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December 13, 2021

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (12.18.21)

“We wanted to make sure that we could do a thorough review of any technologies that are sold or transferred to other partners in the region.” Source: American Secretary of State Antony Blinken, discussing the elements of why the United Arab Emirates may not end up with the F-35 Lightning II, following the long running negotiations to sell the platform to the middle eastern nation.

Aero Linx: Belarusian Federation of Air Sports Public association "Belarusian Federation of Air Sports" ("BFAS") is a public association of citizens of a sporting nature, has the republican status and carries out its activities throughout the territory of the Republic of Belarus. Created on April 27, 1999 at the constituent conference of the air sports community from all over the country, registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus on July 16, 1999, registration certificate No. 00197. Due to making amendments and additions to the Charter, it was re-registered on April 24, 2007 under No. 01854.

Minimum Vectoring Altitude (MVA) The lowest MSL altitude at which an IFR aircraft will be vectored by a radar controller, except as otherwise authorized for radar approaches, departures, and missed approaches. The altitude meets IFR obstacle clearance criteria. It may be lower than the published MEA along an airway or J-route segment. It may be utilized for radar vectoring only upon the controller’s determination that an adequate radar return is being received from the aircraft being controlled. Charts depicting minimum vectoring altitudes are normally available only to the controllers and not to pilots.

“The EASA CS-23 category is an internationally recognized certification standard which will allow the new F2-CS23 to be easily accepted in all markets worldwide. The international design team of the F2-CS23 brought a tremendous amount of talent into this program and the EASA Type Certificate is well deserved.” Source: Dieter Koehler, Project Manager of the F2, explaining details of Flight Design General Aviation having received EASA CS-23 certification on their 2 seater, lightweight sportplane. Flight Design says the accomplishment is just the beginning, as the company works towards certification of their 4-seat F4 and F2e electric model.