Week Ending July 24, 2020: Earnhardt Citation Crash, SimVenture, FIA Connect Coverage

Week Ending July 24, 2020: Earnhardt Citation Crash, SimVenture, FIA Connect Coverage

Author: Aviation International News July 24, 2020 Duration: 34:55

In this week's episode, AIN editor-in-chief Matt Thurber pores over the NTSB docket details about the August 2019 crash involving a Cessna Citation Latitude carrying racecar driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., as well as what it was like to participate in SimVenture, a virtual Oshkosh fly-in. And senior editors Gregory Polek, Charles Alcock, Kerry Lynch, and Curt Epstein give an overview of AIN's coverage of FIA Connect this week and the main themes that emerged during the virtual Farnborough Airshow, namely government objectives versus financial aid, sustainability as a business opportunity, and urban air mobility.


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