Bringing Part 25 Fuel Measurement to General Aviation

CiES Inc. is a Bend, Oregon-based designer and manufacturer of modular embedded aircraft systems and sensors. The company’s fuel-level senders have largely transformed—and bettered—fuel-management in general aviation aircraft. On 10 August 2023, CiES’s next-generation fuel-sender—which features dynamic damping, pitch-compensation, and expanded digital communication capabilities—was granted FAA TSO-C55a Approval.

Paying the Piper

On 17 August, Piper Aircraft announced its 2023 second-quarter (Q2) delivery and revenue figures. Across all metrics, the company’s performance surpassed 2022’s second-quarter—evincing stabilization of the general aviation aircraft market. Compared to Q2 2022, Piper’s aircraft deliveries increased by nearly 14-percent; revenues increased by upwards of 19-percent.

Economies of Synergy

Aspen Avionics, the Albuquerque-based avionics concern and maker of the popular Evolution Flight Display family of products, and Trio Avionics (The STC Group LLC), have announced the integration of Trio Pro Pilot autopilot and Aspen Avionics display packages for over a dozen aircraft models. The combined package(s) may be purchased from Aspen Avionics and Trio authorized dealers and start at $10,750 for the affordable Aspen Evolution E5 flight display and Trio Pro Pilot autopilot.

Of Celebration and Solemnity

Wings Over the Rockies (WOTR), the Colorado-based non-profit dedicated to fostering public interest in aviation by promoting awareness of humankind’s past, present, and future aeronautical and space endeavors, has announced a pair of upcoming events, the tenors of which illustrate the depth and breadth of aviation’s salience to humankind’s global endeavors and the extent to which flight underpins the heights of man’s nobility and the depths of his savagery.

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Two members of Millstadt, Illinois’s EAA Chapter 64 have reached personal piloting milestones. Diane Earhart of Belleville, Illinois has earned the FAA’s Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, marking the 50th anniversary of her 27 February 1973 first solo flight. The award was presented to Earhart on 22 April 2023. Serendipitously, Earhart’s student, Mia Petruso, 16, of Waterloo, Illinois made her first solo flight on 13 May 2023. In October 2023, the United States will host the FAI 117th Annual Conference. The event, which will take place in Dayton

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Two members of Millstadt, Illinois’s EAA Chapter 64 have reached personal piloting milestones. Diane Earhart of Belleville, Illinois has earned the FAA’s Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, marking the 50th anniversary of her 27 February 1973 first solo flight. The award was presented to Earhart on 22 April 2023. Serendipitously, Earhart’s student, Mia Petruso, 16, of Waterloo, Illinois made her first solo flight on 13 May 2023. In October 2023, the United States will host the FAI 117th Annual Conference. The event, which will take place in Dayton

Engineering Approvals Streamlined

Established in 2009 and based at Denver’s Centennial Airport (APA), Peregrine is an engineering, certification, and manufacturing concern providing end-to-end FAA-approved STC solutions. In August 2023, the Federal Aviation Administration granted Peregrine Organization Designation Authorization (ODA), thereby allowing the company to process engineering approvals on a streamlined, expedited basis.

Hot Air Rises

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has addressed two initiatives broadly believed critical to the safe, timely, and successful integration of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) into the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is defined, generally, as an air-transport system concept comprising new, transformational aircraft designs and flight technologies into existing and modified airspace operations. The NBAA’s comments—as informed by the Association’s AAM Roundtable and Emerging Technology Committee—provide direction to government agencies vis-à-vis proposals potentially impacting pilots, manufacturers, infrastructure developers, and other aerospace stakeholders.

Pomp On the Wing

Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, Amentum is an American government and commercial services contractor. Amentum announced it had been awarded a $223-million contract by the U.S. Air Force’s 316th Wing, the provisions of which call for Amentum to facilitate the timely worldwide air-transportation of U.S. VIPs—primarily federal lawmakers, presidential cabinet members, and senior military and civilian leaders.

Three Year Deal Facilitates Multi-orbit Aeronautical Connectivity

Satcom Direct Avionics, the Canadian division of Satcom Direct (SD), has won a competitive bid to deliver multi-band aeronautical connectivity services for Shared Services Canada (SSC) and its clients for a period of up to seven-years. The instance occasions the first signing of such an agreement between the two entities, which will see SD Avionics provide appropriately secured high-speed broadband and datalink services, hardware, hosting, and infrastructure services to support global aeronautical missions for SSC and other federal Canadian government bodies.

Alphabet’s Soup

American multinational technology company Google has joined the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) program overseen by American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) and Shell Aviation. Google’s collaboration with Amex GBT and Shell Aviation furthers the tech-giant’s ambition of reaching net-zero carbon-emissions across the entirety of its operations by 2030.

Pilot Reported To First Responders That After Departing The Airport, The Airplane "Had An Engine Failure"

On August 1, 2023, about 0922 eastern daylight time, an experimental, amateur-built Velocity Twin, N106VT, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Sandersville, Georgia. The pilot sustained serious injuries and the passenger sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The airplane had arrived at Kaolin Field Airport (OKZ), Sandersville, Georgia, about mid-day on the July 31, 2023, to stop for fuel and have the engines examined by a local authorized dealer for the engine manufacturer. The mechanic reported that they completed an inspection

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Hold-In-Lieu Of Procedure Turn A hold-in-lieu of procedure turn shall be established over a final or intermediate fix when an approach can be made from a properly aligned holding pattern. The hold-in-lieu of procedure turn permits the pilot to align with the final or intermediate segment of the approach and/or descend in the holding pattern to an altitude that will permit a normal descent to the final approach fix altitude. The hold-in-lieu of procedure turn is a required maneuver (the same as a procedure turn) unless the aircraft is being radar vectored to the final approach course, when “NoPT” is shown on the approach chart, or when the pilot requests or the controller advises the pilot