Unleashed in the East

The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) has announced its selection of South Korea as the host nation of the 2023 World Drone Racing Championship. The competition, the largest and richest of its kind, offers contestants a prize pool of a cool $100,000.

Riding the Bull, Eluding the Bear

On 03 January 2023, Mr. Brian Foley, a former Boeing flight test engineer and Dassault Falcon Jet marketing director turned aviation consultant, penned an intriguing essay in which he posits the private aviation sector may be headed for a slump. Subject essay, to which Mr. Foley ascribed the gloomy if not arguably apposite title Private Aviation’s Sudden Popularity Falls Back to Earth, merits consideration by those sufficiently circumspect to realize all good things must, and inevitably do come to their respective ends.

Biden’s Pick for FAA Boss Faces Uphill Road to Confirmation

Phillip A. Washington, Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Federal Aviation Administration, is facing an uncertain and uphill path to confirmation amid concerns about his dearth of aviation experience and documented entanglement in an ongoing corruption investigation.

Crew Dragon Lifeboat for Stranded ISS Crewmembers?

The safety of crew-members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has been foremost on the minds of NASA and Roscosmos personnel after MS-22, a Russian Soyuz capsule docked to the ISS, sprung a coolant leak on 14 December 2022, thereby calling into question the craft’s spaceworthiness. NASA set forth in a statement that it has "reached out to SpaceX about its capability to return additional crew members aboard Dragon if needed in an emergency, although the primary focus is on understanding the post-leak capabilities of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft."

East Asian Tensions on the Rise

The Japanese government announced on 02 January 2023 that it had dispatched fighter jets, tactical aircraft, and warships to keep tabs on a Chinese naval flotilla conducting maneuvers and flight operations in the Western Pacific.

Aero Linx: Aerostar Owners Association Why join the Aerostar Owners Association? The Association offers the Aerostar Owner a unique opportunity to tap an invaluable source of information concerning the care and feeding of this fine airplane. The networking aspect alone is worth the cost of the membership dues of $250 per year ($275 for members outside the United States). You can make unlimited telephone calls to the AOA office and speak with a person completely knowledgeable in the operation of the various models and if the information is not readily available, every effort will be made to get the answer to the member as soon as possible. In addition, the Association keeps in touch with all it's

Outer Fix Arc A semicircle, usually about a 50-70 mile radius from a meter fix, usually in high altitude, which is used by CTAS/ERAM to calculate outer fix times and determine appropriate sector meter list assignments for aircraft on an established arrival route that will traverse the arc.

“We would like to express our immense pride in the life that he lived, and our deep gratitude for the man that he was – a patriot, an explorer, pilot, astronaut, husband, brother, and father. The world has lost another true hero, and we will miss him dearly.” Source: The family of Apollo 7 Astronaut, Walt Cunningham, after he went west at the age of 90.