Of Speculative Ventures and Grandiose Overtures

In a move that speaks to the increasing popularity of legalized gambling, American Airlines—the world’s largest passenger air-carrier—has entered an agreement to purchase up to twenty of Boom Technology’s Overture supersonic airliners. The deal, which contains options for an additional forty aircraft, follows United Airlines’ 2021 commitment to purchase 15 Overtures of its own.

Wartime Death Toll Rises

The ongoing Russo-Ukrainian conflict has claimed the life of Captain Anton Lystopad, a Ukrainian fighter-pilot whose wartime exploits were honored by his country’s president. In 2019, Lystopad was recognized as the best pilot in Ukraine’s air force. 

Italy’s Air Corporate SRL to Offer Super-Midsize Jet for Charter

Bombardier, the Canadian aerospace powerhouse and maker of the wildly popular Challenger and Global Express aircraft families—has announced the sale of one of its new Challenger 3500 super-midsize business jets to Italian aircraft management firm Air Corporate SRL. The deal earns SRL the distinction of being the first aviation concern to offer the Challenger 3500 for European charter.

Faulty Ejection Seats Inspected and Repaired

The majority of the U.S. military’s Lightning IIs were grounded for nearly three-weeks when a defect was discovered in a critical component of the aircrafts' British-built, Martin-Baker US16T ejection seats. The potentially defective component was identified by Martin-Baker as a cartridge-actuated device (CAD). The affected F-35s have been repaired and returned to service.

ALPA Adds Twelfth Pilot Group Since 2019

The National Mediation Board recently certified the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) as the union representative for Breeze Airways pilots, making it the twelfth pilot group to join ALPA since 2019. “The labor movement is ascendant, and ALPA is leading the way in organizing and representing pilots as we emerge from the pandemic,” said Capt. Joe DePete, ALPA president.

Green All Over

Connect Airlines, a division of Bedford-Massachusetts-based charter outfit Waltzing Matilda Aviation, is offering qualified pilots an eye-watering yearly salary of $250,000. What’s more, Connect plans to offer pilot’s perks the likes of returning to their home bases nightly, a four-on/three-off schedule, and an additional, tax-free, $1,500 monthly bonus to offset commuting expenses. Connect’s target passenger demographic is day-tripping business travelers; its equipment is Dash 8 Q400s leased from recently-resurrected UK regional airline Flybe. The nascent carrier's plan is simple, proven, and engenders some of the most attractive pilot gigs in the Part 121 industry.<

Enter the RA-6500 and RA-5500 TERRAIN Series

FreeFlight, the Texas-based aerospace technology concern specializing in satellite navigation sensors, radar altimeters, flight management systems, and other such contemporary avionics components, has announced FAA Technical Standard Order (TSO) certification of its RA-5500 and RA-6500 TERRAIN series radar-altimeters. The clean-sheet devices will provide aircraft operators the 5G-tolerant, highly-precise radar-altimetry critical for safe approach and landing operations in both RF-dense urban environments and mountainous terrain. The uniquely capable devices allow pilots and aircrews to safely operate aircraft even in close proximity to 5G cellular towers.<

From Oshkosh 2021 (YouTube Version): Cyrus Akradi, VP of Sales and Marketing, Details Three Devices With ANN

“We brought out the BluLink II, the A1 and the P1. The A1 and P1 are carbon fiber, those are three newest devices that we brought out for this year. There is a lot of bells and whistles with it, we have new things from the previous BluLink, we added a USB-C power input, we added an auxiliary input also you can connect the to two devices at once, meaning you can have an Ipad paired to the BluLi

Also: NTSB Updates Definition, Masten Space Systems, Artemis Payload, Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100

VerdeGo Aero, the Daytona Beach-based manufacturer of hybrid-electric aerospace power-plants, has succeeded in raising $12-million in a Series “A” funding campaign spearheaded by RTX Ventures (Raytheon Technologies). The monies will finance the expansion of VerdeGo’s operation and accelerate the development of emergent hybrid-propulsion technologies. Founded in 2017 by the grandson of Charles Lindbergh—yes, THAT Charles Lindbergh—VerdeGo initially set out to develop its own line of eVTOL aircraft. In 2018, however, the co

Also: NTSB Updates Definition, Masten Space Systems, Artemis Payload, Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100

VerdeGo Aero, the Daytona Beach-based manufacturer of hybrid-electric aerospace power-plants, has succeeded in raising $12-million in a Series “A” funding campaign spearheaded by RTX Ventures (Raytheon Technologies). The monies will finance the expansion of VerdeGo’s operation and accelerate the development of emergent hybrid-propulsion technologies. Founded in 2017 by the grandson of Charles Lindbergh—yes, THAT Charles Lindbergh—VerdeGo initially set out to develop its own line of eVTOL aircraft. In 2018, however, the co

SIC Then Got Up From His Seat, Removed His Headset, Apologized, And Departed The Airplane Via The Aft Ramp Door

On July 29, 2022, about 1404 eastern daylight time, a Casa 212-200, N497CA, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Raeford, North Carolina. The pilot-in-command was not injured, and the second-in-command sustained fatal injuries during the subsequent diversion to the Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU), Durham, North Carolina. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 skydiving flight.

AD 2022-13-10 Prompted By Reports Of Burned Boeing Material Specification (BMS) 8-39 Urethane Foam

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 767-200, -300, -300F, and -400ER series airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of burned Boeing Material Specification (BMS) 8-39 urethane foam, which is a material with fire-retardant properties that deteriorate with age. This AD requires replacing certain BMS 8-39 foam pads with Nomex felt in certain areas, removing certain BMS 8-39 foam pads in a certain area (which includes a general visual inspection to find BMS 8-39 foam pads), and inspecting the corner seals to determine if the corner seals were replaced, and replacing affected corner seals. This AD

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"We are looking for Captains that see the opportunity in building a new airline and in participating directly in how that airline works and grows. There is a huge benefit in collaborating with our pilots to build a smarter airline and we are backing that up with a compensation package that is considerably higher than any other Regional in the USA and highly competitive with Low-Cost Carriers (LCC) as well." Source: Connect CEO David Marcontell, which is offering qualified pilots an eye-watering yearly salary of $250,000.