Stratolaunch has successfully conducted the inaugural powered test flight of its unmanned Talon-A-1 craft, designed for hypersonic research, achieving speeds near Mach 5, as announced by CEO Zachary Krevor, who highlighted the significant data collection beneficial to customers. The company's six-engine Roc aircraft transported and released Talon for the flight.
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Construction has begun at Spanish Fork Municipal Airport/Woodhouse Field in Utah for the $100 million Patey Aviation Business Park, which will feature 66 hangars ranging in size from 2,200 square feet to 21,000 square feet. The new aviation hub will also include a public restaurant, a fuel station, aircraft maintenance and service areas and the display of a full-size Douglas C-54 airplane.
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Safran Aircraft Engines has entered into a comprehensive Services Agreement to deliver support, including spares, repairs, and overhauls, for the M88 engines used by the Qatari Armed Forces' Rafale fleet. In 2015 Qatar became the Rafale's second export customer.
Alan Abduzhalilov's dreams of becoming a pilot were put on hold when he had to flee Ukraine because of the war, until Steve Thompson, owner of Lake Charles, La.'s, Rock Solid Aviation, stepped in and offered him a full sponsorship. Since arriving in the US, Abduzhalilov has attained his private pilot license, instrument rating, commercial license and certified flight instructor rating, and Thompson plans to put him in charge of a new flight school in New Orleans.
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The Oklahoma Aviation Academy, a partnership between Normal Public Schools and the University of Oklahoma, utilizes the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association High School Aviation STEM Curriculum and aims to train future workers for the state's many aviation companies. Students currently take classes in portable buildings at the university's Max Westheimer Airport, but construction will begin soon on a new permanent facility.
The relatively narrow region in which day will turn to night for a few fleeting minutes on April 8 is within reach of many aircraft, a fact not lost on airports and aviators.
The Federal Aviation Administration granted Textron E-Aviation an exemption to allow the Velis Electro to be certified, operated and maintained under a special airworthiness certificate as a light sport aircraft. California's Margaret Watt was named national best flight instructor in the Flight Training Experience Survey. Give Pilot Briefing five minutes and we'll catch you up on the aviation news you need to know for the week. Listen to the podcast.
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