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All News

June 06, 2023

Airborne 05.26.23: NEW Citation Ascend, Perlan Mission II, Jenny Down

Also: MiG-21 Fleet Grounding, New Gogo Antenna, Jet It Standdown, Gulfstream Record

Textron has unveiled the Cessna Citation Ascend, the newest model in Cessna’s proven and popular 560XL series. Made public on the eve of 2023’s European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE), the Citation Ascend—by virtue of its wholly redesigned cockpit, improved performance, and a more luxurious cabin—pleasantly disrupts the midsize business jet market. Representatives of Airbus’s Perlan Mission II announced its pilots and engineers had completed a successful flight test campaign in the Southwestern U.S., thereby clearing the way f

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Airborne 05.26.23: NEW Citation Ascend, Perlan Mission II, Jenny Down

Also: MiG-21 Fleet Grounding, New Gogo Antenna, Jet It Standdown, Gulfstream Record

Textron has unveiled the Cessna Citation Ascend, the newest model in Cessna’s proven and popular 560XL series. Made public on the eve of 2023’s European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE), the Citation Ascend—by virtue of its wholly redesigned cockpit, improved performance, and a more luxurious cabin—pleasantly disrupts the midsize business jet market. Representatives of Airbus’s Perlan Mission II announced its pilots and engineers had completed a successful flight test campaign in the Southwestern U.S., thereby clearing the way f

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Aero-TV: Piper at the Gates of Lakeland

Right on the Marque

As motoring enthusiasts look upon Chevrolet, Ford, and Chrysler as the U.S. Automotive Industry’s Big Three, so aircraft aficionados revere Cessna, Beechcraft, and Piper as the holy trinity of America’s General Aviation aircraft marques. Cessna and Beechcraft, though active, still, in the production of light G.A. airplanes, have devoted the larger parts of their design and manufacturing faculties to their CitationJet and King Air aircraft families respectively. Piper, despite offering impressive turbine machines the likes of the M500 and M600/SLS, has remained, at its heart, a builder of piston-engine airplanes e

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NTSB Prelim: Cessna R182

Airplane Lifted Off Nose-High, The Wings Buffeted, And The Airplane Drifted Left Into Trees

On May 21, 2023, about 1447 eastern daylight time, a Cessna R182, N182LG, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Macon, North Carolina. The private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.The airplane was departing on runway 18 at Nocarva Airport (NC10), Macon, North Carolina. Runway 18 was 1,900 ft long, 100 ft wide, and consisted of a turf surface.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.06.23)

Aero Linx: Piper Aviation Museum Preserving the history and legacy of the Piper Aircraft Corporation and its founding family. Piper Aviation Museum is a non-profit organization that relies on the generosity of it’s donors.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.06.23): Breakout

Breakout A technique to direct aircraft out of the approach stream. In the context of simultaneous (independent) parallel operations, a breakout is used to direct threatened aircraft away from a deviating aircraft.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (06.06.23)

“During this event, the NORAD aircraft also used flares—which may have been visible to the public—in an attempt to draw attention from the pilot. Flares are employed with highest regard for safety of the intercepted aircraft and people on the ground. Flares burn out quickly and completely and there is no danger to the people on the ground when dispensed.” Source: From a post-incident statement by NORAD, after a Cessna Citation was approached by their fighters after the aircraft went incommunicado and violated airspace...  

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