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November 17, 2021

Airborne-Flight Training 11.04.21: Martha's Scholarship, FAA ACS, Balloon Regs

Also: Bristow Group, B757-200 FFS Certified, EXP Safety Record, Rostec Training Chute

Sarah Tamar, a Caravan seaplane pilot for Tailwind Air in New York City, is the 6th annual recipient of the WAI / Martha King Scholarship for Female Flight Instructors. Prior to winning this year’s Women in Aviation assistance, she worked at an advertising job in an office by New York’s East River, watching float planes come and go. She felt a calling then, saying, “I didn’t know I was meant to fly, I didn’t know I had the potential to become a pilot. I didn’t know flying seaplanes for a living would become my life’s purpose.&

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Airborne-Unmanned 11.09.21: DJI Mavic 3, Drone Shooter, Remote ID

Also: Drone Attack, Energia Aircraft Family, AAM Working Group, Skydio-Axon

DJI revealed their newest top-tier "prosumer" drone, the Mavic 3. The Mavic 3's primary strengths come from its enhanced camera system, flight time, sensing performance, and transmission range. DJI seems to be approaching the limits of generational advancements, as each new version lacks the dramatic leaps in capability the early models once had. Iterative, consistent improvements are the order of the day, now, and the Mavic 3 delivers. Much of the marketing material at launch touts the “legendary Hasselblad camera” supplied with the Mavic 3, a custom L2D-20C aerial

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Airborne-Unmanned 11.09.21: DJI Mavic 3, Drone Shooter, Remote ID

Also: Drone Attack, Energia Aircraft Family, AAM Working Group, Skydio-Axon

DJI revealed their newest top-tier "prosumer" drone, the Mavic 3. The Mavic 3's primary strengths come from its enhanced camera system, flight time, sensing performance, and transmission range. DJI seems to be approaching the limits of generational advancements, as each new version lacks the dramatic leaps in capability the early models once had. Iterative, consistent improvements are the order of the day, now, and the Mavic 3 delivers. Much of the marketing material at launch touts the “legendary Hasselblad camera” supplied with the Mavic 3, a custom L2D-20C aerial

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Airborne 11.10.21: Embraer Energia, Pilots v Vaccines, Mars Ketchup?

Also: XeVision New LED HID Lighting, Upgraded Ka-226T, Carpenter Avionics, Republic Airways

Embraer announced its new family of sustainable concept aircraft as it seeks to prepare for industry, world, and company goals of decreasing carbon emissions.The move will help set the stage for Embraer’s target of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The first, ready by 2030, is the Energia Hybrid E9-HE, a 9-seater aircraft with hybrid electric propulsion, rear-mounted engines, and a 90% CO2 emissions reduction. The second, ready by 2035, is its battery powered sibling, the Energia Electric E9-FE. The 9-seat FE will emit zero CO2 emissions and be

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (11.17.21)

Aero Linx: Pacific Mission Aviation The primary goal of Pacific Mission Aviation is to glorify God, and make our Lord Jesus Christ known to the peoples of Micronesia and the Philippines. Aircraft and boats are utilized to bring the gospel to remote island peoples who might otherwise remain unreached.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (11.17.21): Scheduled Time Of Arrival (STA)

Scheduled Time Of Arrival (STA) An STA is the desired time that an aircraft should cross a certain point (landing or metering fix). It takes other traffic and airspace configuration into account. An STA time shows the results of the TBFM scheduler that has calculated an arrival time according to parameters such as optimized spacing, aircraft performance, and weather.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (11.17.21)

“Like Secretary Blinken, I’m outraged by this irresponsible and destabilizing action. With its long and storied history in human spaceflight, it is unthinkable that Russia would endanger not only the American and international partner astronauts on the ISS, but also their own cosmonauts. Their actions are reckless and dangerous, threatening as well the Chinese space station and the taikonauts on board. All nations have a responsibility to prevent the purposeful creation of space debris from ASATs and to foster a safe, sustainable space environment. NASA will continue monitoring the debris in the coming days and beyond to ensure the safety of our crew in orbit.” Source: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson describing the Ru

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