If you have loved #AvWeb over the years, their longtime Editor, Russ Niles, has left Firecrown (the title's owner these days) and has started his own #aviation news site called AVBrief. Reason he gives is a difference of opinion regarding using #AI to write articles.
I immediately subscribed to his newsletter as his crew has always been on top of the sector's news. His new crew is lean and presumably mean, you can sign up for the AVBrief newsletter here:
Fun news via #Avweb:
Pretty cool that Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) is moving to using a Cubcrafters airplane for their Golden Eagles Competitive Flight Team. Three new CubCrafter’s NX Variants will be joining the ERAU training program later this year.
https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/erau-golden-eagles-to-get-new-wings
#avgeeks #aviation #airplanes #pilotlife #flying #airlines #travel #aircraft
Whoa, more crazy bad news for airliner OEMs:
Via #avweb:
"Counterfeit Titanium Found In Boeing And Airbus Jets”
So, I guess you just go to a dark alley and buy your black market titanium?
Like...
“Yo, yooz got any of that shiny stuff? I need it in a bad way."
“Yeah, got sum, $150 a ton, take it or leave it. Unmarked bills, no cops.”
“I want to use it to build giant airplanes.”
‘Yeah, sheeeeet, airplanes, right. Ain’t gettin’ me in one of ‘dim things."
https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/counterfeit-titanium-found-in-boeing-and-airbus-jets
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Spirit AeroSystems, a supplier of fuselages for Boeing and wings for Airbus, are investigating counterfeit titanium found in recently manufactured jets. According to The New York Times, who first reported the news, falsified documents were used to verify the material’s authenticity—prompting concerns about the structural integrity of the airliners. […]
“The agency cited infractions such as conducting acrobatic flight maneuvers without a parachute for the paying passenger.”
Of all publications, you’d think #AvWeb would know the difference between acrobatic and aerobatic.
https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/faa-grounds-wing-walking-company-owner-faces-heavy-penalties/
The FAA has barred a wing walking company from conducting flights and revoked the owner’s pilot certificate, deeming the operation unsafe and reckless, according to a report from The Seattle Times. Mason Wing Walking, based in Sequim, Washington, in the summer and Ventura County, California, in the winter, gives thrill-seeking amateurs the opportunity to strap […]
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