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August 29, 2022

Aero-TV at AUVSI22: The Once and Future Air-Screw

Hartzell Spun Up for Continuing Success

Hartzell—the Ohio-based manufacturer of composite and aluminum propellers for all manner of aircraft—is readying itself for the rise of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and the fielding of myriad air-vehicles that promise to return the propeller to prominence. The rise of the gas-turbine—read jet—engine in the 1940s heralded the propeller’s relegation to antiquity. Within the military and business aviation sectors, propeller-driven aircraft clung tenaciously to relevance, evolving into the C-130s, A400Ms, and King Airs by which modern-day troops and executives are shut

Aero Linx: The Latino Pilots Association In 2015, five friends attending Jacksonville University in Florida noticed the absence of a professional pilot organization representing the Latino community. Accordingly, they founded the Latino Pilots Association (LPA). Subsequently, the Latino Pilots Association became a nonprofit organization committed to empower, support, and mentor the underrepresented in our communities by providing education programs, training, mentoring, and scholarships. With their mission statement in hand, they integrated Latino cultural values as the framework for LPA.

Meter Fix Arc A semicircle, equidistant from a meter fix, usually in low altitude relatively close to the meter fix, used to help CTAS/ERAM calculate a meter time, and determine appropriate sector meter list assignments for aircraft not on an established arrival route or assigned a meter fix.

“I believe that when there’s a train alternative, when there’s a commercial flight - which emits four times less carbon per passenger than private jets, that should be the preferred option.” Source: Some of the anti-aviation, anti-business, anti-progress drivel emitted by yet another under-educated politician... this time France's Clement Beaune, French transport minister... who obviously isn't interested in real transport and seems to be highly unsuited for his job...