The SPACE COAST AVIATOR May 2021 Fly-out Cancelled Airshow Ticket Giveaway Free tickets to members for the Great Florida Airshow Again, this year MAPA has purchased eight pair of tickets, four pair per day. Here is all you have to do for the ticket drawing. Email your name, home address, and phone number to [email protected] . Please indicate which day you would like to attend. The deadline for entering the contest is Friday, May 7 and the drawing will be Saturday, May 8. Tickets will be email to the winners on Sunday, May 9. Featured performers include the US Navy Blue Angels, an F-16 Viper Demo, the EA-18G Growler, Mike Wiskus, Rob Holland, Mike Goulian, Larry Labiola L-39 and the Quicksilver P-51. For show times and important information, check Frequently Asked Questions on the air show web site. https://www.greatfloridaairshow.com/ ✈ Aerion in the News Eyeing a 50-passenger jetliner Aerion Supersonic recently announced plans to construct a 50-passenger jetliner capable of Mach 4 with the first flight before the end of this decade. The aerospace company has the backing of American billionaire Robert M. Bass a businessman and philanthropist. Bass founded Aerion Supersonic nearly two decades ago and served as Chairman of the board until February 5, 2019 when Tom Vice former president of Northrop Grumman's Aerospace Systems took the reigns as CEO. The planned Mach 4 commercial jetliner, the AS3, would fly farther than their private business jet, the AS2, with a goal of reaching Tokyo from Los Angeles in three hours. In a recent emailed statement, Aerion said that despite the uncertain outcome of Aerion’s efforts to bring a viable plane to market, the company promised technology “to improve efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of supersonic flight.” Still planning their headquarters relocation from Reno, Nevada, to the Aerion Park campus at Melbourne Int’l Airport, their main competition is Boom Technology, another startup company that has a Mach 2.2, 50-passenger jet in R&D, called the Boom Overture. Both plane-makers are grappling with the same problems that caused the demise of the Concorde in 2003: huge fuel burn and its rising cost, sonic booms and loud engines that resulted in a ban on civilian supersonic flight over most countries. Aerion is working with GE Aviation, the aerospace division of General Electric, to design a new engine, and won backing from the Boeing Company two years ago. The AS2, Aerion’s the business jet is scheduled to fly in 2027. It got a boost last month with a 20-aircraft order from NetJets, the largest luxury-aircraft operator and part of the Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hanaway Inc empire. ✈ Aerion Drone Pilots Recurrent Testing Available Online Drone pilots who already have part 107 Remote Pilot Certification can now take their required recency of knowledge training courses online. The training ensures that they have the updated knowledge necessary to operate in accordance with the Operations over People rule, which became effective on April 21, 2021. The training is free and available on FAASafety.gov. Be sure to follow the “Training Credit” instructions in the Introduction or Review sections of these courses, before you begin, to receive the appropriate credit. Here are the courses: Part 107 Small UAS Recurrent Non-Part 61 Pilots (ALC-677) — All individuals who hold a part 107 remote pilot certificate are eligible to take this course. If you don’t hold any other pilot certificates other than part 107, this is likely the course you need to take. http://bit.ly/ALC-677 Part 107 Small UAS Initial (ALC-451) — Only part 107 remote pilots who are also certificated and current under part 61 are eligible to take this course. http://bit.ly/ALC451 Part 107 Small UAS Recurrent (ALC -515) — Only part 107 remote pilots who are also certificated and current under part 61 are eligible to take this course. http://bit.ly/ALC515 UAS Initial Aeronautical Knowledge Test — If you do not hold a current Remote Pilot Certificate and want to operate under part 107, you must take this test through an FAA-Approved Knowledge Testing Center (https://faa.psiexams.com). Please note that there is a fee associated with this test. Part 61 pilots who do not have a current flight review (per 14 CFR 61.56) and wish to operate under Part 107 are required to take this test as well. Completing any of the online courses or passing the UAS Initial Aeronautical Knowledge Test will provide 24 calendar months of currency. A calendar month includes all days within that month. For example, completing the Part 107 Small UAS Recurrent Non-Part 61 Pilots (ALC-677) course on April 6, 2021, will permit a remote pilot to fly under part 107 through April 30, 2023. For more information, go to www.faa.gov/uas or see the FAA news release here: https://www.faa.gov/news/updates/?newsId=97201 Mooney Summit VIII Tampa FSDO FAA Safety Team The annual Mooney Summit VIII a safety related retreat, now rescheduled for Oct 22-24, 2021 at Peter O. Knight airport in Tampa (KTPF) and the Barrymore hotel. Friday - Noon - 3:00 PM – Roundtable discussions. Subject matter experts will host rotating roundtable discussions. A bell will chime every 30 minutes (totaling six sessions and over a dozen live table) where people move to another table. Tentative Roundtable Topics Maintenance Technology in the cockpit Airport Advocacy Aeromedical Factors Tampa Airport authority Meet the FAA So you want to be a Pro Pilot IFR and ForeFlight training Aviation Weather The Mooney Summit welcomes all pilots of all makes of planes! To learn more please visit the Mooney Summit website: mooneysummit.com Mooney Summit VIII Flyer FPM/Inspector Andrew Crossman - [email protected] - 813-508-6778 Tampa FAAST Lead Representative Mike Elliott - [email protected] 2 New Course Helps Pilots Conduct Preflight Self-Briefings Designed for Students, VFR pilots and it won’t hurt Rusty Pilots A new Wings credit course developed by Flight Service and available on FAASafety.gov provides students and VFR pilot guidance on how to conduct a safe and regulatory compliant preflight self-briefing, using automated weather resources. The objective of the course is to ensure that the pilot understands aviation weather basics and learns to apply meteorological and aeronautical information in a systematic manner to plan a safe flight. The course includes scenarios, real-life examples, videos, reference materials, and practice exercises for pilots to conduct on their own or with their flight instructor. Access the WINGS credit course here: http://bit.ly/ALC683. ✈ Amateur-Built Certification Aviation Maintenance Safety Minute Video Have you ever considered building your own airplane? In this brief video, David Hays, FAASTeam Program Manager, defines the regs and documentation required for amateur-built aircraft. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUnkCtEHaBo&list=PL5vHkqHi51DS-zCdCFOUyVzUgYlF_0qXK ✈ UAS Testing Changes Update Want to learn more about the airman knowledge testing changes for a remote pilot certificate with a small aircraft rating? Click on the FAA’s latest UAS testing changes document here: https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/media/uas_testing_information.pdf ✈ Getting Around on the Ground Uh Oh missed the turn Have you ever wondered if you can tap or click your way out of trouble while taxiing on the ground? Well, it is not quite that easy, but in the article “Safe and Sound on the Ground,” editor James Williams explores how Electronic Flight Bags and EFB apps can greatly improve your situational awareness and help prevent surface safety incidents. Tools like geo-referenced charts and airport diagrams, improved flight planning, and even synthetic vision systems can add tremendous safety benefits at very limited costs. Check it out https://medium.com/faa/safe-and-sound-on-the-ground- 6e1977dee68f ✈ Meet the FAA’s Runway Safety Professionals Surface Safety Done Right At the FAA, runway safety spans several different domains. That’s why the agency takes on a collaborative approach in this area to ensure all the key players have a say in the decision process. And it’s because of these collaborative discussions among different areas of the FAA — and with airmen like you — that we’re able to realize many new safety-enhancing solutions at airports across the nation. Check out the article “Surface Safety Done Right” Be sure to check out the entire surface-safety-themed issue at www.faa.gov/news/safety_briefing. ✈ 3 Aviation History for May The Cold War Spy Game May 1, 1960. A CIA Lockheed U-2C (Article 360, 56-6693), flown by Francis Gary Powers from Peshawar Pakistan, was shot down by an SA-2 Guideline missile, near Sverdlovsk, USSR. The first of three missiles fired at Powers shot the U-2 down. The second or third SA-2 brought down Soviet MiG-19 pilot, Sergei Safronov, who died. Powers parachuted to safety. Taken captive and tried as a spy in a Soviet court. On February 10, 1962, in exchange for Soviet, spy Rudolf Abel; he was released, on the Glienicker Bridge in Berlin. May 6, 1954. One of a flight of six CAT C-119 Flying Boxcars, flown by CIA pilots James B. Earthquake McGoon McGovern and Wallace A. Buford was hit by ground fire as it was about to drop ammunition to beleaguered French Foreign Legion troops at Diên Biên Phu, Vietnam. The plane staggered 75 miles into Laos and crashed near the Nam Het River. Besides the pilots, were four French servicemen, Bataille, Rescouriou, Moussa and Jean Arlaux. Moussa and Jean Arlaux survived the crash, but Moussa died of his injuries several days later.