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April 21, 2023

Airborne 04.21.23: Starship FLIES!, An-124 Stranded, AEA-LIVE NPI This Monday!

Also: Sikorsky Gives Up, Kodiak 900 EASA TC, AA5 Tail Separation, Natilus Flies

Starship flew... for a bit. The 33 Raptor engines of SpaceX’s Super Heavy first-stage booster fired as one, filling the Boca Chica morning with the din and fiery fury of cryogenic liquid methane and oxygen combusting under 790 atmospheres -- in a flight that lasted four minutes. The Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) is charging a stranded Antonov An-124 cargo aircraft an exorbitant parking fee of nearly one-penny-per-second. The 226-foot-long cargo plane has been stuck at YYZ since Canada closed its airspace to Russian-owned aircraft on 27 February 2022. we’re getting ready to shake up the avionics world, for the fifteenth year in a

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FAA Safety Standards Responds to Business Aviation Concerns

Dearth of Check Pilots Hits Operators in the Pocketbook, but Fixes May Be Inbound

The FAA Responded to the NBAA's Part 135 Subcommittee regarding checkride operations for business crews, issuing guidance in the form of a letter from Robert Ruiz, director of the FAA Office of Safety Standards. The NBAA raised the issue in 2016, inquiring about the ability to accomplish business aviation checkrides through traditional means. Their concerns were strong enough for the NBAA Part 135 Subcommittee to begin hunting down guidance on the issue in November of 2022, after worsening industry conditions further increased the burden on operators.