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June 15, 2023

Thunderpig Inbound to Oshkosh

The last flying Fairchild C-123 Provider has RSVP’d to AirVenture! 

The last of its kind will be making an appearance at this year’s EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with ‘Thunderpig’ making the trek from its home at the Air heritage Museum in Pennsylvania in commemoration of its Vietnam service. The C-123 Provider was built in 1956 before being tendered to the US Air Force, where it served as a cargo and troop transport through the 70s. Thunderpig was later found in its retirement, sleeping in an aircraft boneyard in Arizona in the late 1990s.

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CFI Changes Fail to Impress SAFE

Society of Educators Not Enthralled by Current NPRM

The FAA’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking surrounding Certified Flight Instructor changes has not won over our friends at the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators, who say it fails to address a few key aspects while creating a permanent CFI certificate. As the gatekeepers of all future, high-level aviation, CFI standards must be strict in weeding out the dangerous, the incompetent, and the lackadaisical. The new system, however, is “only designed to save the FAA big bucks while continuing the same mind-numbing Flight Instructor Refresher Courses”.

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San Diego Air & Space Museum Expands STEM Initiatives

New Mission Control Mobile Classroom Announced

Opened to the public in 1963, the San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM)—an aviation and space exploration museum listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places—has unveiled a new innovative and groundbreaking Mission Control mobile classroom devised for purpose of dramatically increasing the institution’s STEM outreach.

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FAA Denies Requests to Extend BVLOS Comment Period

The Worrying Normalization of Overreach Among U.S. Federal Agencies

The FAA has denied a request from aviation stakeholders, to include the NBAA, seeking an extension to the comment period pertaining to the recently published Docket No. FAA-2022-0921, UAS Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) and related Petitions for Exemption. The agency opted, rather, to stick with its original, inexplicably expedited, twenty-day comment period.

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Doroni’s H1 eVTOL Prototype Surpasses 50 Successful Test Flights

Personal eVTOL Platform Slated for 2024 Debut

Founded in 2016 by serial entrepreneur Doron Merdinger for purpose of actualizing his ambition of providing the world an entirely new mode of sustainable transportation, Miami, Florida-based Doroni Aerospace announced on 12 June 2023 that it has completed upwards of fifty test-flights of its electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft, the Doroni Aerospace H1.

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NTSB Prelim: Cessna T182T

On The Third Contact Attempt, The Pilot Indicated That “He Had A Problem”.

On May 14, 2023, about 1135 mountain daylight time, a Cessna T182T, N665B, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Albany, Wyoming. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to a report filed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC), The pilot departed Fort Collins/Loveland Regional Airport (FNL), Loveland, Colorado on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan, destined for Wyoming Regional Airport (RKS), Rock Springs, Wyoming.

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