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May 04, 2014

Gone West: Congressman Jim Oberstar

Pro-Aviation Legislator Leaves Behind Significant Record

A major player in aero-politics has gone west. 18 term Minnesota Congressman, Jim Oberstar, 79, passed away Saturday due to unknown causes. In the decades that he served in Congress, Oberstar earned a position of serious, even-bipartisan influence when it came to aviation matters. He was a ranking member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and a member of the House General Aviation Caucus. His efforts are considered to have been key to the passage of the General Aviation Product Liability Reform bill and a number of aviation funding measures -- including AIR-21 and VISION-100.

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IATA, EASA Reach Agreement On Information Sharing

Sharing Safety Information Provides A Basis For Identifying Safety Issues

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced an agreement on sharing of safety information and joint analysis of safety trends. These analyses primarily will be based on the information derived from the Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft (SAFA) program, and the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA).

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Sikorsky Begins Powered Ground Tests Of CH-53K Helicopter With Rotor Blades

'Key Milestone' For The Aircraft System, Program Leader Says

Sikorsky has begun full system testing of the U.S. Marine Corps' CH-53K heavy lift helicopter with all seven main rotor blades and four tail rotor blades attached for the first time to a non-flying prototype called the Ground Test Vehicle (GTV). Powered "Light-Off" with rotor blades spinning follows a "Bare Head" (without blades) test phase of the GTV aircraft's systems.

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NASA Begins Field Campaign To Measure Rain In Southern Appalachians

Will Lay A Baseline For The Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory

Rain, ice, hail, severe winds, thunderstorms, and heavy fog – the Appalachian Mountains in the southeast United States have it all. On May 1, NASA begins a campaign in western North Carolina to better understand the difficult-to-predict weather patterns of mountain regions. The field campaign serves as ground truth for measurements made by the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission's Core Observatory.

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Lockheed Martin Marks Significant Milestone In Unmanned Technologies R&D

Indago VTOL Quad-Rotor Aircraft Interfaces With Commercial Avionics Suite

Three systems acquired by Lockheed Martin have progressed from their research and development phase to operational readiness. The Indago vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) quad-rotor, accompanied by its handheld ground control station (GCS) will offer a robust, mobile surveillance application.

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Sikorsky S-76A Maintenance Trainer Transferred To Canadore College

Originally Manufactured For Offshore Oil Service, Now Configured As A Training Aid

Sikorsky Aircraft participated in a transfer ceremony of an S-76A helicopter maintenance trainer to Canadore College Thursday for use as a hands-on training aid for students in the School of Aviation Technology.

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Drill Here? NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Inspects Site

Sandstone Slab Being Evaluated As Potential Drilling Site

The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is telling the rover to use several tools to inspect a sandstone slab being evaluated as a possible drilling target. If this target meets criteria set by engineers and scientists, it could become the mission's third drilled rock, and the first that is not mudstone. The team calls it "Windjana," after a gorge in Western Australia.

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IATA Calls For Vision For 'Sustainable' Aviation

Remarks Come At Environmental Summit In Geneva

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on all aviation stakeholders to stay focused and unified to deliver a vision for a "sustainable aviation future."

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Former Pan Am Employees To Gather In New York This Year

Family Reunion Expected To Draw Large Numbers Of 'Pan Am'ers' From Around The World

On August 3, 2014, employees, family and friends of one of America's most iconic airlines ... Pan American World Airways (1927-1991) ... will gather from all over the world on historic Long Island NY & NYC for Pan Am's Worldwide Family Reunion.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.04.14)

Aero Linx: ASTM Committee F38 on Unmanned Aircraft Systems This Committee addresses issues related to design, performance, quality acceptance tests, and safety monitoring for unmanned air vehicle systems. Stakeholders include manufactures of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and their components, federal agencies, design professionals, professional societies, maintenance professionals, trade associations, financial organizations, and academia. Over 130 members are involved in this multinational initiative; all participating actively within a three-tiered subcommittee structure focusing on airworthiness, flight operations, and operator qualifications.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.04.14): Chandler Wobble

Chandler Wobble A small motion in the Earth's rotation axis relative to the surface, discovered by American astronomer Seth Carlo Chandler in 1891. Its amplitude is about 0.7 arcseconds (about 15 meters on the surface) with a period of 433 days. It combines with another wobble with a period of one year, so the total polar motion varies with a period of about 7 years. The Chandler wobble is an example of free nutation for a spinning non-spherical object.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (05.04.14)

"We are very excited about the tremendous response from the enthusiastic community not just in the states, but globally, demonstrating once again the airline may be gone, but it is certainly not forgotten." Source: Mary Diorio, President of the Pan Amigo News, commented on this as it was announced that people will gather together from all over the world on historic Long Island NY & NYC for Pan Am's Worldwide Family Reunion celebrating the memory of the pioneering airline and the people that built it.

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