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March 21, 2023

U.S. Senator Ascribes MQ-9 Downing to Russian “Incompetence”

A Matter of (Informed/Expert) Opinion

Senator Mark Kelly (Democrat, Arizona), a former U.S. Navy combat pilot and NASA astronaut, has openly opined that the 14 March 2023 incident in which a pair of Russian Su-27 Flanker jet fighters downed a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) over the Black Sea is ascribable to incompetence on the parts of the Russian pilots.

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Qantas Warns of Radio Interference Caused by Chinese Warships

Operators Conducting Flights Over South China Sea Cautioned

Australian flag carrier Queensland and Northern Territory Air Service (Qantas) has warned its pilots of radio interference and GPS jamming emanating from Chinese military vessels afloat on the South China Sea.

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FAA Proposes Upping CVR Archive Interval to 25 Hours

Because 24 Hours …

Following a plethora of recent incidents involving runway-incursions and emergent traffic conflicts between Part 121 aircraft, the Federal Aviation Administration has resolved to increase the archival capability of Cockpit Voice Recorders (CVR) from the thirty-minutes of magnetic-tape designs and two-hours of solid-state architectures to a comparatively expansive 25-hours. If codified, the increase would stand as a major win for the National Transportation Safety Board, which has been pushing for such a mandate since 2018.

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Airborne 03.13.23: Midnight Awaits!, A Vet Remembers, Enstrom Revs Up

Also: PAL-V Medevac?, Airbus Hires, F-35 Test Flights Resume, Piper Tours

Archer is heralding the final assembly of the first production Midnight eVTOL. The company reports all major aerostructures, to include the machine’s fuselage, wing, and empennage, have been built and mated into a cohesive aircraft. What’s more, a significant portion of the inaugural Midnight’s wiring, electronics, flight-control-system-actuators, and additional systems have been successfully installed. We must never forget who and what got us here... and our responsibility to treasure it. A World War II vet got to go for a nostalgic ride aboard one of the Commemorativ

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Airborne 03.13.23: Midnight Awaits!, A Vet Remembers, Enstrom Revs Up

Also: PAL-V Medevac?, Airbus Hires, F-35 Test Flights Resume, Piper Tours

Archer is heralding the final assembly of the first production Midnight eVTOL. The company reports all major aerostructures, to include the machine’s fuselage, wing, and empennage, have been built and mated into a cohesive aircraft. What’s more, a significant portion of the inaugural Midnight’s wiring, electronics, flight-control-system-actuators, and additional systems have been successfully installed. We must never forget who and what got us here... and our responsibility to treasure it. A World War II vet got to go for a nostalgic ride aboard one of the Commemorativ

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.21.23)

Aero Linx: The Vertical Flight Society The Vertical Flight Society — founded in 1943 as the American Helicopter Society, Inc. — is the world's only international technical society for engineers, scientists and others working to advance vertical flight technology. We bring together industry, academia and government to tackle the toughest challenges in vertical flight. Our members share a legacy of knowledge and accomplishment that has been driving innovation for nearly 80 years!

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.21.23): On-Course Indication

On-Course Indication An indication on an instrument, which provides the pilot a visual means of determining that the aircraft is located on the centerline of a given navigational track, or an indication on a radar scope that an aircraft is on a given track.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (03.21.23)

"I'm not surprised by this. I mean, I flew with Russian pilots, fighter pilots who couldn't fly formation. And I watched this video and it's pretty obvious what happened. He lost sight of it and he crashed into it.” Source: US Senator Mark Kelly, Former Fighter Jock and NASA Astronaut, opining on what most fighter-qualified pilots seem to believe was abject stupidity on the part of the SU-27 pilot(s) involved in the collision with a US MQ-9 UAS. 

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