Also: Mask Mandate, USAF FY22 Aviation Bonus, Boeing 1Q/22, APA Sues American
For the first time in years, privately held, verified lunar samples went up for auction, topping $500,000 at last week’s Bonhams auction. The sale was probably the best-documented opportunity to add legitimate, authenticated lunar material to space enthusiast’s collection, not to mention the first one to come available in years. Lunar samples and moon material is held to be a national treasure by NASA, and the sample that reached auction was the beneficiary of their dogged pursuit to retain every last micron of moon dust they possibly can. The Aero-News Network, and its award-winning Airborne news team, will be covering AUVSI's XPONENTIAL conference, in-depth, next
AUVSI Partner & Pioneering Aviation/Aerospace News Organization Will Again Cover XPO InDepth
The Aero-News Network, and its award-winning Airborne news team, will be covering AUVSI's XPONENTIAL conference, in-depth, next week in Orlando Florida, April 25-28. ANN has been partnering with AUVSI for over 4 years on the weekly Airborne-Uncrewed newscast, now seen all over the world via YouTube, Vimeo, Roku, FireTV and nearly 100 other syndication outlets. The Airborne-Uncrewed program has been a pivotal video news programming series, producing hundreds of episodes and millions of views around the world.
Read More
Rare Lunar Scrapings Sold to Underwhelming Reception
For the first time in years, privately held, verified lunar samples went up for auction, topping $500,000 at this week’s Bonhams auction. The sale was probably the best-documented opportunity to add legitimate, authenticated lunar material to space enthusiast’s collection, not to mention the first one to come available in years. Lunar samples and moon material is held to be a national treasure by NASA, and the sample that reached auction this week was the beneficiary of their dogged pursuit to retain every last micron of moon dust they possibly can.
Read More
New Airport Design Standards Include Guidelines for Grass Strip Runway Placement
The EAA celebrates the most recent update to the FAA's new airport design standards, specifically a "long-awaited acknowledgment to allow turf operations on unpaved runway safety areas. For those pilots running a specially-configured aircraft using low-pressure tundra tires, ultralights, gliders, or vintage tailwheel aircraft, the long, unused, and perfectly functional grass strips are just the ticket for safer, most consistent operation.
Read More
About 50-Miles From MOT, The Engine Began To Run Rough
On March 11, 2022, about 1605 central standard time, a Cirrus SR22T airplane, N164CP, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Minot, North Dakota. The pilot and 1 passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that he was on a 1.5-hour visual flight rules (VFR) cross-country flight from Fargo, North Dakota. Minot International Airport (MOT), Minot, North Dakota was his destination.
Read More
Aero Linx: The Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association (IALPA)
The Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association (IALPA) came into being in 1946 when a group of Aer Lingus pilots met and formed a committee, headed by the first IALPA President Captain P. W. (Darby) Kennedy. In the early days it dealt with the airline on matters of common interests, mainly the “lifestyle” items of salary, working conditions, pension and seniority... As the Association’s title implies, IALPA currently draws its membership from all airlines in Ireland -i.e., Aer Lingus, ASL Airlines, CHC (Ireland), CityJet, Irish Helicopters, Parc Aviation, Ryanair, Stobart Air, and Westair.
Read More
“Many of our members build their own airplanes from kits or sets of plans and each year, more than 1,000 of these amateur-built aircraft are among the 10,000-plus aircraft that arrive here for AirVenture. In 2022, several popular designs are celebrating their anniversaries, and we invite all owners of those aircraft to come to Oshkosh to help commemorate the occasion.”
Source: Charlie Becker, EAA’s homebuilt community manager, commenting on the many anniversaries coming up this year for some of sport aviation's most respected airframes.
Read More