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September 08, 2024

Airborne 08.30.24: Falcon 9 Mishap, TCCA M700 Cert, EAA Air Academy

Also: First Polish F-35A, Canadian Wings Of Rescue, FAA Drone Fine$, UH-1B Accident Blamed on FAA 

After nearly 300 extraordinary landings of a Falcon 9 first stage booster (Booster 1062), SpaceX’s oldest booster to date, on its 23rd flight, fumbled the landing and the vehicle was lost shortly after touchdown. On Wednesday, August 28 at 3:48 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Piper Aircraft announced its new M700 FURY single-engine turboprop has received its type certification

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Airborne 08.28.24: XB-1 Flies Again!, Pilot Convicted For APP Lies, Crowdstrike

Also: 99s Score Massive Donation, Next Starship Launch, A29 Tucano Buy, Pilatus Expanding

Boom Supersonic announced its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft executed its second flight successfully at Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave, California. XB-1 continues to progress through its flight test program and providing a foundation for the development of Overture, the company’s supersonic airliner. The landing gear was cycled through retraction and extension for the first time, successfully -- and other tasks. Be careful what you tell the FAA... even on your medical application... A federal jury has convicted Olukayode Aduragbenro Ojo, 36, of Dallas, TX,

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Airborne-Flight Training 08.29.24: Marshall U Flies, Texas Womens U, AMT Program

Also: First Nations Tech, 99s Receive Big Donation, AI Safety, Atlantic Aviation OKC & GIAD

Registration recently opened for Marshall University’s new Bill Noe Flight School location. This Professional Pilot program is located at the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport in Martinsburg, WV. The flight school is named after Marshall University alumnus Bill Noe. Texas Woman’s University has decided to join the fight against the pilot shortage in a groundbreaking way. It will become the first woman-focused university in the nation to open a professional pilot program. TWU heard the concerns and, in 2023, kickstarted its aeronautical

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Airborne-Flight Training 08.29.24: Marshall U Flies, Texas Womens U, AMT Program

Also: First Nations Tech, 99s Receive Big Donation, AI Safety, Atlantic Aviation OKC & GIAD

Registration recently opened for Marshall University’s new Bill Noe Flight School location. This Professional Pilot program is located at the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport in Martinsburg, WV. The flight school is named after Marshall University alumnus Bill Noe. Texas Woman’s University has decided to join the fight against the pilot shortage in a groundbreaking way. It will become the first woman-focused university in the nation to open a professional pilot program. TWU heard the concerns and, in 2023, kickstarted its aeronautical science

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Airborne 08.30.24: Falcon 9 Mishap, TCCA M700 Cert, EAA Air Academy

Also: First Polish F-35A, Canadian Wings Of Rescue, FAA Drone Fine$, UH-1B Accident Blamed on FAA 

After nearly 300 extraordinary landings of a Falcon 9 first stage booster (Booster 1062), SpaceX’s oldest booster to date, on its 23rd flight, fumbled the landing and the vehicle was lost shortly after touchdown. On Wednesday, August 28 at 3:48 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Piper Aircraft announced its new M700 FURY single-engine turboprop has received its type certif

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Airborne 08.28.24: XB-1 Flies Again!, Pilot Convicted For APP Lies, Crowdstrike

Also: 99s Score Massive Donation, Next Starship Launch, A29 Tucano Buy, Pilatus Expanding

Boom Supersonic announced its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft executed its second flight successfully at Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave, California. XB-1 continues to progress through its flight test program and providing a foundation for the development of Overture, the company’s supersonic airliner. The landing gear was cycled through retraction and extension for the first time, successfully -- and other tasks. Be careful what you tell the FAA... even on your medical application... A federal jury has convicted Olukayode Aduragbenro Ojo, 36, of Dalla

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Classic Aero-TV: The RV-12iS Evolves - More Than An Engine Upgrade

From 2017 (YouTube Version): Airplane Upgraded With 912iS Engine And More

Van's Aircraft has made several upgrades to its popular RV 12 model, starting forward of the firewall and continuing through much of the airplane. The most obvious of the changes is the installation of the Rotax 912iS engine. The new engine produces more torque which improves the climb rate and cruise. But Rian Johnson, Chief Engineer for Van's Aircraft, told ANN editor Tom Patton that the company has been listening to its customers for the past eight years, and put together a list of upgrades to make a better airplane.

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NTSB Prelim: Cessna 550

Impact Signatures Were Consistent With The Airplane Colliding With Power Lines And A One-Story Restaurant

On August 20, 2024, about 0700 central daylight time, a Cessna 550 airplane, N689VP, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Odessa, Texas. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. A person on the ground was seriously injured. The airplane was operated under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. The airplane departed Odessa Airport-Schlemeyer Field (ODO), Odessa, Texas, from runway 16. A pilot-certificated witness heard the airplane’s engines and noted that they sounded unusual, so he went to observe the airplane. He saw the airplane as it flew down the last 1/3 port

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (09.08.24)

Aero Linx: MQ-9 Reaper The Reaper is employed primarily as an intelligence-collection asset and secondarily against dynamic execution targets. Given its significant loiter time, wide-range sensors, multi-mode communications suite, and precision weapons, it provides a unique capability to perform strike, coordination, and reconnaissance against high-value, fleeting, and time-sensitive targets.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (09.08.24): En Route Air Traffic Control Services

En Route Air Traffic Control Services Air traffic control service provided aircraft on IFR flight plans, generally by centers, when these aircraft are operating between departure and destination terminal areas. When equipment, capabilities, and controller workload permit, certain advisory/assistance services may be provided to VFR aircraft.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (09.08.24)

"It's a privilege to help shape the future of aerospace, leading the Institute and empowering members to achieve the next breakthroughs that will enable us to fly farther, faster, smarter, and safer in the Earth's atmosphere and beyond the Kármán Line, I look forward to all we'll do together." Source: Clay Mowry, as the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, or AIAA, released on September 3 that its Board of Trustees selected Mowry to take over as their next CEO. He, as an experienced space industry executive, will take his position beginning October 1.

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