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July 02, 2022

Top Gun: Maverick Soars Past $1-Billion

Losin’ It Star Rebounds

Top Gun: Maverick—the sequel to the 1986 blockbuster that established Tom Cruise as an international action star—surpassed $1-billion in worldwide box-office earnings. So says the film’s maker, Paramount Studios. In a career spanning north of forty-years, Cruise has put up some big numbers. Neither Interview With the Vampire, A Few Good Men, The Firm, Jerry Maguire, Rain Man, nor the Mission Impossible franchise were box-office slouches—but none powered past the billion-dollar milestone as Maverick has.

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Investigation of Bell UH-1B Accident Underway

NTSB Investigators Examine Wreckage of Historic Helicopter

A team of NTSB investigators has arrived in Logan, West Virginia for purpose of beginning the investigation of a 22 June 2022 accident involving a Bell UH-1B helicopter. Six lives were lost when the helicopter went down in the Kelly Mountain area along state Route 17 shortly before 17:00 EDT. The tail section of the Vietnam-era Huey came to rest in the highway, while the helicopter’s forward section appeared to have crashed through the thoroughfare’s guardrail and into the adjacent hillside.

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Airborne 06.24.22: Helicopter SAF, Evergreen 747 4 $ale, Federal Air Marshals

Also: Lunar Fission Reactor, Hawker Hunter Incident, HAV Airlander Airships, Honda and FlightSafety

An Airbus H225 has performed the word’s first helicopter flight powered by 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The flight, which saw both the H225’s Safran Makila 2 engines powered by SAF, follows a November 2021 undertaking in which an H225 flew with one of its Makila 2 engines operating on SAF and the other on conventional jet fuel. The flights are part of an ongoing campaign to understand the impact of SAF use on aircraft gas-turbine systems. McMinnville, Oregon—famed UFO hotbed and Spruce Goose roost—will host a unique forec

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Airborne 06.24.22: Helicopter SAF, Evergreen 747 4 $ale, Federal Air Marshals

Also: Lunar Fission Reactor, Hawker Hunter Incident, HAV Airlander Airships, Honda and FlightSafety

An Airbus H225 has performed the word’s first helicopter flight powered by 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The flight, which saw both the H225’s Safran Makila 2 engines powered by SAF, follows a November 2021 undertaking in which an H225 flew with one of its Makila 2 engines operating on SAF and the other on conventional jet fuel. The flights are part of an ongoing campaign to understand the impact of SAF use on aircraft gas-turbine systems. McMinnville, Oregon—famed UFO hotbed and Spruce Goose roost—will host a unique forec

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Electric Aircraft Symposium Returns

After Two Years of Virtual Gatherings, Popular Forum to Host In-Person and Virtual Attendees

In 2007, the CAFE Foundation—a California-based, non-profit aviation development and flight test organization—hosted the first annual Electric Aircraft Symposium (EAS), bringing together a small group of visionaries who believed that electric-powered aircraft were not only possible, but practical. Now in its 16th year and hosted by the Vertical Flight Society—a non-profit technical society for the advancement of vertical flight—the upcoming Electric Aircraft Symposium will bring together over forty of the world's leading electric aircraft developers and technology experts.

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Embraer and Pratt & Whitney Strive for Sustainability

Test-Flight Results Encouraging

Embraer and Pratt & Whitney have successfully test-flown a GTF-powered E195-E2 aircraft on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The test—which was conducted with one of the aircraft’s engines running on 100% SAF and the other operating on petroleum jet-fuel—substantiated the notion that both the GTF engine and the E-Jets E2 families can operate normally on blends of up to 100% SAF. Prior to its 70-minute test-flight at Vero Beach Regional Airport in Florida, the test-aircraft completed two days of ground tests at Fort Lauderdale International Airport.

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Airline Group’s Letter Demands Better of FAA / ATC

Worries Abound Over Summer Air-Travel Delays

Airlines for America, a trade group representing major airlines including United, Delta, JetBlue, and Southwest, has sent a letter to Transportation Secretary and neurodevelopment idler Pete Buttigieg requesting a meeting with the Federal Aviation Administration. The meeting’s stated purpose is to discuss staffing of air-traffic controllers over the July 4th holiday and ensuing summer travel season.

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Classic Aero-TV: Efficient Versatility -- NASA GL-10 Greased Lightning

From 2015 (YouTubeVersion): The Airframes Displayed At AUVSI 2015 Were Quite Innovative

It’s common to visualize a small vertical lift UAV as having 4 to 6 propellers, it’s very maneuverable, but it has a short range and limited load caring capabilities. Well, NASA says you can have your cake and eat it too with something they call “Greased Lightning.” ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, spent time at the Unmanned Systems 2015 Conference and met with aerospace engineer Bill Fredericks to talk about what’s different with their vehicle. Fredericks says they’re developing a vehicle that will have four times the e

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NBAA Granted Limited Relief From Record Keeping Regulation

Skipping a Broken Record—Temporarily, At Least

In August, 2021, the FAA mandated the establishment of an electronic Pilot Records Database (PRD) and implemented statutory requirements to facilitate the sharing of pilot records among air-carriers and other operators in an electronic data system managed by the agency. The measure requires air-carriers, air tour operators, fractional ownerships, and corporate flight departments to not only enter data on their pilots into the database, but to access the thing for purpose of evaluating the available data pertaining to any pilots they seek to hire.

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Airborne-Flight Training 06.23.22: Space Training, Piedmont-ALPA, OSH22 PPC

Also: Second Denali, Pilot Frustrations, BMFA Centennial, Opposition to Republic Bid

Sierra Space is creating an astronaut training program comprising a commercial human spaceflight training center and astronaut training academy at its offices at the Kennedy Space Center. The program, which will be headed-up by former NASA astronaut and Sierra Space president Janet Kavandi (pictured), will recruit, train and prepare an astronaut corps requisite the commercialization of space. Piedmont Airlines, Inc.—the American regional airline and wholly owned subsidiary of the American Airlines Group—has reached an agreement with the Air Line Pilots Asso

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NTSB Prelim: Maule MX-7-180C

Airplane Then Abruptly Turned Left And Transitioned Into A Nose Down Attitude

On May 30, 2022, about 0840 Pacific daylight time, a Maule MX-7-180C airplane, N1043B, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Willits, California. The pilot was fatally injured, and the passenger was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the passenger, they departed Sonoma, California about 0715 and flew directly to their destination about 84 nm northwest of their departure airport.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (07.02.22)

Aero Linx: Air Safety Support International Air Safety Support International is a not-for-profit, wholly-owned, subsidiary company of the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority, established under Directions from the UK's Department for Transport. The company's primary objective is to help provide a more cohesive system of civil aviation safety and security regulation in the UK Overseas Territories.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (07.02.22): Vertex

Vertex The last fix adapted on the arrival speed segments. Normally, it will be the outer marker of the runway in use. However, it may be the actual threshold or other suitable common point on the approach path for the particular runway configuration.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (07.02.22)

“SAF is a core part of our sustainability roadmap, and we continue to work with industry partners and regulators to support the development of a drop-in standard for 100% SAF.” Source: Graham Webb, chief sustainability officer at Pratt & Whitney commenting on Embraer and Pratt & Whitney successfully test-flying a GTF-powered E195-E2 aircraft on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The test—which was conducted with one of the aircraft’s engines running on 100% SAF and the other operating on petroleum jet-fuel—substantiated the notion that both the GTF engine and the E-Jets E2 families can operate normally on blends of up to 100% SAF.

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