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June 03, 2022

Airborne 06.03.22: Aerox Expands, A-10 Survives, Lilium Transition

Also: Tilt-Rotor AW609, 2022 Hurricane Season, B-29 DOC Salutes Women, MD Helicopters

 

Breathe easier! O2 Aero Acquisitions and Aerox Aviation Oxygen Systems has acquired the aviation oxygen assets of Air Craft Industries -- doing business as Sky-Ox. The acquisition broadens Aerox’s line of portable oxygen systems for cargo, commercial, business, and general aviation users—as well as STCs [Supplemental Type Certificates] for O2 systems in a range of general aviation aircraft models. The United States Air Force (USAF) brass has had their knuckles cracked trying to push the “Warthogs” A-10 Thunderbolt II into the dust bucket yet again. It wasn’t that long ago, actually it was 2019 when the USAF Materiel Command issued a stateme

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Textron Readies For Special Olympics Airlift

Aircraft Owners and Operators Join Aerospace Giant in Massive Operation to Transport Athletes to Orlando Event

Textron Aviation and upward of 120 Cessna, Beechcraft, and Hawker owners and operators are making ready to transport more than 800 athletes and coaches from across the U.S. to the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games in Orlando, Florida. The 2022 Airlift will be the eighth Textron Aviation has coordinated. With the generous help of its aircraft customers, industry partners, and volunteers, Textron has transported thousands of athletes and their coaches to participate in the popular games. So popular, prolific, and well-organized is this year’s airlift that a Textron Aviation aircraft will take off or land every two minutes throughou

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Airborne 05.25.22: Seaplane v Obnoxious HOA, Global 8000, Sonaca Halts

Also: Gogo Goes Global, NAA Honors Skydivers, Dassault Falcon 6x FlightSim, Pilotless Airplane--Ooopps

A seaplane owner has incurred the wrath of a local homeowner’s association which claims his attempts to safeguard public safety violate its bylaws. The viral Reddit post has been up-voted nearly ten-thousand times. Titled “AITA (Am I The Ass**le) for ignoring my neighbors and their HOA group?” was uploaded by a seaplane-rated private pilot who operates a Piper Super Cub on floats near his lakeshore cottage. Bombardier has unveiled the newest member of its business jet portfolio with the introduction of the Global 8000 aircraft, repor

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Aero-TV At SnF2022: Stallion 51’s Lauderback Shares Insights

Lauderback Shares History & Hopes Of Mustang & Stallion 51

Stallion 51 President and CEO Lee Lauderback reflected on 35 years of operations with Stallion 51. When asked about his beginning, Mr. Lauderback stated that he “sort of grew up in an aviation family… my first flight in an aircraft was with my dad. He was a Naval aviator, but it was in a North American Navion at two years old. I started flying gliders at 14, then powered airplanes, soloing on my 16th birthday. All I wanted to do was fly fighters, but going up through there, I realized my vision wasn’t quite 2020, so flying military became a major

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Blue Origin NS-21 Mission Nears Launch

New Shepard Launch Vehicle Makes Ready for June Flight

Blue Origin LLC, the American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company headquartered in the Seattle suburb of Kent, WA has announced  its NS-21 mission will lift off from Launch Site One—in Guadalupe Mountains in West Texas—on Saturday, 04 June 2022. The launch window opens at 08:00 CDT [13:00 Z]. The mission will be the fifth crewed flight of the company’s New Shepard launch vehicle which, as of 31 March 2022, has transported twenty passengers into space.

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Airborne 05.25.22: Seaplane v Obnoxious HOA, Global 8000, Sonaca Halts

Also: Gogo Goes Global, NAA Honors Skydivers, Dassault Falcon 6x FlightSim, Pilotless Airplane--Ooopps

A seaplane owner has incurred the wrath of a local homeowner’s association which claims his attempts to safeguard public safety violate its bylaws. The viral Reddit post has been up-voted nearly ten-thousand times. Titled “AITA (Am I The Ass**le) for ignoring my neighbors and their HOA group?” was uploaded by a seaplane-rated private pilot who operates a Piper Super Cub on floats near his lakeshore cottage. Bombardier has unveiled the newest member of its business jet portfolio with the introduction of the Global 8000 aircraft, repor

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Unmanned Rotorcraft In Service With Romanian Border Police

Schiebel’s S-100 CAMCOPTER Supplements Marine Surveillance 

After a series of successful operations in 2021, Romanian border police are once again utilizing Schiebel’s unmanned, S-100 CAMCOPTER to carry out general coast guard functions. The operations—which encompass day-to-day monitoring and surveillance of shipping activity, port security, accident and disaster response, and search-and-rescue operations—commenced in March, 2022 and are scheduled to continue until August. Romanian Border Police carried out 50 missions in the first two months of 2022 operations, during which the S-100 accumulated more than 170 hours. 

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MD Helicopters Offers MD530E Performance Upgrade

FAA Approved OEM Program Increases Power and Useful Load of Popular Model

MD Helicopters has developed a program to upgrade its popular, MD500E helicopter. The FAA approved program transforms the MD 500E into the more powerful and capable type-certified MD 530F. The “E”-to-“F” conversion program consists primarily of: an engine swap from the Rolls Royce 250-C20B to the more powerful RR250-C30; new main and tail-rotor blades; and upgraded, “F” model, main-rotor gearbox and tail-rotor drive-shaft. The improvements facilitate a higher, 3,350 lbs. gross weight; increased cruise speed; and improved flight characteristics in confined areas. Converted aircraft leave MD’s Mesa facility with a zero-time engine for

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Minnesota Institution Offers Charter Flight Coordinator Certification Program

Forty-Hour Curriculum Focuses on Improving Part 135 Safety, Efficiency, and Profitability

The Academy College Learning Institute in Bloomington, MN has launched a two-week, forty-hour, intensive, on-line course designed to help non-certified flight operation staff-members achieve certification as Charter Flight Coordinators. The course focuses on the day-to-day aspects of Part 135 operations and familiarizes students with aircraft types, air-charter regulatory compliance, charter sales orthodoxy, and means by which to accelerate and grow charter operations.

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Luxaviation Group To Receive First Citation M2 Gen2 Light Jet

Paris-Based Operator States New Aircraft Will Provide Access to New Client Base

Textron Aviation announced that Luxaviation Group is the first European customer for the Cessna Citation M2 Gen2 light business aircraft. Paris-based Luxaviation Group is among the largest, private aircraft operators in the world. Karol Guérémy, Managing Director of Luxaviation States, “The addition of this new Cessna Citation M2 Gen2 will provide access to a new client base out of our Paris base where we offer FBO, aircraft charter and management.”

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NTSB Prelim: Blue Side Up Inc Comp Air 8 SS52

The Airplane Impacted Hilly Terrain At An Elevation Of About 5,780 FT MSL

On May 8, 2022, about 1419 mountain daylight time, an amateur-built experimental Comp Air 8 SS52 airplane, N801DT, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Grasmere, Idaho. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight. The Federal Aviation Administration issued an Alert Notification for the missing airplane after the pilot made a distress call.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.03.22)

Aero Linx: FAA Manager's Association FAAMA is the recognized advocate for aviation leaders within the Federal Aviation Administration.  We advocate for aviation’s leaders to Congress through our well-respected government relations firm, the Normandy Group.  The Normandy Group is comprised of a former Member of Congress and several former senior Congressional staff members with experience in both the House and Senate.  Normandy’s proficiency on FAAMA issues coupled with their knowledge of the decision makers and their view on issues enables Normandy to tailor and communicate FAAMA’s message to resonate on Washington, D.C. 

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.03.22): Obstacle

Obstacle An existing object, object of natural growth, or terrain at a fixed geographical location or which may be expected at a fixed location within a prescribed area with reference to which vertical clearance is or must be provided during flight operation.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (06.03.22)

“The value of this service has been clearly demonstrated in our previous Romanian operations last year, and we are proud to support the Romanian authorities once again.” Source: Schiebel Group Chairman Hans Georg Schiebel, commenting on the series of successful operations in 2021, where Romanian border police are once again utilizing Schiebel’s unmanned, S-100 CAMCOPTER to carry out general coast guard functions.

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