Month: September 2023

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Airborne-Flight Training 09.06.23: Tradewind-Aviate, Ala$ka Pilots, Thrust Inst.

Also: Bob Hoover Legacy Foundation, Mechanic Test Guides, Ignite Flight Academy, E-Jet E2 Training Network Tradewind Aviation has partnered with United Airlines’s Goodyear, Arizona-based Aviate Academy. As an Aviate-participating Part 135 operator, Tradewind will provide a pathway by which qualified...

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Aero-TV: Heavenly Helicycle

Sustained Flight Buford John Schramm was a remarkable man. His contributions to aviation—rotary-wing aviation in particular—are myriad and of a significance commensurate with Schramm’s having been inducted into the EAA Homebuilder’s Hall of Fame despite the fact he wasn’t an...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (09.04.23): Progressive Taxi

Progressive Taxi Precise taxi instructions given to a pilot unfamiliar with the airport or issued in stages as the aircraft proceeds along the taxi route.

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Klyde Morris (09.01.23)

Klyde: The Media Tends To Run Out Of Adjectives FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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EAA Volunteer Pilot Celebrates Flying 10,000 Young Eagles

Oshkosh Resident Fred Stadler Recognized Longtime EAA Chapter 252 member and volunteer-pilot Fred Stadler of Oshkosh, Wisconsin has become the first individual to fly ten-THOUSAND young people free of charge under the auspices of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Linx (09.04.23)

Aero Linx: The Cardinal Flyers The Cardinal Flyers are a group of owners, operators and flyers of the Cessna 177 Cardinal. This is our web home, the Cardinal Flyers Online. Our purpose is to bring Cardinal Flyers together around the...

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Airborne-NextGen 08.29.23: Autel Upgrades, India Moon Ldg, Tomahawk Robotics

Also: DOJ Sues SpaceX, Teal 2 Military UAV, Kelluu Airships, ZeroAvia Autel's EVO Max series of drones are the beneficiary of some new features via an update to the accompanying app and firmware. Overall, the improvements amount to some quality-of-life...

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Airborne 09.05.23: F-15EX Completes Tests, MMOPA Rebrands, Rotax Fly-In

Also: Aerox Buys Fluid Power, Airlander Bucks, Gogo AVANCE Upgrades, Galactic 03 Mission Boeing’s F-15EX Eagle II fighter has successfully launched a variety of air-to-air and air-to-ground standoff munitions, thereby completing a key testing and evaluation phase. The data resultant...

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Airborne 09.01.23: MOSAIC Extension?, Hoover Foundation, VX4 Mishap

Also: Marilyn Lovell Goes West, Ukrainian F16 Training, CH-53Ks for the USN, uAvionix-CAP The AEA, in conjunction with a number of industry partners, has requested a ninety-day extension of the MOSAIC NPRM comment period. Notwithstanding the buzz MOSAIC has occasioned...

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (09.05.23)

“Often investors confuse ‘no competition’ with new, leading-edge, technology. Many times, that simply is not the case. Although simple in concept, the Skyworks Hawk 5 aircraft is a byproduct of decades of incremental improvement protected by numerous patents. The end...

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