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September 11, 2018

Airborne 09.10.18: JetEze Inflight Breakup, Saudi Arabia, Firefighter Pilots

Also: Helitech International, Angel Flight West Accident, Skyleader Acquires XtremeAir, Dassault/Safran Settle

The pilot of an experimental Jet Eze airplane was fatally injured last weekend when the airplane lost its left wing during a low pass over Covington Municipal Airport (M04) in Covington, TN. The pilot and builder of the plane was Kissimmee, FL resident Lance Hooley. He had been working with a team in Covington to construct the plane, which took some 13 years, according to the report. The plane went down in a cotton field about 2,000 yards east of the airport after the left wing separated from t

"We – and that’s a collective ‘we,’ not just the FAA – have to be able to identify every drone in the airspace, and who’s operating it. The National Airspace System is no place for hide-and-seek. But right now, the FAA’s hands are tied by a law that says we cannot require remote identification on model aircraft." Source: Acting FAA administrator Dan Elwell, in a speech at InterDrone.

Control surface rigged such that the aileron moving up moves a greater distance than the aileron moving down. The up aileron produces extra parasite drag to compensate for the additional induced drag caused by the down aileron.

'Never, Ever Try To Shoot At A Drone.' Neighborhoods Buzz With Complaints Over Pesky UAVs

From MSN, a look at how some California neighborhoods are responding to drones flying in their areas. In Oakland, "users of the local social network Nextdoor for months have been stewing about these small, flying vehicles, which often carry cameras, accusing them of snooping or maybe casing the joint."