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May 10, 2021

Airborne 05.10.21: Sky Warden ISR, Young Eagles Day, Chinese Booster

Also: CDC Responds to GA, Premier Private Jets, Airbus' Bernard Ziegler, ALPA Accuses

A new aircraft has been built up, out of what started life as an AT-802U Sky Warden airframe. The job... to take on airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and other missions in extreme combat environments. Sky Warden is part of a partnership between L3Harris Technologies and Air Tractor, and reportedly features the largest payload capacity of any single engine turboprop aircraft. The multi-mission platform provides the operator the capability to identify, track and react to counter threats. EAA’s International Young Eagles Day, which focuses on flying thousands of kids as an introduction to aviation, returns on Saturday, June 12, at locations

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Canadian Pilots Union Fires Back At ALPA

Unifor: Interference By US Pilots Association, 'Unwelcome In Canadian Bargaining Process'

Unifor has publicized a position that says that they, 'will not tolerate interference in our democratic and pilot lead bargaining process with Cargojet by the self-serving US based Airline Pilots Association Intl. (ALPA) making ill-informed public statements.' "To have the president of ALPA preach from Viginia to our pilots on the bargaining committee about fatigue rules and safety is condescending, arrogant and disrespectful," said Jerry Dias in a written response to ALPA's public statement and posted letters to Unifor and Cargojet.

Chinese Long March 5B Re-Enters Over Arabian Peninsula

As much as by luck as by intent, a huge piece of discarded Chinese space debris, launched with little regard for what it might damage or who it may injure/kill, managed to come to Earth with no known damage (so far). The US Space Command confirmed the Chinese Long March 5B re-entered over the Arabian Peninsula at approximately 10:15 p.m. EDT on May 8. It is unknown, however, if the debris impacted land or water. USSPACECOM does not conduct direct notifications to individual governments. The exact location of the impact and the span of debris, both of which are unknown at this time, will not be released by U.S. Space Command.