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August 17, 2024

Airborne 08.09.24: Icon Sale Final, 3rd Joby Proto Flies, Starliner???

Also: Dawn Aerospace, Lindbergh Foundation, Airbus v ALPA, Air Cargo-Only Airport

ICON Aircraft has successfully completed the sale of essentially all its assets to investment banking group SG Investment America (which apparently/ultimately is derived from Chinese ownership), who will continue to operate the company (for now) under the name ICON Aircraft. Joby Aviation announced the third production prototype aircraft has been completed on the production line in Marina, California. A fourth aircraft is expected to be finished in the coming weeks and its flight testing is expected to begin during Q4 of this year. After about two months of delays, space en

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Airborne 08.09.24: Icon Sale Final, 3rd Joby Proto Flies, Starliner???

Also: Dawn Aerospace, Lindbergh Foundation, Airbus v ALPA, Air Cargo-Only Airport

ICON Aircraft has successfully completed the sale of essentially all its assets to investment banking group SG Investment America (which apparently/ultimately is derived from Chinese ownership), who will continue to operate the company (for now) under the name ICON Aircraft. Joby Aviation announced the third production prototype aircraft has been completed on the production line in Marina, California. A fourth aircraft is expected to be finished in the coming weeks and its flight testing is expected to begin during Q4 of this year. After about two months of delays, s

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Klyde Morris (08.12.24)

Klyde Can't Deal With The SpaceX v Blue Origin Ongoing Rivalry

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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NTSB Prelim: DeGraw DeBird

(Witness) Did Not Hear Anything Unusual Until He Heard Two Loud Thumps

On August 3, 2024, about 2058 central daylight time, a De Bird gyroplane, N140DG, was substantially damaged during an accident near Napoleon, Michigan. The pilot was fatally injured. The gyroplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The husband of the pilot reported that his wife was conducting an evening pleasure flight in the gyroplane. He said that the weather conditions at the time of the accident were good and that his wife was very experienced in the accident gyroplane. He estimated that she had about 800 flight hours in the accident gyroplane. He was about ¼ mile away from their private airstrip and he could hear th

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Classic Aero-TV: Flight Design Comes Alive--Major Advances Show Company Strength

From 2019 (YouTube Version): Flight Design Debuts New Models At AirVenture

Flight Design introduced its new F-Series airplanes at AirVenture 2019. Flight Design president, Tom Peghiny, told Aero-TV’s Tom Patton that the aircraft will be certified under Part 23 as well as an SLSA. The F-2 will be available with both a Rotax 912 engine and a Seimens electric motor. Next year, the company hopes to have a 4-place F-2 flying behind a Rotax 915 engine. According to Flight Design, the structure of the F2 is manufactured to close tolerance

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (08.17.24)

Aero Linx: The Society of United States Air Force Flight Surgeons (SoUSAFFS) Thank you for visiting the Society of United States Air Force Flight Surgeons (SoUSAFFS) web page. We are the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA) constituent organization which represents all Air Force flight surgeons (FS): Active Duty, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, and retired. The society exists to advocate for USAF Flight Surgeons at the national and international level and to advance education, mentoring, and networking among all flight surgeons.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (08.17.24): Filed Flight Plan

Filed Flight Plan The flight plan as filed with an ATS unit by the pilot or his/her designated representative without any subsequent changes or clearances. 

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (08.17.24)

"Today’s disruptions at several airports are a concerted act of criminal extortion. This is not a peaceful protest and it is not about supposedly higher goals. These are malicious interventions in air traffic and in the personal rights of every traveler who is unable to take their flight as planned." Source: Some of the comments made by ADV managing director Ralph Biese as more moronic climate activism protesters from the ‘Last Generation’ group glued themselves to runways at four German airports. Their actions caused dozens of canceled flights, leaving travelers stranded.

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