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April 18, 2022

Airborne 04.18.22: Moon Du$t, XPONENTIAL 2022!, Oshkosh Anniversaries

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For the first time in years, privately held, verified lunar samples went up for auction, topping $500,000 at last week’s Bonhams auction. The sale was probably the best-documented opportunity to add legitimate, authenticated lunar material to space enthusiast’s collection, not to mention the first one to come available in years. Lunar samples and moon material is held to be a national treasure by NASA, and the sample that reached auction was the beneficiary of their dogged pursuit to retain every last micron of moon dust they possibly can. The Aero-News Network, and its award-winning Airborne news team, will be covering AUVSI's XPONENTIAL conference, in-depth, next

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Homebuilt Anniversaries to be Celebrated at Oshkosh

Classic, Vintage Homebuilts to Reach 50th, 60th Anniversaries

This year's EAA AirVenture will see the celebration of a few popular and historic kitplane designs - and owners are invited to come celebrate in Oshkosh, Wisconsin! The 69th annual fly-in will be the year's largest gathering of amateur-built aircraft in the world, bringing around 10,000 planes from around the world to gather with every part of the industry, from fellow pilots and owners to the designers and manufacturers themselves.

AUVSI Partner & Pioneering Aviation/Aerospace News Organization Will Again Cover XPO InDepth

The Aero-News Network, and its award-winning Airborne news team, will be covering AUVSI's XPONENTIAL conference, in-depth, next week in Orlando Florida, April 25-28. ANN has been partnering with AUVSI for over 4 years on the weekly Airborne-Uncrewed newscast, now seen all over the world via YouTube, Vimeo, Roku, FireTV and nearly 100 other syndication outlets. The Airborne-Uncrewed program has been a pivotal video news programming series, producing hundreds of episodes and millions of views around the world.

Rare Lunar Scrapings Sold to Underwhelming Reception

For the first time in years, privately held, verified lunar samples went up for auction, topping $500,000 at this week’s Bonhams auction. The sale was probably the best-documented opportunity to add legitimate, authenticated lunar material to space enthusiast’s collection, not to mention the first one to come available in years. Lunar samples and moon material is held to be a national treasure by NASA, and the sample that reached auction this week was the beneficiary of their dogged pursuit to retain every last micron of moon dust they possibly can.

New Airport Design Standards Include Guidelines for Grass Strip Runway Placement

The EAA celebrates the most recent update to the FAA's new airport design standards, specifically a "long-awaited acknowledgment to allow turf operations on unpaved runway safety areas. For those pilots running a specially-configured aircraft using low-pressure tundra tires, ultralights, gliders, or vintage tailwheel aircraft, the long, unused, and perfectly functional grass strips are just the ticket for safer, most consistent operation.

“Team Prometheus” Already Had The Best Score In A Field Of Six Teams

A rocketry team from the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force has advanced to The American Rocketry Challenge National Finals to be held near Washington, D.C. on Saturday, May 14. “We were very excited to learn over the weekend that Team Prometheus from the museum qualified in the top one hundred out of more than 700 teams,” said National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Educator, Cindy Henry.

Elixir Aircraft Continues Building Momentum

Club Sales & Banner Deals with Airbus Flight Academy Build a Name for the New Kid on the Block

Elixir Aircraft has slowly been making its way into the European GA market, sealing deals here and there as they increase production and build up the brand. Their recent deals included a sale of 2 brand new CS-23 Elixirs to Aero-Club Brocard, a volunteer organization that found the plane the perfect addition to their fleet. The Elixir represents a rare deal for the Parisian club, being a domestic aircraft made in France, not too far away from their home base in La Rochelle.

From 2010 (YouTube Version): One Of The TRUE Classics Of The Ultralight Movement Continues To Fly Into The Future

Just in case you think ultralights are a thing of the past, ANN’s News Editor Tom Patton, attended the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida earlier this year to show you that they’re still around. One of the earliest producers of ultralights, Kolb Aircraft, was at Sebring to show off their ultralight legal 103 Firefly. Tom meets up with Bryan Melborn the Owner and CEO of the Kolb Aircraft Company. Kolb

About 50-Miles From MOT, The Engine Began To Run Rough

On March 11, 2022, about 1605 central standard time, a Cirrus SR22T airplane, N164CP, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Minot, North Dakota. The pilot and 1 passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that he was on a 1.5-hour visual flight rules (VFR) cross-country flight from Fargo, North Dakota. Minot International Airport (MOT), Minot, North Dakota was his destination.

Aero Linx: The Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association (IALPA) The Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association (IALPA) came into being in 1946 when a group of Aer Lingus pilots met and formed a committee, headed by the first IALPA President Captain P. W. (Darby) Kennedy. In the early days it dealt with the airline on matters of common interests, mainly the “lifestyle” items of salary, working conditions, pension and seniority... As the Association’s title implies, IALPA currently draws its membership from all airlines in Ireland -i.e., Aer Lingus, ASL Airlines, CHC (Ireland), CityJet, Irish Helicopters, Parc Aviation, Ryanair, Stobart Air, and Westair.

Aeronautical Beacon A visual NAVAID displaying flashes of white and/or colored light to indicate the location of an airport, a heliport, a landmark, a certain point of a Federal airway in mountainous terrain, or an obstruction.

“Many of our members build their own airplanes from kits or sets of plans and each year, more than 1,000 of these amateur-built aircraft are among the 10,000-plus aircraft that arrive here for AirVenture. In 2022, several popular designs are celebrating their anniversaries, and we invite all owners of those aircraft to come to Oshkosh to help commemorate the occasion.” Source: Charlie Becker, EAA’s homebuilt community manager, commenting on the many anniversaries coming up this year for some of sport aviation's most respected airframes.