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November 12, 2024

Airborne-NextGen 11.12.24: Japan AirTaxis, MQ-20 Avenger Demo, Starship 6 Ready

 Also: Drone V Power Grid, CAE Launches Prodigy, ISS Cargo Launch, Joby Overseas

 

 

Archer Aviation and Soracle Corporationare working together to bring electric air mobility to Japan. Their new agreement includes up to 100 new aircraft, totaling around $500 million. This aims to help alleviate congestion and improve transportation in Japanese cities where ground travel is limited by traffic or terrain. General Atomics has completed a successful demonstration of its MQ-20 Avenger UAS to perform commanded autonomous maneuvers in a demonstration with the U.S. Navy (USN). The Navy used its MD-5 Ground Control Station (GCS) along with Lockheed Martin’s MDCX autonomy platform to command and control the jet-powered aircraft. Despite the

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DJI Upgrades its Budget-Friendly Neo Drone

New Features Address Two Primary Customer Complaints

DJI recently launched a new update to its $199 Neo drone, addressing the two most common customer complaints. The lightweight device made its debut on September 5. The DJI Neo is a compact UAS designed for personal photo and video applications. The DJI Neo is a compact UAS designed for personal photo and video applications. It weighs less than 5 ounces and can take off “from the palm of the hand,” the manufacturer reported. It has a max flight time of 18 minutes and shoots 4k, ultra-stabilized footage. The Neo also utilizes enclosed propellers to protect itself and its surroundings from damage.

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Seattle Museum of Flight Prepares for 2024 D.B. Cooper Conference

Event Provides Updates on One of Aviation’s Biggest Unsolved Mysteries

Seattle’s Museum of Flight is gearing up to host the 2024 D.B. Copper Conference, led by D.B. Cooper Events, from November 15 to 17. This event will host a variety of experts and discussions to provide new information on the industry’s only unsolved hijacking case. The FBI closed the case in 2016, but it continues to capture public interest and inspire new theories.

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Aeroflot A320 Pays €460,000 To Leave Munich Airport

Landed After Airspace Closed To Russian Aircraft

In an apparent case of poor timing, or poor planning, an Aeroflot Airbus A320 was finally able to depart the Munich International Airport (ICAO: EDDM) in June 2024, 834 days after it landed shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine. But only after a parking fee of €460,000 (about $493,000) had been paid. Shortly after the invasion on February 24, 2022, German and all European airspace was closed to Russian aircraft but the Aeroflot flight arrived in Munich on February 27 from St Petersburg. Parking fees for the Airbus ranged between 340 and 560 Euros per day.

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American Veterans Center Honors Ninety-Nines’ Wally Funk

Honored At American Valor Event

The Ninety-Nines, Inc., International Organization of Women Pilots announced that its esteemed member, pioneering aviator and Mercury 13 Member Wally Funk was honored November 9 at the American Veterans Center’s American Valor event in Washington, D.C.

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Black Hawk Demonstrates Autonomous Fire Fighting

Sikorsky and Rain Showcase Aircraft’s Ability to Find and Extinguish Fires

Sikorsky and Rain recently demonstrated the fire fighting capabilities of an autonomous UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. During the test, the rotorcraft was commanded to take off, locate and determine the size of a fire, then drop water on the site to extinguish the flames. The demonstration was hosted on October 29 at the Sikorsky Headquarters in Stratford, Connecticut.

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Sweden Names C-390 As New Tactical Transport Aircraft

Decision Further Expands the Millennium’s Role In NATO Military Operations

Sweden’s Ministry of Defense recently announced that it will be making the Embraer C-390 Millennium its new military transport aircraft. This marks the 6th European nation to select the aircraft for cargo operations and the first C-390 purchase in Northern Europe. The C-390 will serve as a replacement for the aging C-130 Hercules fleet. The Swedish Air Force currently operates five C-130H as tactical transport aircraft and one KC-130H as an aerial tanker.

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Airborne 11.04.24: World Drone Races, Manta Aircraft, Stratus Power Max

Also: Large Formation Skydiving, USCG Medevac, ARTCC Meteorologists, SpaceX 2024 100th

The 2024 Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Drone Racing Championship has kicked off in Hangzhou, China. The FAI chose the Aero Sports Federation of China (ASFC), supported by the National Sports Group, to host the 2024 event. Manta Aircraft has entered a partnership with Shenyang Aviation Industries Group to develop and certify its hybrid-electric vertical/short takeoff and landing (HeV/STOL) aircraft in China.  The six-seater aircraft, dubbed the ANN Plus, aims to enhance versatility, efficiency, and sustainability in

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FAA Approves Allegiant’s Frost Exemption for 737 MAX

Permits Aircraft to Take Off With Minor Wing Frost at Pilot Discretion

The FAA has granted Allegiant Air an exemption to take off with its Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 aircraft even if there is icing on a specific part of the wing. The filing was submitted on November 5 and made public a day later. The FAA’s decision took input from Boeing’s aerodynamic analysis and existing manuals. Allegiant Air’s exemption request explained that frost tends to form on this area of the wing even in non-icing conditions.

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Airborne 11.04.24: World Drone Races, Manta Aircraft, Stratus Power Max

Also: Large Formation Skydiving, USCG Medevac, ARTCC Meteorologists, SpaceX 2024 100th

The 2024 Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Drone Racing Championship has kicked off in Hangzhou, China. The FAI chose the Aero Sports Federation of China (ASFC), supported by the National Sports Group, to host the 2024 event. Manta Aircraft has entered a partnership with Shenyang Aviation Industries Group to develop and certify its hybrid-electric vertical/short takeoff and landing (HeV/STOL) aircraft in China.  The six-seater aircraft, dubbed the ANN Plus, aims to enhance versatility, efficiency, and sustainability in regiona

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NTSB Prelim: Geisz Gilbert A Lancair 360

About 100 Ft Above The Ground, The Left Wing And Nose Of The Airplane Dropped Suddenly, And The Airplane Impacted The Ground

On October 20, 2024, about 1600 eastern daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Lancair 360, N510G, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident in Cross City, Florida. The commercial pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot had filed an instrument flight rules flight plan from Atmore Municipal Airport (0R1), Atmore, Alabama to Cross City Airport (CTY), Cross City, Florida. The pilot reported in his flight plan an estimated time enroute time of 2 hours, and that there were 4 hours of fuel aboard

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Classic Aero-TV: David Uhl and the Lofty Art of Aircraft Portraiture

From 2022 (YouTube Edition): Still Life with Verve

David Uhl was born into a family of engineers and artists—a backdrop conducive to his gleaning a keen appreciation for the form, function, and beauty of machines, and an intuitive understanding of the passions they inspire. Mr. Uhl purchased his first motorcycle in 1988, and his pencils, brushes, and artistic sensibilities hastened to document the arcane syncretisms of line, curve, and color by which the brute concomitantly aroused the intellectual and visceral ecstasies.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (11.12.24)

Aero Linx: International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations (IFATCA) IFATCA is the recognised international organisation representing air traffic controller associations. The Federation has been representing air traffic controllers for more than 60 years, and has member associations in more than 130 countries.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (11.12.24): Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)

Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) A transportation system that transports people and property by air between two points in the NAS using aircraft with advanced technologies, including electric aircraft or electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, in both controlled and uncontrolled airspace.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (11.12.24)

"At DJI we are always studying everyday camera use so that we can help people capture their videos and photos in the most convenient way possible. The DJI Neo strives to give people the latest tech in the smallest form factor so that they can capture their daily lives, saved as treasured memories, safely and with ease.” Source: Ferdinand Wolf, DJI’s Creative Director, in comments made as DJI upgraded the capabilities of their new Neo UAV.

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