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September 17, 2021

Aero-TV: ANN Visits Wings Over The Rockies Exploration Of Flight

Colorado Campus Offers  aVariety Of Aerospace Entertainment And Education

Wings over the Rockies Exploration of Flight is the second location for the Wings Over The Rockies Museum. ANN spoke with Keith Palmer, the Director of Operations at WOTR Exploration of Flight to find out what this campus offers to the community. “The goal was to build something on the airfield, so that we could start teaching kids, our next generation, up close, personal, touching aircraft and seeing working aircraft. These are not museum pieces. Everything at the Exploration of Flight Campus is a working, functional aircraft,” Palmer explained. “We have multi

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Boeing Publishes 10 Year Market Outlook

Forecasts Include $9 Trillion Aerospace Market Opportunities

Boeing forecasts $9 trillion aerospace market opportunities in commercial, defense and services over next decade. The annual report is Boeing's analysis of long-term market dynamics. Over the next decade, the 2021 BMO shows $9 trillion addressable market, which is an increase from $8.5 trillion in 2020. The 2021 Boeing Market Outlook commercial airplanes and services are showing signs of recovery, while the global defense, space and government services markets have remained stable.

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Airborne-Flight Training 09.09.21: VAX Mandates, Adaptive Paragliding, Piedmont

Also: Whirly-Girls 2022, USAF VAX, MSU and McAir Aviation, Pilot Peer Support

Alaska and Horizon Airlines are requiring full vaccination by the date of hire for new employees. They will also stop quarantine pay to unvaccinated employees that contract COVID-19. Alaska employs around 23,000 people. “In addition, current unvaccinated employees who become exposed to or infected with COVID-19, will no longer be paid for their quarantine time," the airline said. “We appreciate every employee who has put in the effort to get vaccinated, and we continue to encourage our employees to get the vaccine.” A Utah based organization called Project A

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Airborne 09.13.21: Jetpack Sale!, Virgin Delayed, Last Doolittle Raider

Also: Top Gun Sequel, ThrustSense STCs, Inspiration4 Crew Arrives, King Air 360/360ER And 260

California's JetPack Aviation has made their first sales, following through on the plan that the JB-Series jetpacks would go on sale one day. The company announced its very first jetpack sales: two JB-12 units, which sold for US$400,000 apiece to an "undisclosed military customer in South-East Asia," deliverable within about six months. The JB-12 will weigh in at 105 lbs. It'll max out at 528 lb of thrust, and be capable of speeds up to 120 mph. Images of the JB-12 jetpack itself are classified at the moment, but like the current model JB-11, it uses three sma

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (09.17.21)

Aero Linx: The German Business Aviation Association The German Business Aviation Association e. V. (GBAA) represents the interests of Business Aviation companies involved in the value chain and is a competent contact for policy makers. We represent companies like commercial operators, corporate aviation and ambulance flight operations, aircraft manufacturers, maintenance and finance companies as well as many other service providers from the aviation industry. In total, our members have a fleet of more than 150 aircraft of various sizes.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (09.17.21): Remote Communications Air/Ground Facility

Remote Communications Air/Ground Facility An unmanned VHF/UHF transmitter/receiver facility which is used to expand ARTCC air/ground communications coverage and to facilitate direct contact between pilots and controllers. RCAG facilities are sometimes not equipped with emergency frequencies 121.5 MHz and 243.0 MHz.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (09.17.21)

"As our industry recovers and continues to adapt to meet new global needs, we remain confident in long-term growth for aerospace. We are encouraged by the fact that scientists have delivered vaccines more rapidly than imaginable and that passengers are demonstrating strong confidence in airplane travel." Source: Boeing Chief Strategy Officer Marc Allen, in comments made as Boeing forecasts $9 trillion aerospace market opportunities in commercial, defense and services over next decade. The annual report is Boeing's analysis of long-term market dynamics.

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