Inchoate Model to Transport Organs for Human Transplant

magniX, the Washington State-based, Singapore-owned manufacturer of electric aircraft motors announced the successful first flight of an all-electric Robinson-44 helicopter powered by a magniX electric propulsion unit (EPU). The Saturday 04 June flight was conducted at California’s Los Alamitos Army Airfield by  Tier 1 Engineering, a Santa Ana-based provider of engineering services specializing in lightweight aircraft structures. 

Wrongfully Imprisoned Passenger Sues Airline

American Airlines is the latest institution bearing the appellation “American” to forego due-process and trample the rights of individual Americans—suggests a lawsuit brought against the airline by an Arizona man. Michael Lowe, a Grand Canyon tour guide, states he was held in a small, overcrowded jail in Tucumcari, N.M., for more than two weeks because Fort Worth-based American Airlines incorrectly provided his name to police, who’d requested the passenger list of a flight Lowe had taken a year prior.

Upcoming Congressional Decision Critical for Boeing

A report commissioned by the Federal Aviation Administration may influence a crucial, looming decision about Boeing's not-yet-certified-to-fly 737 MAX 10. The March 2022 report is highly critical of the FAA’s exemption of early, 737 MAX models from best-practice pilot-warning systems. The as of yet uncertified MAX 10's crew-alerting system has been upgraded but still falls short of complying with the current, best-practices safety regulations. 

Colorado Organization Promotes Aviation Careers and S.T.E.M. Scholarship 

Colorado’s Wings Over the Rockies organization will host its second annual, Aviation Careers Symposium at its Exploration of Flight Center in Englewood, CO. The 11 June event will feature over 25 organizations from across the aviation industry, to include airlines, flight schools, military aviation, high school and collegiate programs, UAV operators, and more. 

Warrantless Governmental Drone Surveillance a Risk

A Michigan pair accused of violating zoning laws is once again at the center of a Constitutional debate. In 2008, Long Lake Township brought a zoning ordinance violation lawsuit against township residents Todd and Heather Maxon. The township alleged the Maxons’ property was overfull of trash and debris, and therefore in violation of zoning ordinances prohibiting salvage or junk-yards. Constitutionality prevailed in the form of an out-of-court settlement that called for the township to pay $3,200 of the Maxons' legal expenses and agree to levy no future zoning enforcements—deriving of facts or circumstances identical to the initial disagreement—against the couple. The Maxons,

Sonex Program Proves Refuted Notion

The business of building an airplane is a complex, convoluted, nigh-impossible undertaking best left to aerospace engineers and multinational corporations, yes? The folks at Sonex, the Oshkosh-based manufacturer of kit aircraft such as the Waiex-B, Sonex-B, and Onex, disagree—emphatically. To prove their assertion, Sonex owner Mark Schaible and the Sonex team have devised a compelling exercise they call One Week Wonder. The appositely named endeavor is a seven-day undertaking during which volunteers assemble a genuine, operational, Sonex, Waiex-B aircraft from the selfsame kit the company provides its customers.

Airplane Circled Right And Left East Of Huntsville For About 30 Minutes

On May 1, 2022, about 1705 central daylight time, an experimental, amateur-built Van's Aircraft RV-7A, N1218B, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Huntsville, Alabama. The pilot was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Review of preliminary Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) flight track data revealed that the airplane was first detected at 1328 shortly after departing McKinney National Airport (TKI), Dallas, Texas.

Aero Linx: Army Aviation Medicine Association (AsMA) The Army Aviation Medicine Association is the subset of members of the SoUSAFS that are also members of the Aerospace Medical associatino (ASMA) and is a constituent organization of ASMA with separate Bylaws and governance IAW with the constitution and Bylaws of the Aerospace MEdical Association... The purposes of the Association are to represent the interests of the U.S. Army aviation medicine community within the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA), and to provide a forum in which members of AsMA who are affiliated with Army aviation may gather at the annual AsMA meeting.

Tetrahedron A device normally located on uncontrolled airports and used as a landing direction indicator. The small end of a tetrahedron points in the direction of landing. At controlled airports, the tetrahedron, if installed, should be disregarded because tower instructions supersede the indicator.

“This historic flight, of an all-electric helicopter with a certifiable electric engine, was an important step towards obtaining aircraft certification. We are excited to expand the flight tests to greater distances and demonstrate safe, reliable all-electric flight."  Source: Tier 1 Engineering President Glen Dromgoole in a statement about magniX, the Washington State-based, Singapore-owned manufacturer of electric aircraft motors having announced the successful first flight of an all-electric Robinson-44 helicopter powered by a magniX electric propulsion unit (EPU).