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Held annually for the last seven-years at Indiana’s Goshen Municipal Airport (GSH), Rotors ‘n Ribs is an eponymously-accurate event comprising an aggregation of helicopters, helicopter pilots, first-rate barbecue ribs, and a slew of family-friendly, rotary-wing-themed attractions. Interest in Sonex’s new Highwing aircraft remains similarly keen among those by whom the machine is being developed and those intent upon purchasing such. Sympathetic to the disappointment apt to be occasioned by the news, Sonex conceded by way of a 09 July statement that a prototype of its Highwing model will not be ready for 2023’s EAA’s A
Airbus has christened its new A320-family Final Assembly Line (FAL) in the south-central French city of Toulouse. The facility’s opening ceremony was attended by hundreds of the plane-maker’s employees and representatives of the French government.
A Blue Origin BE-4 rocket engine exploded during a 30 June 2023 test firing at the company’s West-Texas facility. The detonation destroyed the engine and substantially damaged test-stand infrastructure. Moreover, the setback’s ramifications are at once consequential to the extraterrestrial aspirations of Blue Origin and its customers. The eradicated BE-4 was to have concluded testing in July prior to being handed over to United Launch Alliance (ULA), which was to have plied the engine to the attempted second launch of its Vulcan Centaur rocket.
Indiana’s Rotors ‘n Ribs Helicopter Fly-In Celebrates 7th Year
Held annually for the last seven-years at Indiana’s Goshen Municipal Airport (GSH), Rotors ‘n Ribs is an eponymously-accurate event comprising an aggregation of helicopters, helicopter pilots, first-rate barbecue ribs, and a slew of family-friendly, rotary-wing-themed attractions. “It’s been so successful that it has become one of the largest helicopter-only fly-ins in the country. It has gained national recognition in the helicopter industry” stated Goshen Municipal Airport manager and longtime helicopter pilot Randy Sharkey, who found
Airlander-10 Hybrid Airship to Appear at RIAT 2027
Hybrid Air Vehicles has entered into a five-year corporate partnership with the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT)—the world's largest military air show—by which the company’s Airlander-10 hybrid airship will appear at RAIT’s 2027 iteration. The partnership and planned demonstration underscore RIAT’s aspiration to become a more sustainable event and exhibit emergent technologies conducive to the aerospace sector’s decarbonization.
Massachusetts-based ALTO Aviation is a designer and manufacturer of up-market cabin-audio and entertainment systems for business aircraft. 2023 marks two milestones for ALTO Aviation: the company’s 25th year in business and the surpassing of 250 Gulfstream aircraft upgraded with certified ALTO cabin digital audio systems and Cadence switch panels.
On 10 July 2023, the NBAA urged aviation stakeholders to sign a petition expressing support for the H.R. H.R. 3935, the U.S. House of Representatives bill to refund the Federal Aviation Administration through 2028.
The pilot and sole occupant of a single-engine ICON A5 that went down in east-central Minnesota’s Mille Lacs Lake on Friday, 30 June 2023 has been identified as 47-year-old Ryan Comer of Blane, Minnesota. Mille Lacs County Sheriff Kyle Burton reported personnel of his department recovered Mr. Comer’s body from approximately 26-feet of water... After 19 years, Virgin Galactic, the California-based spaceflight subsidiary of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, has actualized its founder’s ambition to transport paying passengers to the edge of space... thou
The pilot and sole occupant of a single-engine ICON A5 that went down in east-central Minnesota’s Mille Lacs Lake on Friday, 30 June 2023 has been identified as 47-year-old Ryan Comer of Blane, Minnesota. Mille Lacs County Sheriff Kyle Burton reported personnel of his department recovered Mr. Comer’s body from approximately 26-feet of water... After 19 years, Virgin Galactic, the California-based spaceflight subsidiary of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, has actualized its founder’s ambition to transport paying passengers to the edge of space... thou
On 11 July 2023, GAMA announced the additions of Péter Márton and Zanthe Jordine as the Association’s respective Director of European Government Affairs, and Director of European Safety/Sustainability Development respectively. GAMA also announced the promotion of Cate Brancart to Director of European Safety and Sustainability Development.
The NTSB has released its final report on a 20 May 2023 accident in which a North American-Buehn T-6G, registration N42JM, operating in the vicinity of Ankeny, Iowa was substantially damaged when its retractable undercarriage malfunctioned.
A man wanted by authorities for suspicion of felony domestic assault, drug dealing, trespassing, and felony violating a no-contact order attempted to elude arrest by opening the emergency door of a parked Sun Country 737 aboard which he was traveling and fleeing across the ramp at Minnesota’s Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP).
Aero Linx: Lake Amphibian Club
This website is created and sponsored by the Lake Amphibian Club, to help spread the word about these wonderful, versatile amphibians that can land just about anywhere, making traveling in small aircraft adventurous, safe, and just plain fun. The public portion of the site includes a tremendous amount of information about Lakes, that should help anyone interested in the planes learn more about them.
Radar Service Terminated
Used by ATC to inform a pilot that he/she will no longer be provided any of the services that could be received while in radar contact. Radar service is automatically terminated, and the pilot is not advised in the following cases...
“We’re pleased to see this new facility join our worldwide network of final assembly sites which will comprise four FALs in Hamburg, Germany; two in Toulouse, France; two in Mobile, Alabama, United States; and two in Tianjin, China—all them capable of assembling the A321.”
Source: Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury, speaking about their having christened a new A320-family Final Assembly Line (FAL) in the south-central French city of Toulouse.
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