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April 08, 2014

Two Fatally Injured During Movie Filming

Pilot And Photographer Were Shooting A 'Zombie Movie' When The Accident Occurred

A pilot and a photographer were fatally injured Sunday during the filming of what was described as a "low-budget zombie movie" in Florida.

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Air Camp Makes STEM Take Flight

Middle School Students Can Now Apply Online For 2014 Aviation Summer Camps

Middle school students from across the U.S. will experience the thrill of flying an airplane themselves this summer at three sessions of Air Camp in Dayton, Ohio, which provides an introduction to the wonders of flight and the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) of aviation and aeronautics.

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V.A. Flight Training Benefits Now Accepted In Upstate SC

Airwolf Aviation Services At KGMU Now Approved For VA Flight Training

Airwolf Aviation Services located at the Greenville Downtown Airport (KGMU) in Greenville, SC is now an approved V.A. flight training school, making it the only one in South Carolina. Michele Rash, Owner of Airwolf Aviation Services, said that V.A.-approved schools that had operated in Sumter and Charleston are no longer active.

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Robocopter: New Technology Brings New Capabilities To The Marine Corps

Aircraft Being Developed By The Office Of Naval Research

Autonomy options for the Marines have taken a major step forward, as officials at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced the completion of two successful helicopter flight demonstrations with unmanned flight capability at Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA part of the Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS) program.

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Boeing Delivers First 787 Dreamliner To Kenya Airways

Kenyan Flag Carrier Set To Add A Total Of Nine Dreamliners To Its Fleet

Boeing and Kenya Airways celebrated the delivery and flyaway late last week of the Kenyan flag carrier's first 787 Dreamliner. The airplane departed Paine Field in Everett for a 7,800 nautical mile nonstop flight to Kenya Airways' home base in Nairobi at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

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Future Outlook Released For Remotely Piloted Aircraft

Twenty-Five-Year Vision For RPAs Gives Private Sector Guidance For Manufacturing

Air Force leaders outlined what the next 25 years for remotely piloted aircraft will look like in the RPA Vector, published April 4. “The RPA Vector is the Air Force’s vision for the next 25 years for remotely-piloted aircraft,” said Col. Kenneth Callahan, the RPA capabilities division director. “It shows the current state of the program, the great advances of where we have been and the vision of where we are going.”

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Australia Sets Timeline For Cessna SIDs Structural Inspections

Action Required For 100-400 Series Airplanes

A clear timetable has been set for a range of structural inspections required to be carried out on Cessna series aircraft. Owners and operators of Cessna 100, 200, 300 and 400 series aircraft must complete structural inspections developed by the manufacturer.

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Boeing Makes Donation To National Air and Space Museum

Gift To Support Renovation, Education Efforts

Boeing will make a $30 million donation to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum to support education work, new exhibits and the first renovation of the “Milestones of Flight” hall since the museum opened, the company announced late last week. The renovation and new exhibits will be completed in 2016, the same year that Boeing celebrates its centennial anniversary.

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Scale Model WWII Craft Takes Flight With 'Fuel From The Sea' Concept

Powered By Fuel Derived From Carbon Dioxide And Hydrogen From Seawater

Navy researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Materials Science and Technology Division, demonstrated proof-of-concept of novel NRL technologies developed for the recovery of carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen (H2) from seawater and conversion to a liquid hydrocarbon fuel.

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New Lycoming Multi-Fuel Engine Soars Past 10,000 Flight Hours

Powers Performance In Theater Onboard The Aerosonde SUAS

Lycoming's new EL-005 multi-fuel engine has surpassed 10,000 deployed flight hours with the Aerosonde Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) in service of U.S. Department of Defense customers in Afghanistan, according to AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Lycoming. The announcement was made Monday at the Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition being held just outside Washington, D.C.

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CAE Concludes Fiscal Year With Industry Record Sale Of 48 Simulators

C$75 Million In New Contracts For Five Simulators And Update Services

CAE announced Monday that it has established an industry record of 48 Level D full-flight simulators (FFS) sold during its fiscal year 2014 which ended on March 31, 2014. The latest contracts, valued at a total of approximately $75 million (Canadian) at list prices, include the sale of five simulators to customers in North America, Europe and India as well as update services.

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DJI Takes Aerial Filmmaking To New Heights With Phantom 2 Vision+

First Flying HD Camera With Built-In 3-Axis Stabilization

Aerial photography company DJI has released what it says is the first flying camera with the ability to capture stabilized HD video out of the box.

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Airborne 04.07.14: 'Hell Freezes Over' #2--Belite ProCub, Flight Design, Sling

Also: Precious Metal P-51, Redbird VTO, Rotax 912 iS Sport, Quicksilver SLSA

James Wiebe came to Lakeland this year with a new ultralight airplane … the ProCub. Wiebe, the founder of Belite Aircraft, talked with Jim Campbell about his latest airplane that features, among other things, a dock for an iPad Mini. Flight Design, long known for their light sport airplanes, is nearing first flight for its C4 four-place airplane, which will be the first from the company to be Part 23 certified. Tom Patton spoke with Flight Design USA president Tom Peghiny about the status of the project. Quicksilver is set to offer its Sport 2S as an S-L-S-A, and has es

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GAMA Opens New Middle East/North Africa Office In Dubai

Will Be Co-Located With MEBAA Offices In The Region

During the Global Aerospace Summit, GAMA announced the opening of a representative office for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The new office will be co-located with the Middle East and North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) in Dubai, UAE.

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Senate Leader Praises EU Delay Of Tax On International Flights

Thune: Action Reaffirms International Opposition To ETS

U.S. Senator John Thune (R-SD), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, commended the members of the European Parliament on their decision to extend the moratorium on aviation emission taxes from being collected on flights into and out of the European Union (EU) through 2016.

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NBAA Welcomes Senate Committee's Action To Renew Biz-Av Tax Incentive

Would Apply To 'Property Placed In Service After December 31, 2013'

The NBAA has praised the Senate Finance Committee's completion of work on legislation that would restore for two more years a host of tax incentives that expired in 2013, including a commonly recognized incentive – "bonus depreciation" – on the purchase of aircraft and other assets used by businesses.

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Chairman Smith Responds To NASA's Bolden About Mars Flyby Mission

Science Committee Chairman Says Bolden's Assertions About The Mission Are 'Factually Incorrect'

In a speech to the National Academy of Sciences, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said that the Mars Flyby 2021 mission is not germane to the goal of landing astronauts on Mars. In a statement, House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) blasted the NASA Administrator for taking that position.

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Liberty University Partners With Cessna Pilot Centers

Ties Flight Training To Online Bachelor's Degree Courses

A collaboration between Cessna and Liberty University to complement Liberty’s School of Aeronautics flight training program was unveiled at Sun 'n Fun last week. Under this agreement, students who enroll in flight training at qualifying Cessna Pilot Centers can also enroll in Liberty’s online courses leading to a bachelor’s degree in aeronautics.

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Two Planes Damaged In Incidents At Sun 'n Fun

No Injuries Reported In Either Accident At Lakeland Linder Regional Airport

Two incidents about three minutes apart damaged two airplanes last week at the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport on Friday.

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Canopy Witnessed Opening On SportPlane During Takeoff From Ocala, FL

Owner-Pilot Suffered Burns But Survived

The owner of a Tango 2 kitplane in Ocala, FL said that the canopy of the airplane came open during takeoff, forcing her into an emergency landing.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (04.08.14)

"The Administrator indicated that a Mars Flyby is not a worthy stepping stone to an eventual Mars landing because it doesn’t demonstrate technologies. That is factually incorrect." Source: Statement by House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX).

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (04.08.14): Marker Beacon

A low-powered transmitter that directs its signal upward in a small, fan-shaped pattern. Used along the flight path when approaching an airport for landing, marker beacons indicate both aurally and visually when the aircraft is directly over the facility.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.08.14)

Museum of Flight

The Museum of Flight exists to acquire, preserve and exhibit historically significant air and space artifacts that provide a foundation for scholarly research and lifelong learning programs inspiring an interest in and understanding of science, technology and the humanities.

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