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The Air Force has grounded the entirety of its B-2 Spirit fleet, and will inspect all twenty of the enigmatic aircraft in the wake of a 10 December incident in which an in-flight malfunction forced a B-2 crew to make an emergency landing at Missouri’s Whiteman Air Force Base. A UK court has ordered an upcoming trial to be split into two parts on account of the sheer weight of disagreements between litigants Airbus and Qatar Airways. The parties are in a protracted dispute over alleged breaches of contracts stemming from the subjective airworthiness of A350 j

Dashing Through the Snow …

A Gulfstream G200 (nee Astra Galaxy) slid into a snowbank shortly after landing at Wyoming’s Jackson Hole Airport (JAC) on 27 December 2022. The super-midsize jet–designed to compete with Bombardier’s Challenger 300 and Raytheon’s Hawker 4000 models–reportedly failed to execute a turn from Runway 19 onto intersection A1, the airport’s southernmost taxiway exit, and hit an adjacent snowbank.

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FulcrumAir power line construction and maintenance, has begun using its E7500 heavy lifting drone on the work site, offering slung loads up to 120 lbs. The company put its drone to work with K-Line Line Maintenance and Construction in the Canadian wilderness, rebuilding a 138 kV line being reconstructed in the great white north. In 2017, Matternet became the world’s first company to be authorized to perform commercial Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations over cities in Switzerland. In 2019, the company partnered with UPS to launch drone delivery servic

Klyde Has His Own Way Of Celebrating The Holidays...

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Of Dire Necessity and Inspired Improvisation

Steve Couchman, 71, of Prince Frederick, Maryland narrowly escaped calamity on the morning of December 26th 2022 when the Piper Cherokee he was piloting went down in a frozen inlet of the South River moments after departing Lee Airport (ANP). Mr. Couchman survived the aircraft’s impact with the river’s frozen surface, but faced hypothermia in the uncertain moments following the accident. Fortunately, two good Samaritans and a fast-thinking police officer—perhaps manifesting residual Christmas spirit—sprang into action, manning kayaks and improvising liberally to get the pilot to firm ground and warmth.

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FulcrumAir power line construction and maintenance, has begun using its E7500 heavy lifting drone on the work site, offering slung loads up to 120 lbs. The company put its drone to work with K-Line Line Maintenance and Construction in the Canadian wilderness, rebuilding a 138 kV line being reconstructed in the great white north. In 2017, Matternet became the world’s first company to be authorized to perform commercial Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations over cities in Switzerland. In 2019, the company partnered with UPS to launch drone delivery servic

Aero Linx: Porterfield Airplane Club Brief History of the Porterfield Airplane: The American Eagle Aircraft Corporation was started in 1925 by Ed Porterfield for the express purpose of providing a safe training aircraft for the fledgling Porterfield Flying School. Porterfield felt that a safer, better performing trainer was badly needed to replace the existing "Jennys" and Lincoln "Standards" being used in his flight school. In April 1926, the American Eagle, Model A-1, first flew from Richards Field in Kansas City, Missouri...

Navigable Airspace Airspace at and above the minimum flight altitudes prescribed in the CFRs including airspace needed for safe takeoff and landing.

"Based on a thorough review of the information and feedback provided by the Army, Lockheed Martin Sikorsky, on behalf of Team DEFIANT, is challenging the FLRAA decision... The data and discussions lead us to believe the proposals were not consistently evaluated to deliver the best value in the interest of the Army, our Soldiers and American taxpayers. The critical importance of the FLRAA mission to the Army and our nation requires the most capable, affordable and lowest-risk solution. We remain confident DEFIANT X is the transformational aircraft the Army requires to accomplish its complex missions today and well into the future." Source: From an official Boeing release, in protest of the FLRAA award to their competitors at Bell Helicopter