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June 26, 2023

Daher Paris Air-Show Display Aircraft Fueled with SAF

SAF Used At An Increasing Rate

To promote the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF), Daher—the French industrial conglomerate with foci across the aerospace, defense, nuclear, and automotive industrial sectors—announced on 23 June that the TBM-960 and Kodiak-100 the company displayed at 2023’s Paris Air Show had been fueled with a blend of SAF and conventional Jet-A1.

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NASA AirVenture 2023 Itinerary Announced

Sol System Caravansary

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration—better known by its NASA moniker—is making ready to dazzle AirVenture attendees with a series of attractions and displays worthy of the agency’s $32.5-billion 2023 budget. In addition to displays of unique aircraft and advanced technologies, EAA’s 24-through-30 July throwdown at Oshkosh, Wisconsin’s Wittman Regional Airport (OSH) will see NASA tender a salmagundi of marvels by which the agency will highlight the saliency of space in the aerospace hierarchy.

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EAA's WomenVenture Schedule Announced

While the Best Parts are Sold Out, There's Still Plenty to Do

The schedule for "EAA WomenVenture" has been published ahead of July 26 for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, celebrating 3 decades of female combat aviation. The 70th edition of the annual fly-in will once again be a gathering point for the surviving Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, of World War II. The yearly gathering of warbirds is a fine place to reminisce and inculcate a passion for aviation in the kids who turn out to take part in a range of activities and presentations.

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USCG Responds to Columbia River Capsizing

Heroic Efforts Save One of Two Victims

The United States Coast Guard rescued one person found stranded on a channel marker and recovered a second, unresponsive individual from icy waters after a vessel capsized on the Columbia River near Astoria, Oregon. At 14:25 PDT on Sunday, 11 June 2023, a shore-bound witness notified Coast Guard Sector Columbia River watchstanders of a boat having capsized and two people entering the water east of Tongue Point—a peninsula on the Columbia River’s south bank, some 11-nautical-miles east of the waterway’s confluence with the North Pacific Ocean.

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NTSB Prelim: Temco GC-1B

Airplane Was Operating Within The Range Conducive To Moderate Carburetor Icing At Cruise Power

On June 3, 2023, about 1635 central daylight time, a Temco GC-1B airplane, N3830K, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Bristow, Oklahoma. The pilot sustained serious injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. A witness saw the airplane performing touch and go takeoffs and landings on a private turf airstrip near Bristow. The witness owned the private airport and had sold the airplane to the pilot in January of 2023.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.26.23): Land And Hold Short Operations

Land And Hold Short Operations Operations which include simultaneous takeoffs and landings and/or simultaneous landings when a landing aircraft is able and is instructed by the controller to hold-short of the intersecting runway/taxiway or designated hold-short point. Pilots are expected to promptly inform the controller if the hold short clearance cannot be accepted.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (06.26.23)

"From our initial investigation, this incident was unrelated to Unifi’s operational processes, safety procedures, and policies. Out of respect for the deceased, we will not be sharing any additional information. While police and other officials continue to investigate this incident, we defer to them on providing further details." Source: A swift, if not premature, pronouncement from Unifi Aviation, the U.S.’s largest provider of ground-handling services, after one of it's staffers stepped too close to an operating jet engine and was fatally injured as a result.  

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