Journey’s End

Fifty-four years after the first 747, dubbed The City of Everett, astonished a world still acclimating to the Jet Age, the 1,574th and final specimen of the aircraft on behalf of which the term Jumbo-Jet was coined has left Boeing's sprawling and storied Everett, Washington, wide-body plant for flight testing.

Something Borrowed …

On 09 December 2022, the world's first C919 aircraft, registration number B-919A, was delivered to China Eastern Airlines (CEA), the type’s launch customer. The delivery ceremony was highlighted by a maiden flight of the inaugural C919 crewed by three senior CEA pilots who repositioned the aircraft from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to the Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA), where it passed through a water gate before being officially inducted into the CEA fleet.

High Fashion

NASA has awarded a delivery order contract to Collins Aerospace to produce a spacewalking system—read space-suit—for potential use outside the International Space Station. The 92.7-million award—the second under NASA’s Exploration EVA Services contract—tasks the renowned Raytheon subsidiary with the design and development of a next-generation space-suit and support systems appropriate to such.

Targeting the Electric Archer

The Centre Technologique en Aérospatiale (CTA)—a Canadian technological concern dedicated to the application of aerospace technologies—in cooperation with the École Nationale d'Aérotechnique (ÉNA) of Cégep Édouard-Montpetit—the largest college-level institution for aviation technology in North America—are making ready to convert a Piper Archer aircraft to electric power. The project is headed up by CAE—the Canadian technology company with which every pilot who’s ever sweated out long hours in a level-C or level-D simulator is deepl

Aero Linx: The Arizona Pilot’s Association (APA) The Arizona Pilot’s Association (APA) was organized in 1978 to give Arizona’s general aviation community a voice in aviation matters. Our mission remains much the same today as we continue to promote general aviation through advocacy at various levels of state and federal government, as well as through partnering with other aviation organizations in advocating our common interests: promoting aviation safety, pilot education, and public understanding of general aviation; preserving, maintaining, and even re-opening Arizona’s backcountry and recreational airstrips; broadcasting Arizona aviation news; and connecting Arizona pilots

North Atlantic High Level Airspace (NAT HLA) That volume of airspace (as defined in ICAO Document 7030) between FL 285 and FL 420 within the Oceanic Control Areas of Bodo Oceanic, Gander Oceanic, New York Oceanic East, Reykjavik, Santa Maria, and Shanwick, excluding the Shannon and Brest Ocean Transition Areas. ICAO Doc 007 North Atlantic Operations and Airspace Manual provides detailed information on related aircraft and operational requirements.

“We are very happy to announce this partnership and to launch the tow-plane version of INTEGRAL. The trust that the FFVP places in us demonstrates the growing will of the aeronautical world to move towards an aviation concerned with its environmental impact. With this partnership, the AURA AERO family extends, taking one more step towards a decarbonized light aviation..." Source: Jérémy Caussade, president of Aura Aero, celebrating the approval of the French Gliding Federation (Fédération Française de Vol en Planeur, or the FFVP), with their purchase of an electric INTEGRAL.