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February 28, 2023

Suspected In-Flight Breakup of Pilatus PC-12 Takes 5 Lives

Five Killed in Nevada Air Ambulance Tragedy

A Pilatus PC-12 medical transport apparently suffered an in-flight breakup prior to going down in Nevada on Friday, 24 February 2023—so stated the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).  All five of the aircraft’s occupants—the pilot, a flight nurse, a flight paramedic, the patient, and a member of the patient’s family—lost their lives.

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Society of Aviation and Flight Educators Sounds Alarm

CFI Logbook Endorsement Errors On the Rise

On 24 February 2023, the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) set forth that the aviation industry is suffering an epidemic of flight-test applicants failing to even qualify for their written tests and check-rides. Attendees of a 2022 OSH meeting of senior [FAA] Designated Pilot Examiners (DPEs) and FAA personnel estimated that—owing to incorrect endorsements and/or inadequate pilot experience—one-in-five check-ride applicants never even qualifies to start his FAA Flight Test due to incorrect logbook endorsements ...

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NASA Scrubs 27 February SpaceX Crew-6 Launch

Next Attempt to be Made 02 March

An as-of-yet undisclosed issue with the Falcon-9 rocket booster’s fuel system has compelled NASA and SpaceX to scrub the planned 27 February 2023 launch of the Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX teams are currently investigating a possible malfunction of either the system by which the Falcon-9’s TEA-TEB (triethylaluminum triethylboron) fuel is delivered, or the fuel itself.

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Airborne 02.20.23: Hobby Balloon Shot Down, Perseverance, AAL Pilots Acquiesce

Also: Amerijet & Embry-Riddle, 2nd Soyuz Leaks, Blade Air Mobility-BETA, FAA on SMS

A group of aerial hobbyists in northern Illinois is contending that an unidentified flying object shot out of U.S. skies last week by a $400,000 AIM-9 Sidewinder missile fired from a $334-million F-22 Raptor might have been their $12 balloon. On Wednesday, 15 February 2023 the Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade declared one of its exploratory pico-balloons had gone missing. NASA’s Perseverance rover is a car-sized, six-wheeled marvel designed and deployed to explore Mars’s Jezero crater as part of the agency’s Mars 2020 mission. Perseverance was

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Aero-TV: TL Sport Aircraft Expands U.S. Operations

Four Outstanding Models to Czech Out

Founded in the Czech Republic in 1989 as TL Ultralight, the company known today as TL Sport Aircraft has steadily increased the sophistication and appeal of its offerings from humble gliders and motor-tricycles to slick, modern Light-Sport machines renowned for their agility, speed, and robust reliability. TL Sport Aircraft currently produces four airplane models: the refined, elegantly contoured, high-wing, TL 3000 Sirius, which offers buyers superb flight performance, excellent safety, and a first-rate, side-by-side cockpit; the nimble Stream—the sidestick controls, zesty performance, tan

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Biden White House Touts Airport Funding

Arithmetic’s Inescapable Veracity

The Federal Aviation Administration is awarding nearly $1-billion in monies deriving of the highly-controversial H.R. 3684 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2022 to 99 U.S. airports in 47 states and two territories. The legislation, however, provides little funding for actual U.S. infrastructure ...

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Airborne 02.20.23: Hobby Balloon Shot Down, Perseverance, AAL Pilots Acquiesce

Also: Amerijet & Embry-Riddle, 2nd Soyuz Leaks, Blade Air Mobility-BETA, FAA on SMS

A group of aerial hobbyists in northern Illinois is contending that an unidentified flying object shot out of U.S. skies last week by a $400,000 AIM-9 Sidewinder missile fired from a $334-million F-22 Raptor might have been their $12 balloon. On Wednesday, 15 February 2023 the Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade declared one of its exploratory pico-balloons had gone missing. NASA’s Perseverance rover is a car-sized, six-wheeled marvel designed and deployed to explore Mars’s Jezero crater as part of the agency’s Mars 2020 mission. Perseverance was

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Doroni Completes Untethered Test-Flight of H1 eVTOL

Coming of Age in the AAM Era

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 27 February 2023 that it had completed the first successful untethered flight-test of its Doroni H1 two-seat electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) prototype.

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Daher Hastens Decarbonization of Truck Fleet

Think Tank

On 24 February 2023, Daher—the French industrial conglomerate with foci across the aerospace, defense, nuclear, and automotive industrial sectors—unveiled a PUR-XTL biofuel tank by dint of which the truck fleet at Daher’s Cornebarrieu, France facility will henceforth be fueled. The measure instantiates Daher’s determination to accelerate the decarbonization of its logistics activities.

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NTSB Prelim: Beech F35

During The Go-Around About 50-75 Ft Above Ground Level, The Engine Abruptly Lost Power

On February 5, 2023, about 1316 central standard time, a Beech F-35 airplane, N123JV, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Gladewater, Texas. The pilot and 3 passengers sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that on the return leg of a cross country flight, while landing at the planned destination, the airplane floated about halfway down the runway, and he aborted the landing and executed a go-around.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (02.28.23)

Aero Linx: National Aeronca Association   We are dedicated to supporting the design and preserving the history of Aeronca aircraft: 21st NATIONAL AERONCA CONVENTION to be held JUNE 15, 16, 17, and 18, 2023 at Hook Field (MWO) Middletown, Ohio. Founded by Jim Thompson and fostered by his leadership for nearly thirty years, we are now led by a Board of Directors. We meet in convention every two years at Hook Field (MWO) in Middletown, Ohio, the site of the Aeronca Corporation, where all of our post war planes were produced.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (02.28.23): Off-Route Obstruction Clearance Altitude

Off-Route Obstruction Clearance Altitude (OROCA) A published altitude which provides terrain and obstruction clearance with a 1,000 foot buffer in non-mountainous areas and a 2,000 foot buffer in designated mountainous areas within the United States, and a 3,000 foot buffer outside the US ADIZ. These altitudes are not assessed for NAVAID signal coverage, air traffic control surveillance, or communications coverage, and are published for general situational awareness, flight planning, and in-flight contingency use.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (02.28.23)

“We’re excited to kickoff Doc’s seventh tour season in March in two cities that are known for their outstanding warbird hospitality. The B-29 Doc History Restored Tour is committed to honoring the men and women who served our nation during World War II and giving people an up-close and personal experience with a B-29 Superfortress. Our mission is to ensure B-29 Doc and other warbirds keep history alive for generations to come.” Source: Josh Wells, B-29 Doc executive director, discussing Doc's return to America's skies with their first flight tours of 2023. 

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