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September 10, 2022

Airborne 09.02.22: 20th TBM 960, Chinook Grounding, Artemis I

Also: Air France Brawl, Pilot Training Book, B-2 Modernization, Lufthansa 787

Daher's newest version of the TBM family, the TBM 960, has been a popular addition to the fold. The TBM has proven a fast seller at home and abroad. The lucky recipient of aircraft number 20 was Johnie Weems, a South Florida businessman. This plane will be his fourth TBM, no small feat for any model in the competitive business turboprop market. The winning formula, he says, is the single-pilot capability of the Daher aircraft. The Army issued a surprising grounding order earlier this week, halting flight operations for more than 400 Chinook helicopters over an issue that coul

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Qatar Airways-Inmarsat Partnership Expands

Qatar Boeing 787-9 and 737-10 Fleets to Offer In-Flight Connectivity

Qatar Airways, the state-owned flag carrier of the Middle Eastern peninsular nation of Qatar, has selected British satellite communications company Inmarsat, to provide inflight digital connectivity to its Boeing 787-9 and 737-10 fleets. Once equipped, the aircraft will grant passengers and crews access to GX Aviation—Inmarsat’s wholly owned, purpose-built, in-flight broadband network.

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Skandia, Inc. Receives EASA STC for Falcon 900 Soundproofing

Silence of the Fans

Skandia, Incorporated—the Illinois-based aircraft interior and completion concern—has received final European Union Aviation Safety Administration (EASA) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval of an acoustic soundproofing kit for all variants of Dassault’s Falcon 900 business jet. Henceforth, Falcon 900 operators may dramatically reduce the cabin noise and increase the comfort of their aircraft throughout all flight regimes by availing themselves of Skandia’s proprietary soundproofing materials and acoustic expertise.

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Airborne-UnCrewed 08.30.22: Zephyr Crash, Bristow Orders Alia, DJI Avata

Also: ASTM Vertiport/Vertistop Standards, MQ-8 Fire Scout, SpaceX Dragon, New Shepard’s 23rd Flt

Airbus’s Zephyr 8 UAV, a high-flying critter borne aloft for months on end by vast wings and solar-powered batteries, has a wingspan of 82-feet, weighs a scant 165-pounds, and spent the summer of 2022—most of it, anyway—soaring over the American Southwest. Regrettably, the Zephyr 8’s summertime sojourn came to an unexpected and tragic end on 19 August, when, for reasons passing understanding, it fell from the Arizona sky just hours short of breaking the 64-day, 22-hour, 19-minute, 05-second continuous flight record set in 1959

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Airborne-Flight Training 09.01.22: Young Eagles 30th, Mesa Bucks, Piedmont Offer

Also: CAE & Qantas, Pararescue Training Week, USAF Flight Test Museum, ALPA Pilots Picket

Celebrating the Young Eagles Program’s 30th anniversary, the EAA has loaded the year with fun activities. Following the launch of the program at this year’s AirVenture 2022, the organization kicked off its “Young Eagles 30 Flight for 30 Years”, which will award a commemorative Young Eagles anniversary themed polo shirt to all aviators who fly 30 program participants from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2022. The EAA will track the flights through their recordkeeping and contact those pilots who reach their milestones to claim their prize. Me

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (09.10.22)

Aero Linx: Air National Guard

Welcome to the official website of the Air National Guard, the Air Force component of the National Guard. This site is provided as a public service by the National Guard Bureau (Public Affairs) and Office of the Secretary of the Air Force (Public Affairs).

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (09.10.22): IDENT

IDENT   A request for a pilot to activate the aircraft transponder identification feature. This will help the controller to confirm an aircraft identity or to identify an aircraft.

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