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April 22, 2022

Airborne 04.22.22: YouTube Aero-Idiot, Red Bull Plane Swap, Mask Mandate

Also: Airline Cuts, VoloCity Test Flight, Flight 3407 Family Condemnation, Embraer Expands
 
Youtuber and adrenaline chaser Trevor Jacob has had his private pilot certificate revoked, according to recent reports. Journalists contacted him to confirm a letter sent to him from the FAA that demanded he surrender his PPL or face civil penalties. In his email contact with the soon-to-be former pilot, Times reporter Eduardo Medina describes Jacob as seemingly unaware of the letter, asking where they had learned of the rescission. Long time boundary-pusher and skydiver Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington, members of the Red Bull Air Force crew, will attempt to exchange planes while in flight. In practice, the maneuver has been planned to have Aikins and Farrington, b

NASA Admin Thanks Biden Admin on Anti-Satellite Prohibition

Says Space is Already Littered with Enough Debris

Vice President Kamala Harris made remarks indicating that the United States will not conduct destructive anti-satellite missile testing. Her remarks affirmed the country's longstanding position that the risks and downsides outweigh the potential defensive or developmental benefits of blowing targets out of the sky. Previous tests by Russian and Chinese programs distributed extensive debris clouds through their area of effect, scattering dangerous flotsam that can remain in orbit indefinitely.

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