Among the bigger surprises sprung during Microsoft's 2023 Xbox Games Showcase was the news that Asobo Studio is hard at work on a wholly new version of Microsoft Flight Simulator. Predating Windows by three-years, Flight Simulator is Microsoft’s longest-running software product line and one of the longest-running PC video game series of all time.
National Aviation Hall of Fame Readies for its Next 60 Years
The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF)—a Dayton, Ohio-based institution founded to inspire appreciation of the United States’ extraordinary aviation heritage—announced on 05 June 2023 that Aimee Maruyama had been named the organization’s new president and CEO. Following a competitive national search conducted by the NAHF's board of trustees and facilitated by executive research and recruitment firm Korn Ferry, Ms. Maruyama emerged as the top candidate for the job.
The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) announced on 09 June 2023 that Greg Principato, the organization’s president and CEO, will step down from the positions he so sagely and competently filled since 2016.
On 08 June, the EAA announced the compendium of films to be presented at the much-loved Fly-In Theater during AirVenture 2023. Over the last 15-years, the Fly-In Theater has attained the stature of tradition among AirVenture attendees. Films are shown nightly on a five-story-high movie screen and introduced by a diverse group of luminaries ranging from aviation legends to Hollywood superstars.
The NTSB has released its final report on a February 2021 accident in which a 2008-vintage, Dassault Falcon 900EX EASy, registration N823RC, was substantially damaged during a runway excursion event secondary to an aborted takeoff from San Diego, California’s Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport (MYF). Neither the two pilots, the single flight attendant, nor the two passengers aboard the Part 91 personal flight sustained injuries.Excepting the factory-fitted Honeywell/Dassault EASy avionics suite with which the Falcon 900EX EASy is equipped, the model is identical to Dassault’s Falcon 900EX.
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