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November 08, 2021

Airborne 11.03.21: Jetpack Man Id'd?, CFI ACS Work, Balloon Medicals

Also: Next Waco Kitchen, 1-Day Renter’s Insurance, Rostec Training Chute, Crew 3 Delay

The mystery is finally solved, for the past two years people and pilots in los angeles have reported seeing unidentified person flying vertically in the air, thousands of feet in the air, armed only with his clothes and a small pouch on his back. Observers initially assumed it to be held aloft with a rare homemade thruster-equipped backpack, leading to theories as to what kind of backyard inventor became the "Jet Pack Man". A small number of various man-portable thruster systems have been made, but most carry prohibitive fuel requirements to keep the pilot alof

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Aero-TV At NBAA21: A LOT Going On At Gogo!

Long-Awaited 5G Rollout Is But Months Away

Gogo Business Aviation, a standby of the bizjet connectivity industry, brought their newest AVANCE L5 and 5G systems to NBAA 2021, boasting high reliability, high speed, and wide-ranging service coverage. Dave Mellin, Director of Corporate Communications, takes a moment to share with Aero-News Network's Editor-in-Chief, Jim Cambpell, what’s in store for Gogo.

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Airborne 11.01.21: DeLand Showcase, EXP Stats, TBird #5 Leaving

Also: Breeze Airways, Compact Engine Core, Warbird Season, ISS Crew Launch Delay

2021 can’t come to an end fast enough for most of us in the aviation biz... but we know a GREAT way to get ready for 2022 -- attending next week’s DeLand Sport Aviation Showcase. A central point for each fall’s celebration of all that was good about sport aviation, the Deland Florida event takes place next week from November 11th-13th at the Deland Municipal Airport. The Showcase welcomes all aviation enthusiasts interested in affordable recreational flying, offering a special emphasis on experimentals, homebuilts, light-sport aircraft and ultralights. Th

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (11.08.21)

Aero Linx: The Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) The Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber), headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, is the first-of-its-kind Numbered Air Force. Also known as the Air Force’s Information Warfare Numbered Air Force, the 16th integrates multisource intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, cyber warfare, electronic warfare, and information operations capabilities across the conflict continuum to ensure that our Air Force is fast, lethal and fully integrated in both competition and in war. Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) provides mission integration of IW at operational and tactical levels… recognizing the ro

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (11.08.21): Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM

Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM) A technique whereby a civil GNSS receiver/processor determines the integrity of the GNSS navigation signals without reference to sensors or non-DoD integrity systems other than the receiver itself. This determination is achieved by a consistency check among redundant pseudorange measurements.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (11.08.21)

“Even though the airplane, the pilot, the weather and federal oversight all had a role in this tragedy, it was entirely preventable. The brake system should have been designed to protect against human error during maintenance, the pilot shouldn’t have landed on a runway with such a strong tailwind and federal regulators should have considered the runway safety area dimensions when authorizing the airline to fly the Saab 2000 into that airport.” Source: NTSB Chair Jennifer L. Homendy, commenting on the NTSB's recent statement in which a passenger turboprop airplane overran a runway because its braking system was compromised by incorrectly wired anti-skid sensors, the National Transportation Safety Board determined. On Oct.

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