The Perils of Speculative Investment

The Historic Flight Foundation’s collection of vintage aircraft is being sold off to pay a $20.1-million debt incurred by its founder, John Sessions. In 2022, a jury in Williston, North Dakota found Sessions and one of his companies, Eagle Crest Apartments, had fraudulently transferred funds to other businesses owned by Sessions, including the Historic Flight Foundation. Sessions appealed the verdict to the North Dakota Supreme Court—albeit unsuccessfully.

Agency to Appoint Director of UAP Research

In response to a recommendation set forth by an independent study team, NASA has committed to assuming a more formal posture vis-à-vis humankind’s understanding of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)—known formerly and less equivocally as Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs). For purpose imbuing the undertaking with a caricature of legitimacy, the agency has appointed a director of UAP research.

Ground Engine Runs Underway at Palmdale

Personnel tasked with officiating the ground- and flight-testing campaigns salient to the DOD’s acceptance of the United States Air Force’s newest and most technologically-advanced, combat-capable stealth-bomber—Northrop-Grumman’s B-21 raider—have commenced engine runs at Northrop-Grumman’s Palmdale, California facility. So states the USAF. Engine testing is an essential milestone in the maturation of any aircraft platform—military or civilian—and heralds the imminent entry into service of the world’s first sixth-generation tactical aircraft.

Iconic Aussie Medical Service Betters Asset Tracking

The Queensland Section of Australia’s iconic Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS)—a non-profit aero-medical outfit providing emergency and primary healthcare services to persons and communities within Australia’s vast and remote interior—has selected FlightAware, a division of Collins Aerospace and provider of real-time and historical aircraft tracking and data services, to meet the organization’s complex and operationally-demanding flight-tracking requirements.

Brand Awareness Amongst Elks in the Badger State

Enstrom Helicopter Corporation will celebrate Oconto, Wisconsin’s high-flying heritage at the Oconto County Elks Fly-In on Saturday, 16 September at the J. Douglas Bake Municipal Airport (OCQ). Enstrom vice-president of sales and marketing Dennis Martin will fly into Oconto in on of his company’s eminently popular and 480B helicopters. The machine will join nearly three-dozen additional aircraft and upwards of two-hundred classic automobiles. Flyovers will take place throughout the event.

Joint Anglo-Japanese-Italian Effort to Field Aircraft by 2035

Defense industry leaders hailing from the U.K., Japan, and Italy have entered into a trilateral collaboration agreement for purpose of delivering the concept phase requirements of a next-generation combat aircraft under the auspices of the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP)—a multinational initiative to develop a sixth-generation stealth fighter by 2035.

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Notwithstanding the buzz MOSAIC has occasioned amongst pilots and aeronautical stakeholders, AEA notes that little mention has been made of the FAA’s intentions—under MOSAIC—to amend nine discrete regulations. Moreover, the docket includes 17 supporting documents (including two draft ACs), 129 footnotes, 26 Federal Register cites, and seven policy documents equating to well over 1000 pages of information. A Rotax-branded shindig at the Weiße Möwe Wels airfield saw a strong  turnout of almost 300 guests from acro

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Notwithstanding the buzz MOSAIC has occasioned amongst pilots and aeronautical stakeholders, AEA notes that little mention has been made of the FAA’s intentions—under MOSAIC—to amend nine discrete regulations. Moreover, the docket includes 17 supporting documents (including two draft ACs), 129 footnotes, 26 Federal Register cites, and seven policy documents equating to well over 1000 pages of information. A Rotax-branded shindig at the Weiße Möwe Wels airfield saw a strong  turnout of almost 300 guests from acro

Airplane Was Topped Off With Fuel And 1,700 Lbs. Of An Insecticide The Night Prior To Accident

On August 06, 2023, about 0927 Pacific daylight time, a Grumman G164A, N5450, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Davis, California. The pilot sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was operated as Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 aerial application flight. According to the operator, the airplane was topped off with fuel and 1,700 lbs. of an insecticide the night prior to accident. The morning of the accident, the pilot departed from Medlock Field Airport, Woodland, and conducted an aerial application of insecticide on a nearby field before he returned. The hopper was refilled with another 1,700 lbs. of

From 2017 (YouTube Version): As Battery Technology Becomes More Sophisticated, True Blue Power Is At the Tip of the Spear…

It seems like we’ve heard a lot of negativity about lithium-ion batteries as it relates to exploding telephones and other electrical appliances being carried onboard an airplane. However, when the technology is applied correctly, True Blue Power has demonstrated that it can be a primary battery power source for an aircraft that has numerous advantages. Business is growing for True Blue Power, and while at the Business

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Blast Pad

A surface adjacent to the ends of a runway provided to reduce the erosive effect of jet blast and propeller wash. 

“Using unclassified data was essential for our team’s fact-finding, open-communication collaboration, and for upholding scientific rigor to produce this report for NASA. The team wrote the report in conjunction with NASA’s pillars of transparency, openness, and scientific integrity to help the agency shed light on the nature of future UAP incidents. We found that NASA can help the whole-of-government UAP effort through systematic data calibration, multiple measurements, and ensuring thorough sensor metadata to create a data set that is both reliable and extensive for future UAP study.”   Source: David Spergel, president of the Simons Foundation and chair of the UAP independent study team, explaini