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September 10, 2016

VSS Unity’s First Flight Test Completed

Captured Carry Flight Marks The Start Of The Flight Test Program For The New Spacecraft

Thursday marked an exciting milestone for Virgin Galactic. For the first time, a spaceship built by The Spaceship Company and operated by its parent company Virgin Galactic has taken to the skies.

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Legislation Introduced To Close Loophole That Affects Veterans Hired By The FAA

Would Update The Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act Of 2015, Expand Benefits

The Chair of the House Transportation Aviation subcommittee Frank A. LoBiondo (R-NJ) and Rick Larsen (D-WA), the top Democrat on the panel, have introduced bipartisan legislation to close a loophole that prevents veterans hired by the FAA from receiving paid sick leave benefits recently made available by the Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015.

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Icon Officially Announces Composites Fabrication Plant In Mexico

Facility To Begin Operations In November, Company Says

Maybe this is the spark they need to finally actually get the A5 into production. Icon Aircraft Thursday evening announced the construction of a new facility in Tijuana, Mexico, where it will produce composite airframe components for the A5. As part of a revised production plan announced in May, the company decided to produce its own composite components, a manufacturing process that was previously outsourced to several suppliers.

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Drop The Chalupa ... Project Wing Partners With VPI To Test Drone Food Delivery

Actually, The Food Will Be Prepared By Chipotle, And It's Not On Campus

The Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership and X's Project Wing will conduct research flights this fall at Virginia Tech, delivering food using unmanned aerial vehicles.

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Bert Mooney Airport In Butte, MT To Receive Additional AIP Funds

AIP Grant Will Be Applied To New Terminal Building

Just weeks after he helped break ground on Bert Mooney Airport's (KBTM) new state-of-the-art terminal, Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) has announced that the Butte, MT airport will receive an additional $747,000 from the FAA to help complete the project.

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New Company Helps Business Aircraft Operators Slash Cost Of Ownership

Ownership Alternative Optimized For Operators Flying 200 Hours Or Less Per Year

Partners in Aviation (PIA), recently formed by business aviation sales and marketing veterans Mark Molloy and Tom Bertels, is launching its principal offering, PIA Co-Ownership. The comprehensive program matches two prospective owners with low to medium usage requirements and based in a common geographical area, enabling them to own and operate a new or late-model aircraft at approximately half the cost of individual ownership.

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New ACS Instrument Practical Test Checkride Course Launched

Program Is The Second ACS Offering From King Schools

Pilots, Flight Instructors and Examiners will benefit from the new King Schools Instrument Practical Test (Oral Exam & Flight Test). The course shows a model instrument rating checkride based on the Airmen Certification Standards (ACS). The new HD course covers every task as outlined by the ACS and includes nearly seven hours of oral and in flight video.

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Sporty’s Pilot Shop Partners With Unmanned Safety Institute

Will Provide UAS Training

Sporty’s Pilot Shop and Unmanned Safety Institute (USI) will now offer two online courses, the UAS Ground School Course and the UAS Safety Awareness Course, which provide comprehensive training for individuals involved in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (09.10.16)

“Veterans working at the FAA should not be penalized for attending medical appointments for their service-related injuries.” Source: Congressmen Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ).

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (09.10.16): Blind Spot

An area from which radio transmissions and/or radar echoes cannot be received. The term is also used to describe portions of the airport not visible from the control tower.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (09.10.16)

Ask A CFI

Online answers to flight instruction questions from a Certified Flight Instructor. This blog is the brainchild of an Ohio flight instructor who was looking for a better way to answer the questions of his students.

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