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February 04, 2021

Airborne-Flight Training 02.04.21: Sporty's Foundation, Mask Issues, Heli-Jobs

Also: Women In Corporate Aviation, Brooke Owens Fellowship, Doug Jeanes, eFlyer 2

The Sporty's Foundation made bequests totaling $161,000 during 2020 to fulfill its goal to attract young people to the aviation community both as a career and a lifestyle. The Foundation also supports organizations and museums that preserve the rich history of aviation for future generations -- with an apparent emphasis on aviation education activities. The Sporty's Foundation continues as a major sponsor of EAA's successful Young Eagles program from a financial commitment to complement Sporty's making its award-winning Learn to Fly course available at no charge to all Young Eagles. EAA is closely monitoring the FAA's and TSA's implementation of recent White House executive

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Appleton WI Readies For Gulfstream Expansion, Renovations

Expansion Will Ultimately Create More Than 200 New Jobs

Gulfstream will expand and renovate its Appleton, Wisconsin, facility’s completions operations, further enhancing the creation and installation of award-winning Gulfstream aircraft interiors. The expansion will ultimately create more than 200 new jobs. “This expansion is another effort in our long-range plan to upgrade and modernize Gulfstream facilities to further support our customers,” said Mark Burns, president, Gulfstream. “Enhancing the Appleton completions operations is in line with Gulfstream’s culture of continuous improvement and will allow the craftspeople who create Gulfstream’s award-winning aircraft interiors to build on the excellence they al

APT Has A Baseline Payload Capability Of 70 Pounds

Hillwood and Bell Textron have demonstrated a point-to-point UAS package delivery in North Texas at the AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone. The Bell Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) flew across the Mobility Innovation Zone (MIZ), and delivered a package to a landing area, demonstrating its future commercial capabilities. Unlike anywhere else in the nation, the MIZ provides the scale, infrastructure and perfect backdrop for the commercialization of budding technologies in air mobility.

1,200 Sold, 1,100 Delivered, 3 Million Flight Hours

Leonardo is celebrating the 20th anniversary of their AW139 helicopter’s maiden flight. The first aircraft took to the skies from the Company’s facility in Cascina Costa di Samarate, Italy on 3 February 2001. The helicopter flew for 45 minutes checking initial airworthiness tests, hovering, lateral and forward flight, handling qualities and subsystems. This soon confirmed the characteristics of the new model as well as its performance and capabilities. The AW139 intermediate-twin engine boasts orders of almost 1,200 units from more than 280 customers in over 70 countries on all continents.