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Van's Aircraft is now flying the engineering protype of the RV-15, their first high-wing bird, announced at Oshkosh last year. Van's JUST published a very short video of a test flight on YouTube and set the sport aviation community on fire. The video shows N7357, conducting a pretty short takeoff followed by nearly a minute of inflight beauty shots. ScaleBirds’ Sam Watrous, has confirmed that their P-36 replica has now flown a number of times and outside of the usual teething pains, the P-36 looks to have a bright future. Overall controllability appears promising and the ground handling also appears to be on target. Instrumentation was a little off, so performance numbers
Observed The Airplane Descending In A Wings Level, Approximate 45° Or Steeper, Nose Down Attitude
On June 18, 2022, about 1454 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 336, N3835U, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Porterville, California. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Recorded Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) data, depicted in figure 1, showed the airplane in a left climbing turn shortly after takeoff from runway 30 at Porterville Municipal Airport (PTV). The airplane climbed to about 825 ft msl on a southeasterly heading. About 1 minute 7 seconds later, the airplane initiated a right turn to a southerly heading.
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Inside, Outside, and Upside-Down
For almost forty-years, the AeroShell Aerobatic Team has been thrilling crowds with aerial feats that leave even inveterate aviators wondering what sort of Faustian devilry it takes to impel a quartet of 2.8-ton, AT-6 Texans to snap and leap and pirouette like stunt-kites. Throughout 2022, the team will perform its superbly-choreographed, deftly-executed routine of close-formation, classic aerobatics at no fewer than 23-air-shows—including major engagements at Sun ‘n Fun, AirVenture, and the Rose City Airfest. By dint of its members’ skill, tenacity, and graciousness, the Aer
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