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November 28, 2024

Five Beech T-6C Texan IIs Delivered To Vietnam

Historic Sale Advances U.S. Interests In Indo-Pacific Region

Textron Aviation Defense announced the delivery of five Beechcraft T-6C Texan II Integrated Training System (ITS) aircraft to the Vietnam Air Defense Air Force (ADAF) for its pilot training program at Phan Thiet Airbase. The historic delivery of the first of twelve aircraft highlights the on-time fulfillment of the inaugural Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program established between the U.S. Air Force and ADAF. The rest of the aircraft are to be delivered by mid-2025.

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United Breaks Ground on $16 Million Training Center

Virginia-Based Facility Slated to Open in 2025

United Airlines recently began construction of its new $16 million, 20,000-square-foot Inflight Training Center in Fairfax County, Virginia. The facility is slated to open in 2025, providing safety and service exercises for 650 flight attendants per month. It is located near the airline’s hub at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).

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FAA Releases Environmental Review Draft for SpaceX

Results to Determine Approval for Additional Starship Launches

On November 20, the Federal Aviation Administration released a new draft of its SpaceX Starship environmental assessment. This analyzed the impact of up to 25 Starship and Super Heavy booster takeoffs/landings to determine whether or not the launch frequency can be increased moving forward. The update opened a public comment period that will remain accessible until January 17.

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Coulson Lands New Contract With Chile For Boeing FireLiner

Expands Commitment Supporting Firefighting in South America

Coulson Aviation announced a contract with Chile’s National Forest Corporation (CONAF) that adds a Boeing 737 FireLiner to CONAF’s fleet that includes other Coulson aircraft. Addition of the FireLiner, a converted passenger aircraft designed specifically for firefighting, bolsters CONAF’s aerial firefighting fleet. It offers rapid response times and enhanced coverage across a variety of challenging terrains.

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Airborne Response Gets Aerial Drone Inspection Contract

South Florida Fire And Rescue Uses Telecom Towers To Be Inspected

Safe Pro Group announced that its subsidiary, Airborne Response, has secured a purchase order for a multi-site drone inspection project to be completed in 2025 on telecommunications towers in South Florida. The order specifies that Airborne’s uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) will conduct enhanced drone-based aerial inspections and asset management services for the telecom customer. The inspections will be carried out by Skydio drones to inspect multiple radio towers used by a South Florida municipal fire & rescue department.

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Airborne 11.20.24: Starship 6!, Boom XB-1 Flies Again, Spirit Bankrupt

Also: Apache Rendezvous, Qantas A380 Tool FoulUp, SWA Shooting, USCG Rescue

With President-Elect Donald Trump in attendance to see his new buddy Elon Musk, do his thing; Starship 6 launched on time Tuesday afternoon with a spectacular, but not 100% successful result. The much-anticipated attempt to catch the booster in the massive Mechazilla chopsticks was called off shortly after inflight separation for reasons yet unexplained, but it was brought in for a controlled landing in the ocean near where it launched from... with no ill result to anyone. Boom’s supersonic XB-1 took its eighth flight test on November 16. It was able to reach a new max alti

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Klyde Morris (11.25.24)

Line 'em Up, Holiday Travelers, Klyde's Ready To Observe The Insanity

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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Executive Promotions At Mid-Continent And True Blue

Support For Expanding Global Market And Customer Demand

Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics announced promotions of four key executives within the company as well as its True Blue Power division to support the expansion of its global market and growing customer demand. Matthew Harrah is the new President of Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics and True Blue Power. He has over 25 years of aviation industry experience in leadership roles. He is an active pilot with an ATP certificate and is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps.   

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ASTM Developing Space Vehicle Practice And Design Elements

Providing Guidance For Suborbital And Orbital Vehicles And Space Stations

ASTM International’s Committee F47 on Commercial Space Flight announced it is developing a proposed standard containing recommended practices and design elements for suborbital and orbital space vehicles, and orbital platforms or space stations. Formed in 2016, the committee has enabled private and public entities involved in developing and commercializing space flight operations to use ASTM’s neutral forum to develop safety and quality standards along with recommended practices that best position the industry for future regulatory requirements while also allowing room for innovation as this rapidly-expanding field progresses.

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NTSB Final Report: Rotorsport UK LTD Cavalon

During The Three Months Before The Accident Flight, The Gyroplane Was In Maintenance And The Pilot Had Not Flown

Analysis: The sport pilot, who was also the owner of the gyroplane, had about 120 total hours of flight experience, all of which was in the accident gyroplane. During the three months before the accident flight, the gyroplane was in maintenance and the pilot had not flown. Surveillance video captured the accident sequence, and showed the aircraft in the initial climb. It  leveled off briefly before resuming its climb while displaying a significant left yaw. Shortly thereafter, the aircraft rolled to the right about 360° and impacted the runway.

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Classic Aero-TV: Aergility - Heavy Lifting via Heavy Thinking

From 2022 (YouTube Edition): Florida Based Company Develops Heavy Lift Cargo Drone

Aergility—the Florida-based company that develops and builds autonomous, long-range, high-payload, cargo-carrying, hybrid-electric, vertical takeoff and landing, unmanned aerial vehicles—has unveiled a prototype of its ATLIS UAV. The vehicle’s long-range, heavy-lift capabilities are conducive to humanitarian, disaster-relief, military, and industrial missions conducted in areas where ground transportation is impossible, impractical, or flat-out dangerous.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (11.28.24)

Aero Linx: Space Medicine Association (SMA) The history of space medicine and the history of the Space Medicine Association are both so closely integrated with the history of space exploration that they can not be discussed separately.The significant space medicine related publications from the journal of Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine (formerly the Journal of Aviation Medicine and the Journal of Aerospace Medicine) are included as down-linked files as well as previously published "Classics in Space Medicine" articles that discussed several of those papers and their historical significance. Links to photos, videos, and documents are also embedded.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (11.28.24)

“It’s an honor to support the United States and its Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Vietnam as together they focus on a prosperous, open, resilient, and peaceful Indo-Pacific Region. We also welcome the Vietnam Air Defense Air Force as the 14th nation to place its confidence in the T-6 Texan II and we celebrate the arrival of the T-6C at Phan Thiet Airbase.” Source: Travis Tyler, President and CEO of Textron Aviation Defense, explaining what the latest T-6 Texan II buy means to the Textron Defense team.

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