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February 23, 2021

Airborne 02.22.21: B777 Engine Failure, SnF DroneShow, Mars Video

Also: USCG Rescue, CAF Airbase Georgia, Cygnus Launch, Hillsboro Aero Academy

An elder B777-200 suffered an engine failure this past Saturday, leaving parts along the flightpath used to return after declaring an emergency. United Airlines Boeing 777-200, N772UA, was built in 1994 and on its way to Honolulu from Denver International. The catastrophic failure resulted in extensive damage to the engine housings and fairings... pieces of which were found in several locations along its return path over Broomfield, CO, to the Denver airport -- where the aircraft landed safely with no injuries to anyone on board. A major feature for this year’s Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo will be the first public drone light show performance at a Florida airshow. Over 60 of the speciali

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Airborne-Unmanned 02.23.21: Mars Helicopter, HEAVY VTOL UAV 150H, Ampaire

Also: ERAU Researchers Receive Grants, Aquiline Drones, Cygnus, Flint Hills and UAV Navigation

Mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California have received the first status report from the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which landed Feb. 18, 2021, at Jezero Crater attached to the belly of the agency’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. The downlink, which arrived at 1630 EST via a connection through the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, indicates that both the helicopter, which will remain attached to the rover for 30 to 60 days, and its base station (an electrical box on the rover that stores and routes communications between the rotorcraft and Earth) are operating as expected. FRESHVALE LTD released their new HEAVY VTOL UAV 150H. The unmanned heli

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Extraordinary Martian Descent and Landing Video Released by NASA

Provides 'Front-Row Seat to Landing' -- First Audio Recording of Red Planet

New video from NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has chronicled the intense but major milestones during the final minutes of its entry, descent, and landing (EDL) on the Red Planet on Feb. 18. The spacecraft plummeted, parachuted, and rocketed toward the surface of Mars, while a microphone on the rover also has provided the first audio recording of sounds from Mars. From the moment of parachute inflation, the camera system covers the entirety of the descent process, showing some of the rover’s intense ride to Mars’ Jezero Crater. The footage from high-definition cameras aboard the spacecraft starts 7 miles above the surface, showing the supersonic deplo

Hayley Arceneaux -- A Physician Assistant At St. Jude, And A Pediatric Cancer Survivor

Inspiration4 has announced its second crew member, Hayley Arceneaux of Memphis, TN, a 29-year-old physician assistant at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital who was treated as a child for bone cancer at St. Jude. Arceneaux joins Inspiration4 mission commander Jared Isaacman. She will occupy the mission seat representing Hope. “It’s an incredible honor to join the Inspiration4 crew. This seat represents the hope that St. Jude gave me—and continues to give families from around the world, who, like me, find hope when they walk through the doors of St. Jude”

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The largest, most advanced rover NASA has sent to another world touched down on Mars Thursday, after a 203-day journey traversing 293 million miles. Confirmation of the successful touchdown was announced in mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California at 3:55 p.m. EST. Packed with groundbreaking technology, the Mars 2020 mission launched July 30, 2020, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Perseverance rover mission marks an ambitious first step in the effort

Airborne-Unmanned 02.17.21: CA CG Drones, Sun n Fun Droneshow, XPONENTIAL 2021

Also: Flying Taxi Concepts, K-State Poly Webinar, Silent Arrow, Russian Cargo Craft Heads For ISS

Kongsberg Geospatial has been selected by Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) to conduct trials of a new long-endurance UAV surveillance system for the Canadian Coast Guard. The MartinUAV V-BAT aircraft was selected to provide the ability to combine take off and landing from the small confines aboard ship with the long endurance of a fixed-wing aircraft while carrying multiple sensors. A major feature for this year’s Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo will be the first public drone light show

Novel Digital Instrument Is A Custom Display, Controller And Data Converter, All-In-One

Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics has introduced a first-of-its-kind Custom Function Display (CFD). The Flex MD23 Series features a customizable configuration (inputs and outputs), user interface and graphics, enabling it to function as a custom display, controller and data converter. "This is next-level glass technology for creative avionics solutions," said Matthew Harrah, Senior Vice President of Technology and Products. "We set out to improve systems integration and effectively eliminated the complex and costly product development process for aircraft manufacturers and fleet upgrades."

Will Be Used To Fund Additional WAI Scholarships

Women in Aviation International will be offering 47 new scholarships in a variety of aviation career pursuits thanks to a generous $250,000 grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Details of the scholarships will be posted on March 1, 2021. Scholarships include funding to further members' interests in air traffic control, aviation maintenance, flight training, helicopter ratings, and space. New to this round of scholarships are four scholarships, each worth $3,000 for WAI Chapter members outside of the United States, to be applied towards completion of an additional flight certificate.

Rote Has Been Around Ballooning Since 1983

The Elite Balloon Instructor Committee is proud to announce Ms. Shannon Rote as an Elite Balloon Instructor. Rote, from Doylestown, OH, has been around ballooning since 1983 and obtained her pilot certificate in 2003. As an instructor, Rote is welcoming and encouraging to all those interested in learning about ballooning. She often takes new student pilots under her wing and encourages them to obtain their pilot certificate and continuously improve afterwards. One of Shannon’s former students, Jeremy Cowgar says, “Shannon has been instrumental in my life as a balloonist and I am not special, Shannon treats all of her students the same as me.”

They're Looking For Test Administrators For The Recreational UAS Safety Test (TRUST)

The FAA is offering worthy aviators the chance to collaborate with them on an exciting new program to help recreational flyers fly safely. The FAA has opened applications for people interested in serving as test administrators for The Recreational UAS Safety Test (TRUST). The test offers recreational flyers safety training tips, best practices and educational resources. The FAA encourages eligible candidates to apply before the March 31 deadline.

From 2016 (YouTube Version): Can You Put Dynon’s EFIS-D10A In Your Airplane?

While at Sun ‘n Fun 2016, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, talked with Dynon Avionics president, Robert Hamilton, to get the details about something that is a game changer. Dynon is well known in the experimental aircraft and light sport aircraft community for supplying avionics that do not require an FAA STC for installation. Their EFIS-D10A has been a popular choice for owners of experimental and light sport aircraft, but now it can be installed in type-certificated aircraft through the use of a single STC that is held by the Experimental Aircraft

Flint Hills and UAV Navigation Partner Up

Working Together On The FH-900 Series Fully Autonomous VTOL UAS Helicopter

Flint Hills Solutions and UAV Navigation are entering into a Strategic Partnership to work together in North America to integrate their joint technologies onto the FH-900 series fully autonomous VTOL UAS Helicopter. The combined capabilities of the two companies represents the development of a next generation UAS that will demonstrate a heavy lift, long endurance, open payload integration capability. The combined efforts of Flint Hills Solutions and UAV Navigation should provide enterprise solutions for Agriculture, Infrastructure Inspection, Package Delivery, Construction Management and Surveying, just to name a few.

Had Just Completed A 1-Hour Flight In The Accident Airplane To Satisfy Insurance Requirements

On February 2, 2021, at 1744 central standard time, a Cessna 182, N4765N, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Hackberry, Louisiana. The private pilot and flight instructor were fatally injured. The flight was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. According to a co-owner of the airplane, the private pilot had just bought a share of the accident airplane and was in the process of accumulating flight hours for complex and highperformance aircraft endorsements.

Aero Linx: Canadian Aerospace Medicine and Aeromedical Transport Association (CAMATA) Canadian Aerospace Medicine and Aeromedical Transport Association (CAMATA) is a national organization committed to the advancement of expertise of health and aviation professionals actively involved or interested in aerospace medicine and aeromedical transport in the fields of direct patient care, education, research, and administration. The development and delivery of quality air medical training is key to our commitment to the promotion of quality air medical services.

Simplified Directional Facility (SDF) A NAVAID used for nonprecision instrument approaches. The final approach course is similar to that of an ILS localizer except that the SDF course may be offset from the runway, generally not more than 3 degrees, and the course may be wider than the localizer, resulting in a lower degree of accuracy.

“Now we finally have a front-row view to what we call ‘the seven minutes of terror’ while landing on Mars. From the explosive opening of the parachute to the landing rockets’ plume sending dust and debris flying at touchdown, it’s absolutely awe-inspiring.” Source: Michael Watkins, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, remarking on some of the extraordinary video recently released detailing the Entry, Descent, and Landing of the Rover.