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Protestors Intrude Upon EBAA Event

AIROPS 2023 Conference Interrupted

On 14 February 2023, activists affiliated with UK-headquartered environmental faction Extinction Rebellion (XR)—a group European counter-terrorism police have characterized as ideologically extreme—briefly took over a stage at AIROPS 2023 in Brussels, Belgium ...

USAF F-16s Intercept Russian Military Aircraft

Bears Wandering Alaska

North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) set forth in a 13 February 2023 statement that United States Air Force F-16 fighter jets had intercepted a number of Russian military aircraft that penetrated and briefly operated within the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). The intercepted Russian aircraft reportedly included a pair of Tu-95 “Bear” bombers, functionally obsolete 1950s-vintage, quad-turboprops; and a Su-35 “Flanker,” a formidable, single-seat, twin-engine, supermaneuverable aircraft designed and built by Russia’s Sukhoi Design Bureau.

Airborne 02.08.23: Yeager's 100th, Hydrogen Power, RAF F-35s v Women?

Also: C-130 on Floats?, SWA New-Hire Minimums... Minimized, 737 Max Production, Eco Caravans

Brigadier General Charles Elwood (Chuck) Yeager was a United States Air Force officer, a lordly aviator, and a test pilot blessed with a peculiar amalgam of dazzling aeronautical genius and regimented mania that, in 1947, saw him become the first pilot in history to exceed the speed of sound (Mach 1.0) in level flight. Among the most highly skilled and eminently respected airmen of all time, Yeager piloted over 360 different aircraft over his seventy-year flying career. The FAA granted Universal Hydrogen—a California-based energy concern about the commend

Airborne 02.06.23: Dick Rutan's Long-EZ, Aspen Upgrade, 5 B-24s Located

Also: Online Unleaded Avgas STC, General Atomics CEO, Sporty's 'IFR Month', Overture Production

One of Dick Rutan's babies made its way to be immortalized in the Experimental Aircraft Association Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Rutan's aircraft, a Long EZ, joins his longtime friend Mike Melvill's own record-setting Long EZ in the museum's collection. The aircraft were built simultaneously at the Mojave airport by both men before embarking on their maiden voyages together. Aspen Avionics obtained approval from the FAA for new software enabling integration of a handful of autopilots with their EFD1000 Pro MAX Primary Flight Display (PFD). The approval cove

Airborne 02.08.23: Yeager's 100th, Hydrogen Power, RAF F-35s v Women?

Also: C-130 on Floats?, SWA New-Hire Minimums... Minimized, 737 Max Production, Eco Caravans

Brigadier General Charles Elwood (Chuck) Yeager was a United States Air Force officer, a lordly aviator, and a test pilot blessed with a peculiar amalgam of dazzling aeronautical genius and regimented mania that, in 1947, saw him become the first pilot in history to exceed the speed of sound (Mach 1.0) in level flight. Among the most highly skilled and eminently respected airmen of all time, Yeager piloted over 360 different aircraft over his seventy-year flying career. The FAA granted Universal Hydrogen—a California-based energy concern about the commend

Airborne 02.06.23: Dick Rutan's Long-EZ, Aspen Upgrade, 5 B-24s Located

Also: Online Unleaded Avgas STC, General Atomics CEO, Sporty's 'IFR Month', Overture Production

One of Dick Rutan's babies made its way to be immortalized in the Experimental Aircraft Association Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Rutan's aircraft, a Long EZ, joins his longtime friend Mike Melvill's own record-setting Long EZ in the museum's collection. The aircraft were built simultaneously at the Mojave airport by both men before embarking on their maiden voyages together. Aspen Avionics obtained approval from the FAA for new software enabling integration of a handful of autopilots with their EFD1000 Pro MAX Primary Flight Display (PFD). The approval cove

Industry Groups Criticize FAA 5G NPRM

Proposed AD “Falls Short” of Preserving Safe Aircraft Operations

A coalition of aviation groups has criticized a proposed FAA Airworthiness Directive (AD) addressing methods by which the agency proposes to mitigate the extent to which 5G telecommunications networks interfere with aircraft systems—radar altimeters in particular. The group states the proposed AD “falls short of the goal of preserving safe operation of airplanes in the National Airspace System (NAS).”

Satcom Direct Validates Dual Dissimilar Hardware Offering

Redundancy Elevated

On 13 February 2023, Satcom Direct announced it intended to add Dual Dissimilar terminal capabilities to its expanding hardware portfolio. Subject technology equips aircraft with Satcom Direct’s Plane Simple Ku- and Ka-band tail-mount antennas (Dual) for purpose of supporting two discrete satellite constellations (Dissimilar), thereby affording Satcom Direct customers the best aspects of each network; delivering full redundancy; and ensuring uninterrupted, consistent global connectivity.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (02.16.23)

Aero Linx: Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) The Canadian Freedom To Fly... The Canadian Owners and Pilots Association was founded in 1952 to speak as the unified voice for general aviation in Canada. Since then, COPA has grown to meet the ever-changing needs of the Canadian aviation community and became the recognized voice of general aviation in Canada.