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September 26, 2024

Airborne Affordable Flyers 09.26.24: EXP B29!, EAA v FAA, Affordable Flyer Expo

 Also: MWFly Americas, IAC Hall of Fame, SubSonex To Museum, Aero-Tv Features Cicare 8

 

 

OK... not exactly an Affordable Flyer but certainly notable in sport aviation circles... there is a 35% scale homebuilt B-29 plying the skies these days... the extraordinary result of builder Tom Hodgson’s long-running development of the third scale replica, powered by 4 Honda Fit engines with a number of specially designed accessories to deliver enough power to get this 50 foot wingspan monster off in just 300 feet... on grass. The EAA expressed concerns about a new FAA policy that would limit Phase I testing operations. The order, 8130.2K, is expected to take effect on October 27. 8130.2K cuts down on the number of airports permitted for Pha

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Whitaker's Safety Claims Spark SpaceX Showdown

FAA Administrator Continues to Defend Delays and Penalties

In a very recent and very public clash, FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker pulled the safety card to defend SpaceX delays and fines. This statement, made during a September 24 hearing of the House Transportation Committee, has intensified an ongoing spat between the aerospace giant and its regulatory overseers.

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Tyndall AFB Evacuates F-35s For Incoming Storm

Tropical Storm Expected to Escalate into Cat 3 Hurricane

Tyndall Air Force Base is hunkering down for Tropical Storm Helene, which is expected to become a Category 3 hurricane with up to 110 mph winds. They have temporarily deployed their F-35 fleet to a new base and recommended visitor evacuation. Storm trackers anticipate that the hurricane will hit the Florida Panhandle on September 26.

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Pilot With Engine Trouble Lands On I-25 In Wyoming... Then Fixes and Departs

Fuel Issue Fixed, Plane Takes Off Again

A pilot who was experiencing what he thought was fuel starvation was able to safely land on I-25 about 23 miles north of Cheyenne, Wyoming. The pilot, also an A&P, diagnosed the problem and fixed it with tools he had on hand. Then he continued on to his destination in Oregon after departing Scottsbluff, Nebraska earlier in the day.

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Southwest Investor Calls For Leadership Change

Activist Investor Blames Executives for Current Struggles

On September 24, Southwest activist investor Elliott Investment Management revealed its intention to call a special shareholder meeting in the coming weeks. Holding over 10% of the airline’s stock puts Elliott in a strong position to advocate for the potential ousting of CEO Bob Jordan and other top executives.

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Distinguished Statesmen and Stateswomen In Aviation For 2024

NAA Names Astronaut, Labor Leader, and Vietnam Combat Pilot

The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) announced its recipients of the 2024 Wesley L. McDonald Distinguished Statesmen and Stateswomen of Aviation Award. This year’s group includes air traffic control, air racing, and Army Special Ops missions.

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Congress Passes Gold Medal Honor For Vietnam Dustoff Crews

Nearly 500,000 Medevac Missions Flown During War

In May 2024 Congress passed the Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act. It also passed the Senate and is awaiting President Biden’s signature to award the approximately 3,400 dustoff crew members who served between May 1962 through March 1973. For those of a certain age who watched the nightly news coverage about the Vietnam War and daily casualty reports, the term “dustoff” was frequently heard being read by reporters on scene as video of daring rescue operations played on the television.

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Embraer Expanding MRO Network To Alliance Airport

Will Build Second Hangar For Supporting E-Jet Fleet

Brazil-based Embraer announced it is expanding its network of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facilities in the U.S. The company will open a new owned service center at Perot Field/Fort Worth Alliance Airport (KAFW) in Fort Worth, Texas. Embraer will partner with the City of Fort Worth, Denton County, and State of Texas to start operations in an existing hangar in early 2025, while building a second hangar it anticipates will open in 2027. The new facilities for service operations will significantly add to Embraer’s capacity to support its E-Jet customers in the U.S.

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Airborne 09.18.24: Boom XB-1 3rd Test, DJI Ban, SubSonex To EAA Museum

Also: Volato Nixed by Honda, New B-21 Bases, A-10 Unit Inactivated, Gogo/Airshare

Boom Supersonic announced its demonstrator aircraft XB-1 successfully completed its third test flight less than three weeks after the second flight. The flight was piloted by Chief Test Pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg for his second flight. Boom is testing key systems and performance as it systematically expands the flight envelope. The pace of test flights has a target of supersonic flight before the end of the year. The House of Representatives has passed H.R.2864: the Countering CCP Drones Act. This would add future equipment made by DJI technolog

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Airborne 09.18.24: Boom XB-1 3rd Test, DJI Ban, SubSonex To EAA Museum

Also: Volato Nixed by Honda, New B-21 Bases, A-10 Unit Inactivated, Gogo/Airshare

Boom Supersonic announced its demonstrator aircraft XB-1 successfully completed its third test flight less than three weeks after the second flight. The flight was piloted by Chief Test Pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg for his second flight. Boom is testing key systems and performance as it systematically expands the flight envelope. The pace of test flights has a target of supersonic flight before the end of the year. The House of Representatives has passed H.R.2864: the Countering CCP Drones Act. This would add future equipment made by DJI technologies to

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Classic Aero-TV: Electroair -- Igniting General Aviation’s Future

From 2023 (YouTube Version): Electro Defeats Magneto—Marvel’s Lawyers Frown

The design, function, and management of aero-engine magneto ignition systems has been a mainstay of primary aircraft training for decades. FAA Airman Knowledge Tests are replete with questions pertaining to magneto system design and function and student pilots, at this very moment, are turning keys and dogmatically conveying observed RPM drops to CFIs weary to death of Lycoming and Continental engine runups.

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NTSB Prelim: Jon Bergstedt JP Flyer

Engine Appeared Not To Have Been Producing Full Takeoff Power

On September 14, 2024, at 0930 Alaska daylight time, an experimental amateur-built, JP Flyer, N1202Y, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Wasilla, Alaska. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulation Part 91 personal flight. According to a close friend, the accident pilot rebuilt the airplane, which originated as a Piper PA-12 airplane at his home in Anchorage, Alaska, and transported it to Anderson Lake Airport (0AK1) to be assembled in the friend’s hangar.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (09.26.24)

Aero Linx: Iowa Public Airports Association (IPAA) The nonprofit Iowa Public Airports Association (IPAA) was founded in 1984 — an outgrowth of the Iowa Airport Executives Association. Membership is open to all public use airports in Iowa, as well as associates with an interest in Iowa’s aviation system and the industry that supports it. The association is under the direction of a 14-member volunteer board of directors.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (09.26.24): Middle Marker

Middle Marker A marker beacon that defines a point along the glideslope of an ILS normally located at or near the point of decision height (ILS Category I). It is keyed to transmit alternate dots and dashes, with the alternate dots and dashes keyed at the rate of 95 dot/dash combinations per minute on a 1300 Hz tone, which is received aurally and visually by compatible airborne equipment.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (09.26.24)

“FAA Administrator Whitaker made several incorrect statements today regarding SpaceX. In fact, every statement he made was incorrect. It is deeply concerning that the Administrator does not appear to have accurate information immediately available to him with respect to SpaceX licensing matters.” Source: From a letter by SpaceX correcting what it considered to be rampant inaccuracies in statements by the FAA Administrator in a public hearing. Shortly thereafter, SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk would call for FAA Administrator Whitaker's removal from office. 

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