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December 13, 2022

Spirit Pilots Obtain Tentative Agreement

"Zero Concessions", Said ALPA Negotiators Bearing 27% Pay Boost

Spirit Airlines pilots may have an agreement on the way, according to the negotiations committee from the Air Line Pilots Association. The tentative agreement with Spirit Airlines lays out an economic gain of $463 million over the next 2 years, with zero concessions. The deal should grant Spirit pilots a pay boost to the tune of 27%, should it be ratified.

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Electric Aircraft Race is on for May 2023

National Aeronautic Association Starts Race Series for Zero-Emission Aircraft

Racing is the truest manifestation of "racing improves the breed", and today's burgeoning field of  electric aeronautics are ripe for improvement. From the lengthy charging requirement to their short-legged range electric aircraft have yet to become true contenders to outsell traditional aircraft - but a good race series could sharpen them up in no time. 

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Suspected Lockerbie Bomb-Maker in U.S. Custody

The Persistence of Memory

The man suspected of fashioning the bomb that destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988 is in U.S. custody—so U.S. and Scottish authorities reported on Sunday, 11 December 2022. A Department of Justice spokesman confirmed Abu Agila Mohammad Masud—a longtime explosives expert for Libya's intelligence service—had been taken into U.S. custody and is “expected to make his initial appearance in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia."

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NASA Sees Safe Return of Orion

Uncrewed Test Flight Sees Artemis Capsule Trek Around the Moon and Back

The Orion spacecraft safely and successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, dropping west of Baja California on a lazy Sunday morning after orbiting the moon. The test began on November 16, when the Orion was sent off to evaluate its capability to bring astronauts to the moon for Artemis II. The result is promising, with the Orion successfully looping around the moon and returning safely to Earth during its 25 and 1/2 day flight.

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Airborne 12.05.22: Archer Transitions, WAI Awards, BASE Jumper Survives

Also: Commemorative Air Force, Canadian Air-Crew’s Ordeal, CASA-212 Pilot, NTSB v Bell 407

Archer Aviation has announced that its Maker eVTOL made its first full-transition to wing-borne flight on 29 November 2022. Transition refers to the shifting of an aircraft’s lift-generation from one architecture and set of governing physical principles to another—most often from vertical flight, by dint of downward-vectored rotor thrust, to forward flight. omen in Aviation International (WAI) has announced its upcoming crop of 2023 inductees for its International Pioneer Hall of Fame. These trailblazers will be honored at the 34th Annual Women

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Buttigieg Criticized for Taxpayer-Funded Private Jet Travel

Bad Policy? Bad Optics? Both?

Controversial U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg—a vocal proponent of climate action and advocate of increased government control of carbon emissions—has made use of taxpayer-funded private jets at least 18 times since assuming his office in February 2021. According to flight-tracking data, Buttigieg has traveled both domestically and internationally aboard private jets managed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The flight records—obtained by the government watchdog group Americans for Public Trust (APT)—align with Buttigieg's schedule of government stakeholder and public engagements.

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B-2 Bomber Makes Emergency Landing, Catches Fire

Similarities to 2021 Accident Cited

A B-2 Spirit—colloquially Stealth—bomber of the United States Air Force’s 509th Bomb Wing suffered damage on Saturday, 10 December 2022, when an in-flight malfunction forced the aircraft’s crew to make an emergency landing at Missouris’ Whiteman Air Force Base—the 509th’s home. Photos from the scene reveal the bomber on the runway—more or less—with its portside wing conspicuously low—after the fashion of a main-landing-gear collapse, a departure from the runway, or both.

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Airborne 12.05.22: Archer Transitions, WAI Awards, BASE Jumper Survives

Also: Commemorative Air Force, Canadian Air-Crew’s Ordeal, CASA-212 Pilot, NTSB v Bell 407

Archer Aviation has announced that its Maker eVTOL made its first full-transition to wing-borne flight on 29 November 2022. Transition refers to the shifting of an aircraft’s lift-generation from one architecture and set of governing physical principles to another—most often from vertical flight, by dint of downward-vectored rotor thrust, to forward flight. omen in Aviation International (WAI) has announced its upcoming crop of 2023 inductees for its International Pioneer Hall of Fame. These trailblazers will be honored at the 34th Annual Women

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Last Pilatus PC-6 Delivered to Indonesian Customer

The Last Porter Heads Home, Ending a 50-Year Production Run

Pilatus has officially delivered the very last Porter PC-6, the firm's long-lived turboprop STOL aircraft. Throughout its long production life, the Porter became an international fixture in areas hard to access with traditional aircraft thanks to its light weight, robust manufacture, and tailwheel configuration. While comparable aircraft have come and gone, the PC-6 remained in low-rate production at the company's Stans facility from 1959 to 2019. From start to finish, Pilatus produced 500 PC-6s in its Swiss facility, with an additional 100 produced in the USA under license. 

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Classic Aero-TV: Flight Design Comes Alive--Major Advances Show Company Strength

From 2019 (YouTube Version): Flight Design Debuts New Models At AirVenture

Flight Design introduced its new F-Series airplanes at AirVenture 2019. Flight Design president, Tom Peghiny, told Aero-TV’s Tom Patton that the aircraft will be certified under Part 23 as well as an SLSA. The F-2 will be available with both a Rotax 912 engine and a Seimens electric motor. Next year, the company hopes to have a 4-place F-2 flying behind a Rotax 915 engine.

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NTSB Prelim: Orlican S R O M-8 Eagle

The Engine Or Propeller Began To Vibrate, And The Pilot Elected To Return

On December 5, 2022, about 1726 central standard time, an Orlican S R O M-8 Eagle airplane, N602TG, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near St. Louis, Missouri. The pilot and pilot-rated passenger sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot-rated passenger, the purpose of the flight was to perform a “test” flight following unknown maintenance actions to troubleshoot a reported engine or propeller vibration.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (12.13.22)

Aero Linx: The Beech Aero Club (BAC) The Beech Aero Club (BAC) is the international type club for owners and pilots of the Beech Musketeer aircraft and its derivatives, the Sport, Super, Sundowner, Sierra, Duchess and Skipper, aka Beech Aero Center aircraft. It traces its roots to the Spring of 1999 when James Fairhurst contacted Bob Steward for help in starting an e-mailing list for owners of the Beech Musketeer. James met Bob through the Grumman Gang, a similar mailing list for owners and pilots of Grumman aircraft.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (12.13.22): Localizer Type Directional Aid (LDA)

Localizer Type Directional Aid (LDA) A localizer with an angular offset that exceeds 3 of the runway alignment, used for nonprecision instrument approaches with utility and accuracy comparable to a localizer, but which are not part of a complete ILS.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (12.13.22)

“Orion has returned from the Moon and is safely back on planet Earth. With splashdown we have successfully operated Orion in the deep space environment, where it exceeded our expectations, and demonstrated that Orion can withstand the extreme conditions of returning through Earth’s atmosphere from lunar velocities.” Source: Mike Sarafin, Artemis I mission manager, following the successful completion of the Artemis I mission.

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