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All News

October 28, 2014

Orbital Antares Rocket Explodes At Launch

Unmanned Mission Was To Have Carried Science, Supplies To ISS

An unmanned Orbital Antares rocket exploded on launch from the Wallops Spaceflight  Facility in Virginia at 1822 EDT Tuesday.

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NASA Conducts Space Launch System Booster Separation Testing

Simulation Brings Confidence For First Flight

Engineers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia are doing their part to enable NASA’s 5.5-million-pound SLS to launch the Orion spacecraft to deep space. To understand the aerodynamic forces exerted on the rocket as it flies through the atmosphere, Langley engineers recently tested a 35-inch SLS booster separation model in its Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel, with air speeds of over 2,400 mph. The engineers collected high-fidelity data from 800 runs.

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FAA Awards $10.2 Million In Environmental Grants To Airports

VALE Program Designed To Reduce Emissions By Ground Vehicles

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently awarded $10.2 million in FAA grants to six airports around the country to reduce emissions and improve air quality through the FAA’s Voluntary Airport Low Emission (VALE) program.

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Landmark Space Dive Sets Stage For World View Space Flights

Google Exec Shatters Felix Baumgartner's Record

A Google executive ... with little fanfare ... on Friday broke the skydiving-from-space record set in 2012 by Felix Baumgartner by freefalling from 135,908 feet after being carried aloft by a balloon.

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Flight Attendant Union Meets With Transportation And Healthcare Officials

Focus Of The Meeting Was Ebola Concerns

The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), the world's largest flight attendant union, together with aviation union affiliates of the AFL-CIO's Transportation Trades Department, met late last week with principles and senior officials from agencies charged with aviation safety, health and security about a coordinated response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak.

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Another Company Makes A Run At A 'Roadable' Aircraft

SkyCruiser From Krossblade Would Be A VTOL Aircraft That Seats Five

A startup company based in Arizona has conceptualized a roadable aircraft that operates like a quadcopter ... and seats five.

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Vance AFB Flight Simulators Go HD

Virtual Image Takeoff And Landing XI To Help Train Students At OK Base

Instead of flying in a computer-generated world reminiscent of a Windows 95 graphics reproduction, Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training students will take to the simulated blue skies in high definition, beginning Oct 27.

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U.S. Border Protection Evaluates Aerostats For Surveillance

Systems Becoming Available For Domestic Use As Troop Drawdowns Overseas Continue

Working with the U.S. Army, Lockheed Martin is providing operational support for a Persistent Threat Detection System (PTDS) aerostat system that is being evaluated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) along the Southern border of the United States.

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WWII Heavy Bomber Found In Norwegian Fjord

Handley Page Halifax Went Down In Nearly 600 Feet Of Water

An RAF Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber from WWII has been discovered in nearly 600 feet of water in a Norwegian Fjord by a research team from the Marine Technology Center at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway.

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Boeing, COMAC Open Facility To Transform 'Gutter Oil' Into Biofuel

Technology Developed In China To Convert Waste Cooking Oil Into Jet Fuel

Boeing and Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) have opened a demonstration facility that will turn waste cooking oil, commonly referred to as "gutter oil" in China, into sustainable aviation biofuel. The two companies estimate that 500 million gallons of biofuel could be made annually in China from used cooking oil.

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China Aviation Investment Group Limited Debuts 'World Aviation City'

Project Announced At NBAA2014 In Orlando Last Week

A project called "World Aviation City" was detailed by the China Aviation Investment Group last week at NBAA2014. By integrating high-end tourism and the manufacturing and service industries, the project aims to innovate with an unprecedented aviation exhibition model, build comprehensive and diversified concepts, and provide customers with the world's leading aviation services.

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AD: Airbus Helicopters (Previously Eurocopter France) Helicopters

AD NUMBER: 2014-21-03

PRODUCT: Airbus Helicopters Model AS332L2 helicopters with a certain yaw control damper support (support) installed.

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AD: Fiberglas-Technik Rudolf Lindner GmbH & Co. KG Gliders

AD NUMBER: 2014-15-02 R1

PRODUCT: Fiberglas-Technik Rudolf Lindner GmbH & Co. KG (type certificates formerly held by GROB-WERKE GMBH & CO KG and BURKHART GROB LUFT- UND RAUMFAHRT GmbH & CO KG) Models G102 STANDARD ASTIR III, G102 CLUB ASTIR III, G102 CLUB ASTIR IIIb, G103 TWIN II, G103A TWIN II ACRO, G103C TWIN III ACRO, and G 103 C Twin III SL gliders.

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Airborne 10.27.14: New Freefall Altitude Record, NBAA14 Wrap-Up, Falcon AOG

Also: New ALPA Officers, Hurricane Hunters, Aventura AVW, New Runway at Copiah County, LTC Tom Dougherty Flies West

Only 2 years ago, Felix Baumgartner set a record for the highest parachute jump when he stepped out of his Red Bull sponsored gondola hanging beneath a gas filled balloon at 128,100 feet. This record was broken last week when a computer scientist named Alan Eustace parachuted from an altitude of 135,890 feet. During his descent, it’s reported that Eustace reached a speed of 822 miles per hour. The NBAA’s 2014 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition organizers are reporting that,

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American CEO Says AA-US Airways Integration Is On Track

But Doug Parker Also Cautions That There Are Major Tasks To Be Completed American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said in a recent message to employees that the integration of American and US Airways is on track and will accelerate in 2015, but that some of the biggest tasks have not yet been accomplished.

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SNC Reveals Dream Chaser Spacecraft Science Mission Variant

Mockup Displayed At ADGSR Conference In Pasadena, CA

Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems presented the Dream Chaser Science Mission Mock-Up at the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR) conference in Pasadena, California. In addition to the primary function of transporting crew and cargo to and from low-Earth orbit (LEO), SNC’s Dream Chaser program team has been developing a science mission variant which leverages the inherent capabilities of the vehicle to offer a free-flying microgravity science laboratory.

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Critical NASA Science Returns To Earth Aboard Dragon

Over 3,000 Pounds Of Science And Cargo Splash Down In The Pacific Ocean

SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down at 3:39 p.m. EDT Saturday in the Pacific Ocean, approximately 300 miles west of Baja California, returning 3,276 pounds of NASA cargo and science samples from the International Space Station (ISS).

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Continental Offers Diesel Retrofits For African Flight School

Engines For Installation In Cessna 172 Skyhawks

Continental Diesel Master Installation Center Africair, Inc. has increased its latest order of CD-155 retrofit engine kits from three to ten. Africair equips new diesel powered Cessna 172 Skyhawks for Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Academy. The state-of-the-art diesel piston engine CD-155 is running with widely available Jet Fuel and is manufactured in the German plant of the Continental Motors Group.

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AeroSports Update: Who Me, A Flight Instructor?

The Sport Pilot Regulations Created The New Sport Pilot Instructor Rating That Could Offer Some Opportunities

The Situation…You are a private pilot and own a great little Aeronca Champion. Your kids are interested in flying and you would love to have them learn and get a license in your Champ. The Dilemma…They can’t get a private pilot license in a Champ, and you can’t locate a taildragger instructor to provide sport pilot training. What to do?

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U.K Authorities Say Quadcopter 'Deliberately' Flown At Airliner

Two Aircraft Were Within 80 Feet Of Colliding At 1,500 Feet

An ATR72 on approach to Southend Airport near London came within 80 feet of colliding with a UAV, according to a report from the U.K.'s Airprox Board.

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Four Aeronautical Science Students At ERAU Receive Prestigious Scholarships

Special Event Also Reveals Location And Design Of Future Bob Hoover Hall Of Honor Exhibit

Representatives of the Citation Jet Pilots (CJP) Association and the Bob Hoover Legacy Foundation each awarded $50,000 to fund four Bob Hoover Presidential Scholarships to Embry-Riddle students at an event held last Thursday at the university’s Daytona Beach Campus.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (10.28.14)

"This mission enabled research critical to achieving NASA's goal of long-duration human spaceflight in deep space. Investigations in the returned cargo could aid in the development of more efficient solar cells and semiconductor-based electronics, the development of plants better suited for space, and improvements in sustainable agriculture." Source: Sam Scimemi, director of the International Space Station division at NASA Headquarters.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (10.28.14): Maximum Authorized Altitude

A published altitude representing the maximum usable altitude or flight level for an airspace structure or route segment.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.28.14)

USMC/Combat Helicopter Association

During the Vietnam War from 1962 to 1975, helicopter crews were able to locate their fellow Marines on the ground by asking them to "pop a smoke" in the landing zone.

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