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December 13, 2022

Suspected Lockerbie Bomb-Maker in U.S. Custody

The Persistence of Memory

The man suspected of fashioning the bomb that destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988 is in U.S. custody—so U.S. and Scottish authorities reported on Sunday, 11 December 2022. A Department of Justice spokesman confirmed Abu Agila Mohammad Masud—a longtime explosives expert for Libya's intelligence service—had been taken into U.S. custody and is “expected to make his initial appearance in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia."

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Buttigieg Criticized for Taxpayer-Funded Private Jet Travel

Bad Policy? Bad Optics? Both?

Controversial U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg—a vocal proponent of climate action and advocate of increased government control of carbon emissions—has made use of taxpayer-funded private jets at least 18 times since assuming his office in February 2021. According to flight-tracking data, Buttigieg has traveled both domestically and internationally aboard private jets managed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The flight records—obtained by the government watchdog group Americans for Public Trust (APT)—align with Buttigieg's schedule of government stakeholder and public engagements.

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Airborne 12.05.22: Archer Transitions, WAI Awards, BASE Jumper Survives

Also: Commemorative Air Force, Canadian Air-Crew’s Ordeal, CASA-212 Pilot, NTSB v Bell 407

Archer Aviation has announced that its Maker eVTOL made its first full-transition to wing-borne flight on 29 November 2022. Transition refers to the shifting of an aircraft’s lift-generation from one architecture and set of governing physical principles to another—most often from vertical flight, by dint of downward-vectored rotor thrust, to forward flight. omen in Aviation International (WAI) has announced its upcoming crop of 2023 inductees for its International Pioneer Hall of Fame. These trailblazers will be honored at the 34th Annual Women

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Airborne 12.05.22: Archer Transitions, WAI Awards, BASE Jumper Survives

Also: Commemorative Air Force, Canadian Air-Crew’s Ordeal, CASA-212 Pilot, NTSB v Bell 407

Archer Aviation has announced that its Maker eVTOL made its first full-transition to wing-borne flight on 29 November 2022. Transition refers to the shifting of an aircraft’s lift-generation from one architecture and set of governing physical principles to another—most often from vertical flight, by dint of downward-vectored rotor thrust, to forward flight. omen in Aviation International (WAI) has announced its upcoming crop of 2023 inductees for its International Pioneer Hall of Fame. These trailblazers will be honored at the 34th Annual Women

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (12.13.22)

Aero Linx: The Beech Aero Club (BAC) The Beech Aero Club (BAC) is the international type club for owners and pilots of the Beech Musketeer aircraft and its derivatives, the Sport, Super, Sundowner, Sierra, Duchess and Skipper, aka Beech Aero Center aircraft. It traces its roots to the Spring of 1999 when James Fairhurst contacted Bob Steward for help in starting an e-mailing list for owners of the Beech Musketeer. James met Bob through the Grumman Gang, a similar mailing list for owners and pilots of Grumman aircraft.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (12.13.22): Localizer Type Directional Aid (LDA)

Localizer Type Directional Aid (LDA) A localizer with an angular offset that exceeds 3 of the runway alignment, used for nonprecision instrument approaches with utility and accuracy comparable to a localizer, but which are not part of a complete ILS.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (12.13.22)

“Orion has returned from the Moon and is safely back on planet Earth. With splashdown we have successfully operated Orion in the deep space environment, where it exceeded our expectations, and demonstrated that Orion can withstand the extreme conditions of returning through Earth’s atmosphere from lunar velocities.” Source: Mike Sarafin, Artemis I mission manager, following the successful completion of the Artemis I mission.

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