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Airborne 10.31.22: EA-18-Life After MidAir, Skydiving Champs, Starlink Bill

Also: Blue Origin, Little Green People?, SWA Short on Boeings, Alaska's 737 MAX Buy

The US Tax payer just got their monies' worth... the hard way. An EA-18G Growler attached to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129, successfully completed a functional check flight at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island, Oct. 17, marking the end of a complex transformation process for an aircraft thought to be beyond repair. Skydiving is viewed as a thrilling hobby and an exciting sport to watch... but few understand that there is an aggressively competitive series of programs allowing those with exceptional skydiving and parachuting skills to excel... and to compete

Airborne 10.31.22: EA-18-Life After MidAir, Skydiving Champs, Starlink Bill

Also: Blue Origin, Little Green People?, SWA Short on Boeings, Alaska's 737 MAX Buy

The US Tax payer just got their monies' worth... the hard way. An EA-18G Growler attached to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129, successfully completed a functional check flight at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island, Oct. 17, marking the end of a complex transformation process for an aircraft thought to be beyond repair. Skydiving is viewed as a thrilling hobby and an exciting sport to watch... but few understand that there is an aggressively competitive series of programs allowing those with exceptional skydiving and parachuting skills to excel... and to compete

Barnstorming: Building The Next SportPlane Resource Guide In Earnest

The BIGGEST Project We’ve EVER Undertaken, Is Designed To Rebuild Sport Aviation… One Plane, One Aviator, At A Time

Okay folks… We weren’t kidding we said we were cranking into the next SportPlane Resource Guide with a vengeance. We've got several people working on this project… Documenting aircraft -- either editing, rewriting, or creating whole new how-to chapters, and starting to research the many, many, many other directories that are going to be a part of the book that I fear will ultimately push 2000 pages....

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (11.07.22)

Aero Linx: Ercoupe Owners Club We fly an airplane that was the peak of pre-World War II development. It took more than a decade and a half before the features of the Ercoupe were the norm in civil aviation. Yet the industry finally followed. The members of the Ercoupe Owners Club provide each other mutual support as we keep these classic aircraft in the air. Along the way, we've found that Coupe people are a little bit special, themselves. Please browse our site and enjoy.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (11.07.22): Off-Route Vector

Off-Route Vector A vector by ATC which takes an aircraft off a previously assigned route. Altitudes assigned by ATC during such vectors provide required obstacle clearance.

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (11.07.22)

“It’s gratifying and humbling to know more than 100,000 young people have connected with our Learn to Fly Course to take their next steps in aviation. There’s no better feeling for us than hearing of EAA Young Eagles who are now pilots themselves and who were assisted to achieve their personal goals by using our learning resources. It’s an investment we’re happy to make to support a new generation of aviators.” Source: Michael Wolf, EAA Lifetime 460022, CEO of Sporty’s and a volunteer Young Eagles pilot, discussing the partnership between Sportys and the Young Eagles program.