.au/2025/01/virgin-crew-member-allegedly-sexually-assaulted-in-fiji/ 

South Korean police raid airport after 737 crash

https://australianaviation.com.au/2025/01/south-korean-police-raid-airport-after-737-crash/ 

South Korea police bans Jeju Air CEO from leaving the country: Reports

https://www.deccanherald.com//world/south-korea-police-bans-jeju-air-ceo-from-leaving-the-country-reports-3339203 

Ticketless Delta Air Lines Passenger Who Boarded Flight In Seattle Tried Again 3 Days Later

https://simpleflying.com/delta-air-lines-ticketless-passenger-boarded-flight-again-later/ 

At 103, this P-51 Mustang pilot could soon become WWII’s last ace

 https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/military-history/2024/12/28/at-103-this-p-51-mustang-pilot-could-soon-become-wwiis-last-ace/ 

Flying to new heights with today’s aviation designs and technologies

https://www.businessandindustry.co.uk/aerospace/flying-to-new-heights-with-todays-aviation-designs-and-technologies/ 

Launch of China's Lijian 1 Y6 commercial rocket ends in failure

 https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Launch_of_Chinas_Lijian_1_Y6_commercial_rocket_ends_in_failure_999.html 

China's human spaceflight program achieves key milestones in 2024

 https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Chinas_human_spaceflight_program_achieves_key_milestones_in_2024_999.html 

Philippine air force retires OV-10 Bronco, AH-1S Cobra

https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/philippine-air-force-retires-ov-10-bronco-ah-1s-cobra/161257.article 

Wright Electric begins testing 2.5MW motor ahead of NEAT campaign

https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/wright-electric-begins-testing-25mw-motor-ahead-of-neat-campaign/161261.article 

200 Ukrainian pilots received basic training in UK before flying F-16s – UK Embassy | Ukrainska Pravda

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/01/1/7491648/ 

Senegal president says no more 'foreign military presence from 2025'

Senegal's President Bassirou Dioumaye Faye said that 2025 would see an end to all foreign military presence in the west African country, in a speech on Tuesday to mark the new year. Faye's statement came a month after he announced that former colonial master France would have to close its military bases in Senegal. "I have instructed the minister for the armed forces to propose a new doc…

 https://www.africadaily.net/reports/Senegal_president_says_no_more_foreign_military_presence_from_2025_999.html 

US strikes take out Houthi radar site, weapons-production facility in Yemen

U.S. Navy ships and aircraft struck several Houthi targets in Yemen's capital city of Sana'a and coastal areas controlled by Houthis on Monday and Tuesday. U.S. naval forces conducted multiple precision strikes against a Houthi command and control facility and advanced conventional weapons-production facilities that produced missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, Central Command officer

 https://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Navy_Air_Force_take_out_Houthi_radar_site_weapons-production_facility_in_Yemen_999.html 

Boeing Statement on Jeju Air Flight 2216

 https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2024-12-28-Boeing-Statement-on-Jeju-Air-Flight-2216 

Manhunt launched after passengers flee plane that made emergency landing at Malta Airport

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/turkish-airlines/manhunt-launched-after-passengers-flee-plane-that-made-emergency-landing-at-malta-airport/ 

FAA's Hydrogen-Fueled Aircraft Safety and Certification Roadmap, December 2024 [pdf]

https://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/step/disciplines/propulsion_systems/hydrogen-fueled_aircraft_roadmap 

Ukrainian Surface Drone Equipped with R-73 Air-to-Air Missiles Shot Down Russian Mi-8 Helicopter

https://theaviationist.com/2024/12/31/ukrainian-magura-usv-r-73-vs-mi-8-helicopter/ 

FAA Investigating: United Airlines New Year's Eve Boeing 757 Hawaii-Bound Flight Returns To LAX Due To Engine Issues

https://simpleflying.com/united-airlines-new-years-ev-boeing-757-flight-hawaii-returns-lax-engine-issues/ 

South Korea air crash investigators extract black box data as grieving families mourn the victims

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/grieving-families-of-victims-of-south-korean-plane-crash-visit-site-for-a-memorial-service/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_boeing-aerospace 

JAL A350 collision: Tokyo Haneda runway-conflict system ‘difficult to rely on’

Japanese investigators have indicated that a runway conflict alert was active for over a minute before the fatal collision between a Japan Airlines Airbus A350 and a De Havilland Dash 8 at Tokyo Haneda.

https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/jal-a350-collision-tokyo-haneda-runway-conflict-system-difficult-to-rely-on/161253.article 

Narrowly avoided runway collision at Los Angeles Airport involving college basketball team

https://www.aviation24.be/airports/los-angeles/narrowly-avoided-runway-collision-at-los-angeles-airport-involving-college-basketball-team/ 

Top Aces Continues to Support Royal Canadian Air Force’s Training with Upgraded A-4 Skyhawks

https://theaviationist.com/2025/01/01/top-aces-a-4-aaf-rcaf-training/ 

New Zealand Defence Force issues RFP to replace B757s

The New Zealand Ministry of Defence has released a request for proposals (RFP) to replace two ageing and increasingly unreliable B757-200s operated by the Royal New Zealand Air Force (KIW, Auckland Whenuapai) (RNZAF) with B737-8 or A321neo aircraft by the end of 2027.

https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/148743-new-zealand-defence-force-issues-rfp-to-replace-b757s 

Boeing on track to be 2024's biggest loser in Dow Jones Index | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-track-be-2024s-biggest-loser-dow-jones-index-2024-12-31/