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July 15, 2022

Airborne 07.15.22: Russian ISS Rebuke, UAV-Man v Machine, FA-18 Blown Away

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The worsening enmity between the US and Russia took a dive when three Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station posed with flags NASA construed to be anti-Ukraine. Photos were subsequently posted to the Telegram channel of Roscosmos. The images depicted cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev, and Sergey Korsakov holding the flags of the Luhansk People’s Republic and the Donetsk People’s Republic—two Russian-backed separatist regions in Ukraine. The University of Zurich, hosted a trio of champion (human) drone-racers as they squared-off against a number of autonomous racing quadrotor drones developed by Professor David Scaramuzza’

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Tamarack Aerospace Impresses at Highbrow Fly In

SMARTWINGS and Wing Nuts

Tamarack Aerospace—the Sandpoint, Idaho-based aviation-technology concern founded by aerospace engineer and entrepreneur Nick Guida—exhibited a King Air 350 kitted-out with the company’s SMARTWING technology at Tarkio, Missouri’s Wing Nuts Flying Circus fly-in. Notwithstanding its whimsical appellation the Wing Nuts Flying Circus fly-in draws an august crowd of aviation luminaries, governmental administrators, and high-powered legislators—principal among whom is U.S. Representative Sam Graves (pictured below), ranking member of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee (T&I)) and host of the Wing Nut hootenanny.

Rising Fortunes: Rising Sun

Enstrom Helicopter Corporation is pleased to announce that it has signed Aero Facility Co, Ltd. as its Japanese sales representative. Aero Facility has the distinction of being the first representative signed by Enstrom after the company’s May 2022 emergence from Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Aero Facility was a long-time representative of the previous Enstrom, and supported the Japan Ground Self Defense Force’s fleet of TH-480B training helicopters.

Sandel Customers Likely to Appreciate Support Arrangement

Nighthawk Flight Systems, Inc. has announced that it is the new exclusive manufacturer and technical service provider for all legacy Sandel Avionics displays. Nighthawk asserts it is committed to carrying on Sandel’s tradition of quality, reliability, and value. Sandel’s legacy displays are renown for full-sunlight, edge-to-edge optical clarity, optional night-vision goggle compatibility, and flexible Smart I/O that interfaces with most legacy and modern avionics.

Also: Record Keeping Regulation, Electric Aircraft Symposium, Drone/UAV Rule, FedEx Pilots

In a move certain to foment increased informational picketing outside the hubs and headquarters of its competitors, American Airlines has offered its pilots pay increases of up to $64,000. The move sets a new benchmark in the cash-grab into which the post-COVID airline industry has descended. American Airlines CEO Robert Isom has outlined a proposal entailing a 16.9% pay-raise for the carrier’s fourteen-thousand pilots. This could be your next trainer... Elektra Solar has successfully test-flown the Elektra Trainer, the company’s two-seat, electric, u

Two-Stories and Thirty-Thousand-Square-Feet of Wonderment

The Experimental Aircraft Association has opened its Education Center—originally known as Project 21—with a well-attended, 12 July ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new structure, a two-story, thirty-thousand-square-foot addition to the EAA’s Aviation Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, is dedicated to the EAA’s ongoing mission of advancing aviation education and training. EAA CEO and Chairman Jack J. Pelton said of the undertaking: “The education center was built to enhance aviation education for kids and pilots unlike any other facility..."

Multiple Charter Flights Diverted From Dublin to Kerry

Charter Outfit Boss Seeing Red on the Emerald Isle

A lack of landing slots deriving of staff shortages at Ireland’s Dublin Airport (DUB) compelled Le Bas International—an establish, well-regarded, California-based aircraft brokerage and charter concern—to divert five of its Boeing 737 jets to Farranfore Airport in Kerry (KIR)—a distance of 160-miles. The diversion inconvenienced more than one-thousand American passengers, who were subsequently obligated to arrange ground-transportation to their intended destinations.

From 2016 (YouTube Version): Building On Past Success And Focusing On The Future…

The Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum is expanding, and in this video you’ll meet Greg Anderson who is the President and CEO of this Museum. Anderson’s background includes a long career with the EAA where he was the visionary behind the successful Young Eagles program. The video takes place at Centennial Airport, which is located south of Denver, CO. This is the site chosen to be the location of the new Exploration of Flight Education and Technology Center which will be the second Wings Over the Rockies location.

Cassio-1 Demo-Flights Canceled Amidst Regulatory Fiasco

VoltAero-the French airframer founded by former Airbus chief technical officer Didier Esteyne-has called for increased coordination, standardization, and recognition among Europe’s airworthiness authorities. The call followed the forced postponement of planned demonstration flights of the company’s Cassio-1 electric-hybrid aircraft in the Netherlands.

Flight Track Depicted The Airplane Entering A Gradual Left Turn

On June 6, 2022, at 1522 central daylight time, a Cessna 182G airplane, N2118R, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Kenedy, Texas. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) data revealed that the flight departed the New Braunfels National Airport (BAZ), at 1452 and proceeded southbound toward Kenedy Regional Airport (2R9), Kenedy, Texas.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (07.15.22)

“The education center was built to enhance aviation education for kids and pilots unlike any other facility. Part of EAA’s mission is to grow aviation participation by promoting the spirit of aviation and I think we are doing just that with the educational and technological advancements that we now have available in this new facility.” Source: EAA CEO and Chairman Jack J. Pelton, commenting as the Experimental Aircraft Association has opened its Education Center—originally known as Project 21—with a well-attended, 12 July ribbon-cutting ceremony.