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April 30, 2021

Airborne-Special Edition 04.30.21: SnF 21--The Good, The Bad and The Un-Airworthy

Also: Great Planes, Great People, Great Crowds, and A Surprising Success

As many of you know, ANN’s Jim Campbell has been, in the past, a vocal critic of the old Sun and Fun Fly-In organization -- now called the Sun & Fun Aerospace Expo. But his criticism has been surprisingly rare over the last few years -- the main reason being is that there's new leadership and a whole new cast of characters leading this event. More important though, there's a new mission for what WAS a major Fly-In and what has now become a movement that seeks to build a better future for Aviation... Starting with their Aerospace Center of Excellence. All expectations were that this year's Sun and Fun should have been an outright disaster... Coming on the heels of one of the worst years in recent U

Airborne-Special Edition 04.30.21: SnF21--The Good, The Bad and The Un-Airworthy

Also: Great Planes, Great People, Great Crowds, and A Surprising Success

As many of you know, ANN’s Jim Campbell has been, in the past, a vocal critic of the old Sun and Fun Fly-In organization -- now called the Sun & Fun Aerospace Expo. But his criticism has been surprisingly rare over the last few years -- the main reason being is that there's new leadership and a whole new cast of characters leading this event. More important though, there's a new mission for what WAS a major Fly-In and what has now become a movement that seeks to build a better future for Aviation... Starting with the

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Airborne-Special Edition 04.01.21: ANN Interviews Pipistrel USA’s Michael Coates

Also: Pipistrel Will Have At Least Five Airplanes At Lakeland... Including The Panthera!

We are barely a week and half away from the first aviation event of 2021 but not only that..this is the first major aviation event after the pandemic shut everything down about a year ago! BUT now, it's time to see the latest and greatest in planes, products, and cool aviation stuff... and Sun ‘n Fun 2021 is THE place to do so. One of sport aviation’s most versatile product lines is coming to Lakeland, courtesy of Pipistrel USA. Some 5 aircraft are expected... starting with the new Four-place P

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AUVSI's 'Hybrid' XPONENTIAL Convention Starts Next Week

The Series Begins May 4-6 With An Immersive Virtual Conference

Next Week should be chock full of unmanned aviation goodness. AUVSI's annual conference and trade show, AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2021, starts off as an expanded hybrid event series. After the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a virtual staging of XPONENTIAL 2020 last October, the Association decided on a full virtual program this spring followed by an in-person event late in the summer. The series will support its mission to convene the unmanned and automated systems community to accelerate innovation and market adoption of the related technologies.

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Nelson Confirmed As NASA Boss

Comments Made On Bill Nelson's Senate Confirmation as NASA Administrator

News/Analysis/Commentary By Jim Campbell, ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief After earning much enmity and disrespect from many in the NASA community several years ago after wangling himself a rare seat on a Space Shuttle flight--which reportedly booted a researcher intent on doing real science--Bill Nelson is now NASA's new Boss. That's a tough pill to swallow for several early generation, astronauts who are not thrilled... but many of them have little to do with NASA these days and may now be glad of that fact. The only saving grace in this is that the Senator's support for older boondoggles that have (so far) gone nowhere (while spe

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The Closest of Calls? TSB Details S-92A Uncontrolled Descent... To 13 Feet!

Offshore Helicopter Crew Recovers From Inadvertent Descent Near Sable Island, Nova Scotia

It really doesn't get much closer than this... In its investigation report (A19A0055), the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) found that, while conducting a visual approach to an offshore helideck platform in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), a Sikorsky S-92A helicopter inadvertently entered a low-energy state descent. The pilots were able to stop the descent and regain control within approximately 13 feet of the water.

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Two A-10C Thunderbolt IIs To Fly Over Kansas Speedway

'The A-10 Is The Number-One Close Air Support Platform In The World'

U.S. Air Force Reserve A-10 pilots from the 303rd Fighter Squadron are scheduled to fly a 2-ship of A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft over the Kansas Speedway for the first race of the 2021 season. The NASCAR Cup Series flyover will happen at approximately 2:00 p.m. CST on May 2. The flyover will be supported by the 442d Fighter Wing maintainers launching the A-10s, more commonly known as the “KC Hawgs”.

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Instrument Flight Procedures (IFP) Optimization Stakeholder Day Is Tuesday

'The FAA's Mission Is To Maintain The Safest Airspace In The World For Its Users'

Everything seems to have a 'day' lately... though we sure miss the chance to take another shot at National Donut Day (mmmm... donuts...). A new 'day' celebration targets the need to examine and upgrade competence in instrument flight procedures... a topic we can actually get behind, the more that we think about it. As such; pilots and aviation stakeholders are invited to join the FAA and learn how the FAA is modernizing the National Airspace System, with a focus on changes to Instrument Flight Procedures.

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Classic Aero-TV: Wind, Rain & Airplanes - The 2016 Sebring Sport Aviation Expo

From 2016 (YouTube Version): Check Out What's New in Sport Aviation...

ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell and ANN News Editor, Tom Patton, both attended the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo 2016 in Sebring, FL. In this video they are discussing things of interest they found at the Expo, and the other issues that led to a less than fully successful event. Tom starts off by discussing the problems that occurred in regards to the weather. To put it in its simplest form, the weather was lousy and resulted in a complete shutdown of the Expo for one day. Jim agrees with Tom that the weather was a problem but he also points out that there were some i

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NTSB Prelim: Piper PA28R

Turning From Base Toward Final, The Engine Sustained A Total Loss Of Engine Power

On April 17, 2021, about 1948 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28R-200 airplane, N2973R, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near McKinney, Texas. The flight instructor and student pilot sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. The airplane departed from the Rockwall Municipal Airport (F46), Rockwall, Texas, at 1934 and was flying in the traffic pattern at the McKinney National Airport (TKI), McKinney, Texas.

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Airborne 04.28.21: 13,000th 'Robbie', EAA ‘Project 21’, Avigation Easements

Also: New ISS Boss, A/L Pax Penalized, CBP AMO Rescues, Canada Suspends

Robinson is celebrating a massive achievement after delivering 13-thousand helicopters on April 23rd. The milestone helicopter, R44 S/N 14438 was delivered to longtime Robinson dealer SKY Helicopters of Dallas, Texas. S/N 14438 has a brand-new paint scheme and is equipped with the latest in R44 options; a Lithium-ion battery, heated seats, and a 4K cockpit video camera. EAA’s “Project 21” initiative, including the first expansion of the EAA Aviation Center in Oshkosh in more than 20 years, will bring year-round avi

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AD: Airbus SAS Airplanes

AD 2021-10-04 Prompted By A Potential Quality Issue In The Fuel Pump

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus SAS Model A318, A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes. This AD was prompted by a potential quality issue in the fuel pump that includes a locking key of the impeller drive shaft found loose in the cavity under the impeller. This AD requires replacement of affected fuel pumps, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is incorporated by reference. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products. This AD becomes effective April 29, 2021.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.30.21)

Aero Linx: Air Safety Support International (ASSI) Air Safety Support International (ASSI) is a not-for-profit, wholly-owned, subsidiary company of the UK Civil Aviation Authority, established under Directions from the United Kingdom's Department for Transport.  The company's primary objective is to help provide a more cohesive system of civil aviation safety and security regulation in the United Kingdom Overseas Territories.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (04.30.21): Flight Information Service-Broadcast (FIS-B)

Flight Information Service-Broadcast (FIS-B) A ground broadcast service provided through the ADS-B Broadcast Services network over the UAT data link that operates on 978 MHz. The FIS-B system provides pilots and flight crews of properly equipped aircraft with a cockpit display of certain aviation weather and aeronautical information.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (04.30.21)

"I'm happy to welcome Bill to the NASA family. It's been an amazing year for NASA and our commercial and international partners, and I look forward to working with Bill and the Biden-Harris Administration to build on the incredible momentum we've built so far. It has been an honor to serve as acting administrator, but it's the NASA workforce that makes the agency one-of-a-kind. Thank you for all you do to advance NASA's critical missions." Source: Acting NASA Administrator Jurczyk, welcoming the addition of Senator Bill Nelson as the new Boss at NASA... something that will not thrill some of the earlier generation of NASA astronauts and staffers.

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