Spare the Rod …

Jack Sweeney, the college student banned from Twitter for doxing the real-time locations of aircraft belonging to public figures—including Twitter boss Elon Musk—has returned to the platform under a new username. Sweeney, 20, claims his admiration of Musk compelled him to begin tracking the billionaire entrepreneur’s private jet in 2020. In point of fact, Sweeney maintained over thirty Twitter accounts by which he tracked celebrities, politicians, and iconic figures the likes of Donald Trump, Mark Zuckerberg, Kim Kardashian, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Higher Education

Mojave California’s National Test Pilot School (NTPS) is the United States’ sole civilian test-pilot institution. The non-profit enterprise is one of only seven worldwide test-pilot schools recognized by the international Society of Experimental Test Pilots. And its a good one.... ANN's Jim Campbell is a graduate of one of their fixed wing programs and recommends them highly. By virtue of subject acknowledgement, NTPS pilot graduates are granted instant initial acceptance into the estimable society’s august ranks.  

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PSI currently has a monopoly over Airman Knowledge written testing. Prior to PSI’s investiture, computerized FAA airman testing was the province of two companies, Computer Assisted Testing Service (CATS) and LaserGrade. Test fees were split—most often to the tune of 60% to 40% in CATS or LaserGrade’s favor. Given the sole source nod by the FAA, PSI offered contracts to flight schools and FBOs formerly partnered with CATS or LaserGrade. Regrettably, the FAA’s contract with PSI allowed the latter broad, unilateral powers—and th

Vertical Flight Society Document Addresses H2 Future

The Vertical Flight Society (VFS), a non-profit technical organization dedicated to the advancement of vertical flight, has published a forward-thinking whitepaper positing a multimodal hydrogen airport. By dint of the document, titled Multimodal Hydrogen Airport Hub, the Vertical Flight Society sets out to propose a repeatable, on-airport hydrogen hub—initially with a ground vehicle fueling station, and expanding subsequently to an airport-based hub supplying multiple modes of transportation.

Aero Linx: The Aeronca Aviators Club The Aeronca Aviators Club is now officially back! Originally founded by Joe and Julia Dickey, who published a very informative and enjoyable newsletter for many years before retiring from the aviation world. Their style and words were unique, and any attempt at imitation will fall short. Therefore, we resolve to bring you a new version of this venerable name with new contributors, experienced Aeronca owners, flyers, mechanics, historians, and enthusiasts. This is a self-supporting endeavor, backed by the administrative tools, experience and resources of the Bellanca-Champion Club. Except for the back-office and some staff in common, this Club is a separate entity

Pilot Briefing A service provided by the FSS to assist pilots in flight planning. Briefing items may include weather information, NOTAMS, military activities, flow control information, and other items as requested.

"Any account doxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation. This includes posting links to sites with real-time location info... Posting locations someone traveled to on a slightly delayed basis isn't a safety problem, so is ok." Source: From a clarification tweeted by Twitter CEO, Elon Musk, in reponse to the controversy over the publication of his airplane (and others') real-time whereabouts.