FlightGlobalDavid Kaminski-Morrow

UZGA flies LMS-901 Baikal maiden flight with domestically produced VK-800 engine

Russian airframer UZGA has flown the single‑engine, nine‑seat LMS‑901 Baikal for the first time with a domestically produced VK‑800 powerplant. The flight tests the VK‑800 as a substitute for the GE Aerospace H80 that originally powered the type, advancing an indigenous propulsion option.

2025-12-28T10:30:20.090040-08:00
ch-aviation

LATAM Airlines — Route Network & Fleet Update (Operator News)

By ch-aviation: Several daily Operator News updates covering all Operator Route Network changes, strategic fleet developments and aircraft orders, start-ups and bankruptcies, mergers and acquisitions and partnerships and alliances.

2025-12-28T10:35:28.042138-08:00
Associated PressAssociated Press

One person is dead and another is injured after two helicopters crash in New Jersey, officials say

By Associated Press: HAMMONTON, N.J. (AP) — One person is dead and another has been left critically injured after two helicopters crashed in a southern New Jersey town.

2025-12-28T10:49:48.327419-08:00
Aviation24Bart Noëth

Moscow airports grounded after drone strikes; hundreds of flights canceled or delayed

By Aviation24: Moscow’s major airports were forced to temporarily halt flights and impose strict airspace restrictions overnight following what Russian authorities.

2025-12-28T05:06:45.332765-08:00