Arresting System A safety device consisting of two major components, namely, engaging or catching devices and energy absorption devices for the purpose of arresting both tailhook and/or nontailhook-equipped aircraft. It is used to prevent aircraft from overrunning runways when the...
From 2010 (YouTube Edition): Balloons Are Crafted Using ALL Kinds Of Images Now... and Here's How They Do It! The sight of a stereotypical balloon is immediately recognizable... and somewhat iconic... but what's happened to this sport over the last...
Also: FAA v Bogus Parts, Alaska ANG Rescue, FAA v Tempest, Vision Jet Enters Closed Runway A legendary British racing aircraft is headed for another chapter in it's remarkable flying career. The de Havilland DH.88 Comet was damaged during a...
“America leads the world in aviation, and this expansion will help keep it that way.” Source: U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy, as the FAA is widening one of its most important real-world laboratories for drone integration. BEYOND Phase 2...
The Airplane Proceeded To The Southwest And Descended Into A Canyon, When The Ads-B Signal Was Lost At 1835:47 On August 10, 2026, at about 1835 mountain daylight time, an experimental amateur built Glasair Sportsman 2 Plus 2 airplane, N202AZ,...
Also: Whisper Aero’s eSwift, NASA’s Swift Rescue, Army Shuts Down UAV Unit, Drones v Wildfires The DeltaHawk-powered Seminole DX testing program remains quite active and has progressed rapidly into all manner of alternate test modes, including in-flight shutdown, restarts, and...
Also: FSI Acquires Acron Technologies’ CTS, More Secondary Flight Deck Barriers, $100 Billion Starship Spaceport, FAA Fines 4 Companies A former flight attendant has admitted to impersonating a commercial pilot to obtain airline travel benefits over several years. The scheme...
Aero Linx: The 1-26 Association (Schweizer) The Association’s goal is to foster the helpfulness, the camaraderie, and the opportunity for head-to-head competition that is found in One Design groups in sailing. It is an organization of people who share the...
“Smith intentionally and systematically moved funds between the business accounts for seven months to avoid detection of the deficient funds.” Source: Just a portion of the sad details surrounding the reports of the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office having charged Thomas...
Maximum Authorized Altitude A published altitude representing the maximum usable altitude or flight level for an airspace structure or route segment. It is the highest altitude on a Federal airway, jet route, area navigation low or high route, or other...