Readback: January 2022

IFR Staff

Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 09:33 AM ET

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Photo Courtesy of Rolls-Royce

Key Takeaways:

The article clarifies specific aviation details, including that the Rolls-Royce electric plane uses the same Nemesis NXT airframe as the Relentless racer, and that the "Turkeys on and in vicinity of airport" note on a Jeppesen chart is a genuine advisory, not a joke.
It addresses several regulatory and historical questions, finding no definitive scientific basis for the six-month IFR currency rule, detailing the post-WWII admission of Axis powers to the ICAO Convention (a standards body), and confirming the legality of using GPS to identify fixes on VHF-nav approaches.

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Looks Like … Or Is?

In the November Briefing segment about the Rolls-Royce electric airplane, Russ Niles states it “…bears resemblance to the Relentless unlimited racer at the Reno Air Races.” I’m sure Russ is aware that the Relentless Racing airplane was built from a Nemesis NXT kit which is also what Rolls-Royce used as the basis for their airplane. I wish Rolls-Royce had given credit for the airframe by referring to it as an electric-powered Nemesis NXT, but I guess that wouldn’t have fit the needed corporate image.