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April 03, 2022

Parachute Powerhouse: Aviation Safety Resources to Acquire Pioneer Aerospace

Combined Entity to be Named ASR-Pioneer, Offer Airframe, eVTOL Parachute Systems

Aviation Safety Resources (ASR) announced the acquisition of Pioneer Aerospace along with an impending rebranding to become ASR-Pioneer. The company designs, tests, and produces aircraft emergency parachute recovery systems for the aircraft and upcoming advanced urban air mobility markets. ASR's acquisition of Pioneer will allow them to expand their core capabilities: The design and development of aerodynamic deceleration systems. It is a fine time indeed for ASR, who enter into the arrangement with a good deal of momentum from their growth over recent years.

Airplane Then Turned West And Back To The North While It Descended

On March 17, 2022, about 1638 central daylight time, a Piper PA-30 airplane, N8357Y, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Pond Creek, Oklahoma. The pilot and 2 passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Preliminary radar and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data indicated that the airplane first appeared at 1509 about 1.5 nautical miles west of the Mineral Wells Regional Airport (MWL), Mineral Wells, Texas.