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January 18, 2023

Biden’s FAA Nominee Gains Partisan Support Despite Under-Qualification

Trouble’s Proliferation in Nepotism’s Long Shadow

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is stating he will push to confirm Phillip Washington, Joe Biden’s pick for FAA Administrator. Schumer’s assertion was made in the wake of an 11 January 2023 FAA database failure which occasioned the grounding of nearly ten-thousand U.S. domestic flights and raised questions about the protracted vacancy of the FAA’s top office.  

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Airborne 01.11.23: Scalebirds P-36, Aerobility, NWOC Warbird Conference

Also: Super Bowl LVII TFR, EAA Canadian Council, FAA-Korea Coop, ERBS Reentry

The Scalebirds P-36 test aircraft has been flying for a while now and as most flight test programs prove, there is always room for tweaking. The P-36 is turning out to be a solid attraction for warbird enthusiasts on a budget, powered by an uncommon Verner 7U Radial engine and designed for light aerobatics. Andy Braybrook, a 35-year-old Grantham, UK man, has been picking up the basics of aviation thanks to the disabled flying charity, Aerobility. A motorcycle accident 6 years prior caused Braybrook to suffer a spinal cord injury at the 7th cervical vertebra, putting him

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eSPRG Profile: Van’s RV-15 Prototype Evolving on Pace

Oddity’s Splendor

The announcement at AirVenture 2021 that Van’s Aircraft—the famed light-sport aircraft marque—was to produce its first high-wing model, the RV-15, was met with varying degrees of surprise and disbelief. In the 18-months since, surprise and disbelief have given way to keen senses of eagerness and anticipation within the light-sport aircraft community, and legions of light-sport aircraft enthusiasts have begun readying their wallets and workshops for the arrival of their RV-15 kits.

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Undisclosed Customer Orders 15 Embraer E-195-E2 Jets

E-Jet Family Sales Remain Brisk

Embraer S.A., the Brazilian multinational aerospace concern and manufacturer of commercial, military, executive, and agricultural aircraft, continues to enjoy strong sales of its E-Jet family of four-abreast, narrow-body, short to medium-range, twin-engine, jet airliners. On 16 January 2023, Embraer announced it had secured a firm order for 15 new E-195-E2 aircraft from an undisclosed customer. The order is valued at $1.17-billion (list price) and will be added to the company’s fourth-quarter 2022 backlog.

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Airborne-NextGen 01.10.23: RECON eVTOL, Autel EVO Max4T, M2DO MQ-9A Reaper

Also: UAS Spectrum Licensing, Artemis Inspections, Super Bowl LVII Procedural Overview, UAVs Ath The Border

RYSE Aero Technologies demonstrated its RECON ultralight electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) vehicle at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Classified under FAR Part 103, the RECON is an all-electric aircraft operated as an ultralight air vehicle. In the four-months since the RECON's first manned flight, RYSE has conducted numerous public flights and demonstrations at numerous agriculture and farming expos. Autel Robotics’s EVO Max 4T UAV has been unveiled as an intelligent, innovative flight platform at once su

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.18.23)

Aero Linx: The Beechcraft Heritage Museum The Beechcraft Heritage Museum is a distinctly original one-of-a-kind, “living and working” aviation museum that traces the lineage of the Beechcraft family of airplanes. The Museum began life as the Staggerwing Museum Foundation, incorporated in October of 1973, under the auspices of the Staggerwing Club. In April 2007, the Museum became the Beechcraft Heritage Museum. This change reflects our commitment to promoting aviation education and preserving the heritage nurtured by generations of enthusiasts of all Beechcraft models from 1932 through the present.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (01.18.23)

“After carefully evaluating every inflight connectivity solution, Gogo was the clear winner for the 26 aircraft  in our fleet. We’ve been a longtime customer of Gogo’s and the AVANCE L3 has been proven to meet the needs of our customers. The service Gogo provides is reliable and affordable and their customer support meets the demanding schedules our busy coast-to-coast operations require.” Source: From a quote by Glenn Gonzales, founder and CEO of Jet It, as Gogo notched another win as the fractional company committed to intalling their AVANCE L3 systems across the entire current and future fleet.

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