Month: November 2023

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NASA C-130 Makes Inaugural Trip to Antarctica

Flight Supports NASA’s GUSTO Balloon Mission On 28 October 2023, following a grueling journey undertaken for purpose of delivering NASA’s Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO), the space agency’s C-130 Hercules touched down safely at McMurdo Station on the southern...

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The SportPlane Resource Guide RETURNS!!!!

Emphasis On Growing The Future of Aviation Through Concentration on 'AFFORDABLE FLYERS' It's been a number of years since the Latest Edition of Jim Campbell's HUGE SportPlane Resource Guide first saw the light of day. That massive 1100 page book...

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Airborne 10.27.23: Midnight Flies, Chinese Flt Threats, B-21 Raider Taxi Test

Also: Texas Drone Law, IADA Expectations, De Havilland-Universal, METARmaps Upgrade After four-years of flight-testing, a nonconforming prototype of Midnight, the electrically-powered air-taxi being developed by eVTOL-maker Archer Aviation, has flown.As Archer’s flight test program soldiers ahead over the coming months,...

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Airborne 10.25.23: Whitaker To Lead FAA, 117NM eVTOL Flt, Student Attacks Planes

Also: uAvionix Acquires Iris, Air Methods BK, Aviation War Insurers, World Drone Racing Champ's The U.S. The Senate has voted unanimously to confirm Mike Whitaker to serve as the next Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration... Occurring after more than...

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Airborne-NextGen 10.24.23: Drone Racing Champ’s, FAA v Space, EcoJet!!

Also: Archer in UAE, EPA Endangerment Finding, Supernal, European Alliance for Zero-Emission Av Korean pilot MinChan Kim, 19, emerged as the overall winner of the 2023 FAI World Drone Racing Championship. Coming in a close second was Japanese pilot Yuki...

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Airborne 10.30.23: Van’s Troubles, Rotor X Messiness, SWA Buys More Max’s

Also: SpaceX Launch Frenzy, Suit Dismissed Against Archer, NATA Defends Pt 135, Dream Chaser Test Van’s Aircraft is facing serious cash-flow issues resultant of a confluence of unfavorable events and circumstances... Van’s will take some time, spanning 27 October through...

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Airborne 10.23.23: JAL v Sumo Weight/Balance, Zenith Workshop, Alto Bought

Also: Michael Whitaker Nom, ATI Pilots, “Galactic 05” Research Mission, flyExclusive Buys CJ3 Gen2 Japan Airlines recently found itself uncomfortably middled between national pride and the immutable principles of physics. JAL was recently forced to add an extra domestic flight...

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Airborne-Flight Training 10.26.23: F-35 Make-A-Wish, CA Flt $$$, CAE Master Tech

Also: ATI Pilots, Aircraft Upset Prevention, Student Pilot Trashes A/C, Delta Donation The USAF’s 56th Fighter Wing welcomed young Isaac ‘Axe-Man’ Salinas who, by virtue of the efforts put forth by Make-A-Wish Arizona, became pilot-for-a-day at the Grand Canyon State’s...

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