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June 05, 2023

Green New Deal Threatens Air Tour Industry

NPS & FAA Threaten Accessibility to U.S. National Parks

The U.S. National Park Service (NPS) and the FAA are about the short-sighted business of rewriting the regulations by which air tours over U.S. national parks are conducted. Extant drafts of the agencies’ Air Tour Management Plans (ATMPs) call for radical and reactionary measures the likes of eliminating air tours in their entirety in some U.S. parks and, in others, cutting such undertakings by as much as 86-percent.

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Nathan Hammond to Receive 2023 Bill Barber Award

Honor to be Presented at EAA AirVenture

Nathan K. Hammond has been named as the next recipient of 2023’s Bill Barber Award for Showmanship. Among the airshow industry’s most prestigious honors, the Barber Award recognizes excellence in airmanship, airshow performance, and panache. The list of the award’s winners reads like an airshow hall of fame roster.  

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Autel Robotics to Debut New Products at Drone & Robotics Summit

Drone-Maker Looks to Shine at Upcoming Houston Expo

Autel Robotics is making ready to showcase its wares at the upcoming 7th Annual Energy Drone & Robotics Summit. The event, to be held in Houston, Texas from 12 through 14 June, will see Autel debut Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) the likes of its transportation and delivery optimized Titan model, and a new Enterprise series drone dubbed the Autel Alpha.

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Skydivers Over Sixty to Receive Path of Excellence Award

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Founded in 1992 under the guiding premise “You don't quit skydiving because you get old; you get old because you quit skydiving,” Skydivers Over Sixty (SOS) has evolved into an international organization comprising upwards of 2,650 members hailing from thirty nations. October 2023’s Hall of Fame Celebration at Eloy, Arizona’s SkyDive Arizona will see SOS honored at the Path of Excellence BBQ.

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Boeing Acquires Sole Ownership of Wisk Aero

Moving Beyond Kitty Hawk

Boeing has acquired full ownership of Wisk Aero, the California-based, Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) joint-venture undertaken by Boeing and Kitty Hawk Corporation—the latter now being wholly divested from the enterprise. Kitty Hawk’s sale of its stake in Wisk follows the company’s 2022 decision to abandon work on its aviation and aerospace ventures and gradually shutter its operations in their entirety.  

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NW-230 Heavy-Fuel UAV Engine Granted EAR 99 Export Approval

New Northwest UAV Model Going International

From humble beginnings in an Oregon garage, Northwest UAV (NWUAV) has evolved into a premier provider of propulsion systems for the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) industry. On 01 June 2023, Northwest UAV announced its newest heavy-fuel UAV engine—the NW-230 EFI HF—has been granted EAR 99 export approval, thereby dramatically expanding the company’s market reach. The NW-230 EFI HF engine is designed for 198-352-pound (90-160-kilogram) UAVs. Purpose-built to operate on heavy fuel (JP5/JP8/TS-1/Jet A), NWUAV’s latest offering is more efficient than gasoline engines converted to run on heavy fuel.

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