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November 02, 2022

Court Sides With Wrongfully Terminated American Airlines Pilot

Justice; Sweeter When Aged

In August 2020, DeWitt Ingram—an American Airlines pilot who’d passed 21 exemplary years in the carrier’s employ—was professionally, financially, and personally undone by a nightmarish sequence of functional illiteracy, general apathy, and reactionary bureaucracy set into motion by an imprudent ground-service employee who failed, apparently, to differentiate between the given names DeWitt and David.

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Airborne-UnCrewed 10.25.22: Drone v Everest, LONG UAV Flt, Textron Aerosonde

Also: Camcopter S-100, Joby Applies, “Aircraft Midnight”, Kargo UAV

DJI pushed its new Mavic 3 drone to the limits for some impressive footage in conjunction with Chinese photography platform 8KRAW. The expedition saw a bone-stock Mavic 3 come along for the ride before taking flight to record the mountain from a point of view rarely seen. 8KRAW lended their expertise real-world photography, working with DJI to develop a flight plan that would sufficiently account for a range of performance detriments experienced in the frigid, thin air over the mountain. Latvian telecom company LMT has joined hands with European drone framework Comp4Drones

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Airborne 10.24.22: DeLand Showcase Not Much Of A Show, Super Guppy, First B-21

Also: Amazon Air, Universal Avionics Aperture, Corporate Angel Network, FL Caravan

After the departure of event organizer/manager Jana Filip for new digs at Sun ‘n Fun, many thought that  the annual Deland Sport Aviation Showcase was toast... ANN included. And based on their first showing, maybe they are. Despite spectacular weather, the revamped ‘Aero Showcase’ was sparsely populated and attended. Barely more than half a dozen real players in the sport aviation community showed up with little more than a dozen airplanes... On October 20 th at 11:24am Kennedy Space Center time N941NA, the NASA B377SGT, Super Guppy, departed KSC. T

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NBAA Recognizes Air Traffic Controller’s Heroism

Cool Heads Prevail in the Sunshine State

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has recognized Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Traffic Controller Robert Morgan with its Above and Beyond Award for Heroic Achievement, which recognizes individuals whose substantial actions served to preclude injury, loss of life, or catastrophic damage to business aircraft. Mr. Morgan's quick-thinking, professionalism, situational awareness, and calm demeanor saved four lives and spared a Cessna 208 Caravan an untimely trip to the scrapyard.

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Airborne 10.24.22: DeLand Showcase Not Much Of A Show, Super Guppy, First B-21

Also: Amazon Air, Universal Avionics Aperture, Corporate Angel Network, FL Caravan

After the departure of event organizer/manager Jana Filip for new digs at Sun ‘n Fun, many thought that  the annual Deland Sport Aviation Showcase was toast... ANN included. And based on their first showing, maybe they are. Despite spectacular weather, the revamped ‘Aero Showcase’ was sparsely populated and attended. Barely more than half a dozen real players in the sport aviation community showed up with little more than a dozen airplanes... On October 20 th at 11:24am Kennedy Space Center time N941NA, the NASA B377SGT, Super Guppy, departed KSC. T

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Unvaccinated USAF Instructor Pilots to Resume Flying

Travails and Vapor-Trails

The U.S. Air Force, in the person of Major General Phillip Stewart, has confirmed that it is allowing unvaccinated instructor pilots to return to flight-duty after grounding them last summer in accordance with federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates since ruled broadly unconstitutional. General Stewart plans to revisit the decision once an ongoing class-action lawsuit challenging the vaccine mandate is resolved. The case, Hunter Doster, et al versus Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, is to be heard in Ohio’s U.S. District Court.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (11.02.22)

Aero Linx: National Aeronca Association We are dedicated to supporting the design and preserving the history of Aeronca aircraft. Founded by Jim Thompson and fostered by his leadership for nearly thirty years, we are now led by a Board of Directors. We meet in convention every two years at Hook Field (MWO) in Middletown, Ohio, the site of the Aeronca Corporation, where all of our post war planes were produced.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (11.02.22): Lost Communications

Lost Communications Loss of the ability to communicate by radio. Aircraft are sometimes referred to as NORDO (No Radio). Standard pilot procedures are specified in 14 CFR Part 91. Radar controllers issue procedures for pilots to follow in the event of lost communications during a radar approach when weather reports indicate that an aircraft will likely encounter IFR weather conditions during the approach.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (11.02.22)

“We’re excited to see ULA’s Vulcan fly. The BE-4 is a great engine, and we’re proud of Team Blue for achieving this milestone as part of ULA’s team. It’s been a wonderful partnership, and this shipset is the first of many more to come.” Source: Bob Smith, CEO of Blue Origin, discussing the completed delivery of its first BE-4 engine assembly to the United launch Alliance, passing a major milestone in ending reliance on foreign heavy-lift rocket engines. 

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