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May 28, 2015

Airborne 05.28.15: LA Heli Noise, Another NIMBY Case Defeated, GoodBye VOR/NDB

Also: Gone West: Tuskegee Airman LtC Mosley, Union Warned, E-4B Returns, All-Female UAL Crew, Malaysia Woes, Luke's 56th FW

Last week, the FAA released a document stating that significant progress has been made on six action items stemming from a May 30th, 2013 study done by the FAA on noise matters in Los Angeles County. The Professional Helicopter Pilots Association, known as the PHPA, released a statement saying that despite published statements to the contrary from some of the stakeholder groups who maintain no significant progress has been made, the PHPA stands firmly behind the FAA and agrees this

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Airborne 05.28.15: LA Heli Noise, Another NIMBY Case Defeated, GoodBye VOR/NDB

Also: Gone West: Tuskegee Airman LtC Mosley, Union Warned, E-4B Returns, All-Female UAL Crew, Malaysia Woes, Luke's 56th FW

Last week, the FAA released a document stating that significant progress has been made on six action items stemming from a May 30th, 2013 study done by the FAA on noise matters in Los Angeles County. The Professional Helicopter Pilots Association, known as the PHPA, released a statement saying that despite published statements to the contrary from some of the stakeholder groups who maintain no significant progress has been made, the PHPA stands firmly behind the FAA and agrees this multiparty collaborative group of industry and homeowners representatives have made significant progress. n another story regarding aircraft noise concerns, a lawsuit against the

Rafters Discover Airplane Wreckage In The Grand Canyon

Possible Human Remains Found With The Aircraft, Which May Be One Missing Since 2011

River rafters searching a long-abandoned mining site in the Grand Canyon for old mining equipment came across something much more recent ... the wreckage of a red airplane containing what appear to be human remains.

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Sierra Nevada Corporation Collaborates On Regional Jet Aircraft In Turkey

Powerful Global Partnership Brings Unique Technology To The Aviation World

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Sierra Nevada Corporation and the Turkish Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs & Communications to meet the need of producing the country’s first regional jet as part of its Regional Aircraft Project (“Project”).

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World’s First Bell 407GT Sold To BBM Inc

Armed Variant Of The 407GX To Be Operated In The Middle East And Africa

Bell Helicopter has delivered the first Bell 407GT to BBM Inc. to operate in the Middle East and Africa. The Bell 407GT is the armed version of the Bell 407GX, and will be used to perform a variety of missions including law enforcement and homeland security.

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Pillsbury Launches New UAS Law Blog

Drone Law Practice Site Features Timely Articles

The Pillsbury law firm, which formed one of the first multidisciplinary teams focused on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in March 2014, today announced the launch of its new UAS law blog, featuring legal perspectives from Pillsbury's UAS focus team.

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OpenSky Drones Obtains FAA Authorization For Commercial UAV Operations

Will Immediately Start Full Operations In South Florida

The FAA has authorized OpenSky Drones for commercial UAV services.

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NASA, NRC Of Canada Renew Agreement To Reduce Aviation Icing Risks

Will Continue Research For An Additional Five Years

NASA and the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada have renewed a partnership agreement to continue critical research in the area of aircraft engine icing. On hand to sign the renewal agreement Thursday at the NRC offices in Ottawa, Ontario, were Jaiwon Shin, associate administrator of NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate in Washington, and Ian Potter, the NRC’s vice-president of engineering.

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Boeing 737-800 Aircraft In New Livery Joins Transaero Airlines Fleet

New Airplane Part Of Carrier's Fleet Renewal Plan

A new Boeing 737-800 aircraft has joined Transaero Airlines' fleet. The aircraft was delivered to the airline from the aircraft manufacturer in accordance with the operating leasing agreement concluded in 2013 with Sberbank Leasing.

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Boeing Returns Air Force E-4B Aircraft To Service

Airborne Command Post Back To Operational Status Following Maintenance

Boeing recently completed maintenance on a U.S. Air Force E-4B advanced airborne command post earlier than planned, enabling the Air Force to quickly return the vital aircraft to operational service.

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Space Florida Signs MOU With University Of West Florida

Cybersecurity-Related Programs To Help Northwest Florida Recover From Impact Of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Space Florida, the state’s aerospace and spaceport development authority, has signed a three-year memorandum of understanding with the University of West Florida Center for Research and Economic Opportunity to further develop Florida’s cybersecurity technologies.

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NASA's CubeSat Initiative Aids In Testing Of Technology For Solar Sails

Small Satellite Launched With X-37B Spacecraft Last Week

With help from NASA, a small research satellite to test technology for in-space solar propulsion launched into space last week aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, as part of the agency's CubeSat Launch Initiative.

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First Modernized AF-1B Jet Fighter Delivered To The Brazilian Navy

Ceremony Held At Embraer Facility In São Paulo

The first modernized AF-1 (AF-1B) fighter jet was delivered to the Brazilian Navy in a ceremony held Tuesday at Embraer's industrial plant in Gavião Peixoto, in outstate São Paulo.

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Editorial Holds That Most Media Is Ignoring FAA Hiring Story

Fox News Investigation Highlighted Practice That FAA Says Brings 'Diversity' To The Ranks Of Air Traffic Controllers

The media watchdog group Accuracy in Media has posted an editorial on its website saying major media outlets are ignoring a report by Fox News that followed a six-month investigation into the FAA's new procedure for hiring air traffic controllers.

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Aero-TV: The Mobile Perspective - iFlightPlanner On The iPad

An Up and Coming Flight Planning Tool Continues To Gain In Popularity, Part 2

Andy Matthews, the cofounder and Director of Business Development for iFlightPlanner spends some time to explain how the flight planning function of this app works. In this video, Matthews goes through the core flight planning sets which include routing, receiving an approved weather briefing, computation of the weight and balance, and then filing an FAA flight plan.

Aero-TV: The Mobile Perspective - iFlightPlanner On The iPad

An Up and Coming Flight Planning Tool Continues To Gain In Popularity, Part 2

Andy Matthews, the cofounder and Director of Business Development for iFlightPlanner spends some time to explain how the in-flight navigation function of this app works. He starts off by showing how to verify the preflight planning part of the flight that could already have been performed on their Internet site. Changes to the planed flight can easily be made on the iPad prior to takeoff.

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FAA, Industry To Study 'Pilot Fitness'

Will Focus On Mental And Emotional Health Of Commercial Pilots

The FAA is working with the commercial aviation and medical communities to study the emotional and mental health of U.S. commercial pilots.

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SpaceX Gets Green Light For USAF Launch Business

Air Force's Space And Missile Systems Center Certifies SpaceX For National Security Space Missions

Lieutenant General Samuel Greaves, Commander of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and Air Force Program Executive Officer for Space, has announced the certification of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation’s (SpaceX) Falcon 9 Launch System for national security space missions.

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NTSB Safety Alert Urges Pilots To ‘See And Be Seen’ In The Air

Board Reminds Pilots To Take Care Of The Basics

The NTSB has issued a Safety Alert urging pilots to vigilantly look out for other aircraft and to make their own presence known.

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WAI Receives $10,000 Grant From The UPS Foundation

Funds To Be Used For September 26 International Girls In Aviation Day

Women in Aviation, International has received a $10,000 grant from The UPS Foundation, which drives global corporate citizenship and philanthropic programs for UPS.

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AeroSports Update: LadiesLoveTaildraggers Fly-in Canceled

Bad Weather Hammers Sulfur Springs Texas Airport And The Ladies Who Love Taildraggers Shut Down Their May 29-31 Fly-in

Just in case you haven’t been watching the news, the Midwest southern states have been hammered by storms and inundated with rain. The good news is, the drought is over. The bad news for the LadiesLoveTaildraggers Fly-in is that their destination airport did not fare well in the bad weather.

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FAA SAFO Covers Transponder Use On Airport Movement Areas

Should Be In Altitude Reporting Mode At All Airports

A new FAA Safety Alert For Operators (SAFO) advises all operators and pilots of the need to ensure that transponders are in the altitude reporting mode whenever their aircraft is on an airport movement area at all airports.

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NASA Sets New Window For Supersonic Vehicle Test

Launch Will Be No Earlier Than June 2

The second flight test of NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) now will launch no earlier than 12:30 p.m. EDT (7:30 a.m. HST) Tuesday, June 2, from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) on Kauai, Hawaii.

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Airborne 05.27.15: Did Boeing Over-Promise?, Anti-KSMO Chicanery, Jimmy Stewart

Also: FAA Hiring Astray?, Comparison Shopping LSAs, Philippines Flying Limitations, Asteroid Redirect, Wings Of Mercy, Student Launch Challenge, Alaska Air

In 2013, the State of Washington gave Boeing a package of tax breaks totaling $8.7 billion through 2040. In return, the state apparently ‘assumed’ that the planemaker would continue to create and provide jobs in the state. Boeing announcing last year that the company would assemble the 777X airplane in the Puget Sound region. In all, Boeing employs about 79,000 in the Puget Sound, which is about half its total workforce. A NIMBY group desc

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (05.28.15)

“As a pilot, your first job is to fly your own airplane. Part of that job is to scan for other airplanes.” Source: NTSB Chair Christopher Hart.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.28.15): Nautical Mile

A unit of distance used in aviation and marine navigation and marine forecasts.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.28.15)

Lessons Learned From Transport Airplane Accidents

This Lessons Learned From Transport Airplane Accidents library represents some of the most major accidents and their related lessons. The FAA, with support from many other organizations and individuals, plans to continue adding to this material on an annual basis.

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