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Airborne-NextGen 10.31.23: Drone Delivery, Lunar Mission, Archer Dismissal

Also: Dream Chaser Test, B-21 Taxi Testing, SpaceX Launch Sked, TX Drone Law Citizens of Lockeford, California and College Station, Texas are bracing for the rolling out of Prime Air—Amazon’s much-anticipated drone delivery service—which the online giant debuted in the...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (11.01.23): Circle-To-Land Maneuver

Circle-To-Land Maneuver A maneuver initiated by the pilot to align the aircraft with a runway for landing when a straight-in landing from an instrument approach is not possible or is not desirable. At tower controlled airports, this maneuver is made...

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OKC Street crews ready to treat bridges and overpasses along City snow routes

Strike crews from Oklahoma City’s Public Works Department will report to work at midnight tonight to monitor bridges and overpasses along the City’s snow routes. Six trucks mounted with salt spreaders will treat slick spots if ice begins to...

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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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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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Delta Air Lines – Hughes Partnership Announced

Airline to Retrofit 400+ 717s with Hughes In-Flight Connectivity Hughes Network Systems, LLC, a provider of broadband equipment and services, and Delta Air Lines have entered into an agreement by which the Atlanta, Georgia-based legacy air-carrier will outfit upwards of...

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Whoa???? LATAM Transports 196 Horses for Pan American Games Equine Events

When Horses Fly … LATAM Cargo, the freight-carrying division of Chilean air-carrier LATAM Airlines Group S.A, will presently transport a total of 196 horses slated to compete in equine events part and parcel of the upcoming 2023 Pan America Games....

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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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