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    John Roncz

    Just saw an announcement that John Roncz just passed.
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    NASA abandons (cancels) their X-57 electric plane project

    I’m sure this project has its own thread somewhere… feel free to move this if needed. https://www.popsci.com/technology/nasa-cancels-x-57-flight/?amp
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    FAA Administrator

    Did anyone notice that the President’s recent nomination for FAA Administrator had no real aviation experience? Fortunately, that fact wasn’t lost on Congress, which raised enough noise to prompt the nominee to step down.
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    1-in-3 Americans believe they could land a plane in an emergency

    LINK TO ARTICLE: https://simpleflying.com/1-in-3-americans-believe-they-could-land-a-plane-in-an-emergency/ 1 in 3 is a surprising number in itself, but they also break it out by gender, race and age. Some said they could do it with the help of an air traffic controller… I doubt if they could...
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    ACTIVE NOW: squawk codes 7500, 7600, 7700

    I recently loaded the pro version of PlaneFinder to my phone. One of the features it has is the option to alert me whenever someone squawks an emergency code. As an example, I was just notified that Israeli Air flight LY383 from Tel Aviv to Rome is now squawking 7700. The map track shows it...
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    Experimental as airshow plane

    Just ran across this:
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    Not the King’s English

    Apparently, the time of proper English has passed and now only applies to the English Wheel. In that light, I think we all need to use the new Tik-Tokian English in all of our posts. Below is a link to instructions for the ‘proper’ (teeth gritted as I typed the word ‘proper’) use of the new...
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    New meet: Mark Z

    Not a new member, but my wife and I had the opportunity to meet Mark Z for the first time in person. It was a visit with fellow HBA member Mark and his lovely wife. Mark was kind enough to show us around the Airpark he lives in and introduce us to a few of his friends. I have to add that Mark is...
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    Avro Arrow replica (60% scale)

    Found this: http://www.avromuseum.com/arrow-ii-project.html
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    Australian Roadable Aircraft Pub Run

    It turns out that Australia has had Roadable aircraft (Tomahawk) for a number of years… Newman Plane Incident Charge - A 37 year old man was charged today in relation to him taxiing a propeller driven Beechcraft 2 seater aircraft (minus wings) through Newman to the Newman Hotel (purple pub) on...
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    Levitator 3

    Interesting little RC rotorcraft.
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    Airplane For Sale Found this CGS Hawk for sale on Facebook

    At this price, you can’t afford to not buy it! 🤪 The plane: The price:
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    The source of lift

    Bernoulli, vortex, downwash… It turns out that the aero book got it all wrong when they discussed where lift comes from. Here is photo showing the true source of lift:
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    In with a bang, out with a whimper

    I know this could be a dangerous topic for the direction it might take, but I thought we could use a thread about projects that start with a bang (lots of fanfare on the part of the designer with big promises of low cost, high performance, etc), then slowly fade off into the back pages of...
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    Phractyl Macrobat

    Posting this here because it is vaporware, but it is cool looking. https://phractyl.com/
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    A little family history

    Hi all, I posted this on my Facebook page, but I thought some here might find this serendipitous discovery interesting: I get the Aviator’s Bulletin magazine each month, but I didn’t get a chance to look at this October’s issue until just the other day. I was admiring the cover photo when I...
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    SpinLaunch kinetic throw to orbit

    Anyone else spot this news? https://www.slashgear.com/spinlaunch-kinetic-launch-system-celebrates-a-successful-test-flight-12699130/
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    Why people become pilots

    For all my fellow glider pilots, would you have learned in gliders had you seen this first?
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