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May 20, 2023

Virgin Galactic Readies for 25 May Spaceflight

Strength in Unity

On 17 May 2023, Virgin Galactic announced it would presently attempt a full-on suborbital flight of its Unity spacecraft. Subject undertaking, dubbed Unity 25, occasions the company’s fifth extra-atmospheric junket and is slated to launch from Virgin Galactic’s Spaceport America facility in New Mexico on 25 May. By way of objective, the mission seeks to convey astronauts Luke Mays, Christopher Huie, Jamila Gilbert, and Beth Moses spaceward for purpose of conducting a final assessment of the full Virgin Galactic spaceflight and astronaut experience prior to the commencement of commercial services in late-June 2023.

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Airborne 05.12.23: YouTube Lunatic, Ukraine UAVs, AUS Seatbelt Safety

Also: Jetson Selects ParaZero, UAE Cancels Airbus Helis, India's C295 Flies, SkyWest Charter App

A YouTuber who deliberately crashed an airplane for purpose of increasing his online viewership has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of obstructing a federal investigation. Trevor Jacob, 29, who also willfully destroyed the wreckage of the crashed aircraft—agreed to plead guilty to one count of destruction and concealment with the intent to obstruct a federal investigation, which carries a statutory maximum sentence of twenty-years in federal prison. Red Cat Holdings has announced its intent to deliver 200 long-range, high-speed FPV drones to Ukrain

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Airborne 05.12.23: YouTube Lunatic, Ukraine UAVs, AUS Seatbelt Safety

Also: Jetson Selects ParaZero, UAE Cancels Airbus Helis, India's C295 Flies, SkyWest Charter App

A YouTuber who deliberately crashed an airplane for purpose of increasing his online viewership has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of obstructing a federal investigation. Trevor Jacob, 29, who also willfully destroyed the wreckage of the crashed aircraft—agreed to plead guilty to one count of destruction and concealment with the intent to obstruct a federal investigation, which carries a statutory maximum sentence of twenty-years in federal prison. Red Cat Holdings has announced its intent to deliver 200 long-range, high-speed FPV drones to Ukrain

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US Aviation Academy Launches San Marcos, Texas Campus

Accelerated, 12 Month A&P Curriculum Offered

Having grown since a 2006 ownership change from a small operation with a handful of Piper Warriors and a single Seneca to a leading Part 141 flight academy comprising six locations and a fleet of 120 aircraft, US Aviation Academy is no stranger to rapid progress. On 16 May 2023 the Academy set forth that it had launched its second Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) training location at San Marcos Regional Airport (HYI)—a public-use airport in southeast-central Texas’s Caldwell County.

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Qatar Aeronautical Academy Partners with Skyborne

The Vero Beach Doha Connection

Qatar Aeronautical Academy has selected Skyborne Airline Academy—the U.S.-based aviation training concern with operations in Vero Beach, Florida and Gloucestershire, U.K.—to serve as a satellite training center for students eligible for employment with Middle Eastern air-carriers.

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Historic Pan Am Headquarters To Be Transformed Into Private Terminal

Trippe the Light Fantastic

Slated to open in 2025, a new luxury terminal at Miami International Airport (MIA) will afford affluent travelers perks and privileges vastly beyond the pale of 21st Century airport convention. The new facility—which occupies Pan Am's former regional headquarters building—will be operated by PS, a travel concern formerly known as Private Suite which operates a similar facility at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

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Dassault Plans Strong 2023 EBACE Showing

Multiple Falcons to Alight

Dassault Aviation will showcase its latest and largest business aircraft models—the twin-engined Falcon 6X and 10X—at 2023’s European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE), which opens 23 May in Geneva, Switzerland. Static displays of Dassault’s most popular in-production models, the Falcon 2000LXS twin and the 8X trijet, will also be featured.

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Embraer and Azorra Sign Deal with Royal Jordanian Airlines

Middle Eastern Carrier to Acquire Multiple E190-E2 and E195-E2 Jets

Embraer and commercial aviation lessor Azorra announced a new eight-aircraft deal with Jordanian flag-carrier Royal Jordanian Airlines. The agreement will see the air-carrier’s fleet supplemented with multiple specimens of Embraer’s E190-E2 and E195-E2 narrow-body aircraft. Deliveries of the jets are expected to commence in 2023’s fourth quarter.

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Classic Aero-TV: Aerobatic Ambassadors - The Canadian Snowbird Demo Squadron

From 2010: Team Lead Lieutenant Colonel Bard Discusses the 2010 Air Show Season

Almost 70 years after their inception, the 431 Snowbirds continue today bolstered by the tradition of excellence, discipline, and dedication that started in 1942. In response to the onslaught of World War II, the Royal Canadian Air Force formed the 431 Bomber Squadron in Burn, England. After the end of the war and a brief time on public tours, the 431 Squadron disbanded in 1954; however, to commemorate Canada’s centennial year in 1967, the RCAF formed the Golden Centennaires, planting the seed for another era of aerobatic team display!

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NTSB Releases Preliminary Report on April 2023 Super Cub Accident

On the Perils of Ignoring the Obvious

The NTSB has released its preliminary report on a 14 April 2023 accident in which a Piper PA-18A-150 Super Cub, registration N7278D, was substantially damaged during an off-airport emergency landing attempted by its pilot following in-flight failure of the aircraft’s engine. The pilot and his wife, the aircraft’s only occupants, escaped injury.

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Embry-Riddle Team Sets Amateur Liquid Rocket World Record

To Prescott, and Beyond!

On 16 April 2023, nine undergraduate students representing Embry-Riddle’s Prescott campus set multiple rocketry records, including that for the highest undergraduate and collegiate amateur liquid rocket launch in the United States, by launching a rocket dubbed Deneb to an altitude of 47,732-feet—thereby more than doubling the previous record of 22,000-feet. During a total burn-time of 26.1-seconds, Deneb, which is named for a first-magnitude star in the constellation Cygnus, reached a velocity of 999.3-knots (Mach 1.5).  

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.20.23)

Aero Linx: The Aircraft Engine Historical Society The Aircraft Engine Historical Society is a non-profit educational and historical society that fosters an appreciation of the people, art, and science associated with aircraft engine development, manufacture, and use.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.20.23): Mach Technique [ICAO]

Mach Technique [ICAO] Describes a control technique used by air traffic control whereby turbojet aircraft operating successively along suitable routes are cleared to maintain appropriate MACH numbers for a relevant portion of the en route phase of flight. The principle objective is to achieve improved utilization of the airspace and to ensure that separation between successive aircraft does not decrease below the established minima.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (05.20.23)

"To avoid the congestion at one of America’s busiest airports, PS MIA will offer members and guests an elevated lounge experience, the Salon and private suites equipped with a private balcony, or the landscaped courtyard for some final moments in Miami’s sunshine.” Source: MIA Airport Authority, discussing the new luxury terminal at Miami International Airport (MIA) that will afford affluent travelers opportunity to bypass the inconvenient and demeaning cattle-call of Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) screenings.  

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