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September 23, 2019

Airborne 09.23.19: Yeager Sues Airbus, Huge NYC TFR, Area 51 ‘Threat’

Also: Mitsubishi Aircraft, Female Apache Pilot, NASA Funds CubeSat Pathfinder, ARAC DPE Reforms

General Yeager is not done fighting battles, but this time he may not have strategized his plan of attack as well as he might have. General Yeager, along with an attorney known for some ‘interesting’ legal tactics in past skirmishes, are suing European juggernaut Airbus... because he believes they used his name, and rep without his permission... even though what Airbus seems to have done is publish some material related to Yeager’s historical precedents while trying to establish one of their own. The lawsuit, filed last week, unabashedly refers to the General as “one of the most, if not the most, famous pilots of all time.” Yeager

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NASA Moves Forward With UAM Grand Challenge

Designed To Promote Public Confidence In Advanced Air Mobility Systems

NASA's next step for realizing UAM begins in 2020 with preparations for a series of activities called the Grand Challenge. The Grand Challenge series will offer something more valuable than a prize purse – valuable knowledge that will be given to the organizations working to establish the certification requirements and standards needed for the market to move forward.