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March 11, 2021

Airborne-Flight Training 03.11.21: SAFE v NTSB, Huge Diamond Buy, Hodges U

Also: Pan Am Flight Academy, Virtual WAI, Rod Machado eCourses, NAS Pensacola

If you were looking forward to the 2021-2022 most wanted list, well the NTSB postponed it , with no future announcements set. The agency said only it will post the new date on the NTSB Board Calendar. SAFE has long advocated for flight training reform based on educator improvement. SAFE convened the GA Pilot Training Reform Symposium in 2011 (which was extensively documented by ANN's video teams). This event led to the creation of the FAA ACS. "The MVL press release says the postponement is to let them 'further refine' the safety items on their next two-year MWL," said Kevin D Murphy, SAFE Communications Director. Diamond Aircraft Industries Inc. and Blue Line Aviation recently inked a firm o

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SLS Hot Fire Test On Target For March 18

This Will Be The Second Hot Fire Of The SLS Rocket’s Core Stage

NASA is targeting Thursday, March 18 for the second hot fire of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s core stage at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. After performing tests to demonstrate that a recently repaired liquid oxygen pre-valve was working, the team has continued to prepare the core stage, its four RS-25 engines, and the B-2 test stand for the second hot fire at Stennis. Later this week, the team will power up the core stage again and do a final check of all its systems. Then, on March 16, two days before the test, they will power up the stage, starting the clock for the second hot fire.