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September 20, 2022

Airborne-UnCrewed 09.20.22: 2022 MultiGP Champ's, 5-Yr Sat Disposal, VAPOR 55 MX

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The popularity of UAV racing was compellingly evinced by the 710 drone-pilots who vied to enter the 2022 MultiGP Drone Racing Championship—a six-day event to be held from 18 through 23 October at the No Quarter Ranch drone field in Citrus Springs, Florida. The FCC aims to reduce the disposal window for decommissioned orbital equipment: Up to 5 years after end of service, down from the more leisurely 25-year timeframe currently in effect. The Federal Communications Commission released a fact sheet regarding the incipient issue of space debr

Witnesses At TWT Stated That They Were Aware Of “Stormy” Weather In The Surrounding Area

On September 3, 2022, about 1740 central daylight time, an experimental, amateur built Rotorcraft JetExec helicopter, N162NH, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Arthur, Kentucky. The pilot was fatally injured. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The helicopter was recently purchased in St. Louis, Missouri by the owner, who asked a friend to fly it on a multi-leg flight to Knoxville, Tennessee, where it would be based.