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March 22, 2016

Brussels Airport Closed Following Terrorist Attacks

ISIS Claims Responsibility For The Blasts

All flights and other operations at Brussels Airport have been cancelled for the day following a terrorist attack at the airport. The airport site has been entirely evacuated to give the public prosecutor and the police enough room to meticulously carry out their investigation into the explosions at the airport.

Airborne 03.22.16: 1st US Airbus, Spin Record, UK Airshows, Avidyne

Also: GPS Testing, Aero-Calendar, Pilot Support, StellarXplorers, Glenn Research Center, Global Vectra/Era, Duncan Aviation

We have reported a number of times about first flights of a new model of Airbus airliner. In this report however, the story is not about the aircraft…it’s about where it was produced. This first flight is of the first Airbus aircraft produced in the U.S. Airbus manufacturing facility. The A321, destined for JetBlue Airlines took off from the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley in Mobile, Alabama, performed its test sequences, and landed about 3 ½ hours l

Airborne 03.22.16: 1st US Airbus, Spin Record, UK Airshows, Avidyne

Also: GPS Testing, Aero-Calendar, Pilot Support, StellarXplorers, Glenn Research Center, Global Vectra/Era, Duncan Aviation

We have reported a number of times about first flights of a new model of Airbus airliner. In this report however, the story is not about the aircraft…it’s about where it was produced. This first flight is of the first Airbus aircraft produced in the U.S. Airbus manufacturing facility. The A321, destined for JetBlue Airlines took off from the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley in Mobile, Alabama, performed its test sequences, and landed about 3 ½ hours later after tests were performed on systems, engines, and structure performance. All pilots know that inverted flat spins are something to be avoided at all costs, unless

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Launch, Docking Returns ISS Crew To Full Strength

American Jeff Williams Becomes First NASA Astronaut To Become A Three-Time Long-Term Resident Of The Station

NASA astronaut Jeff Williams is now the first American to become a three-time, long-term resident of the International Space Station. He arrived at the orbiting laboratory at 11:09 p.m. EDT Friday, with cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, where they will continue important research that advances NASA's Journey to Mars.

JetBlue Schedules All-Female Crew For Monday Flight

Flies 100 Influential Women From New York To San Francisco

An all-female JetBlue crew was formed for a flight Monday from New York to San Francisco for what was described as a 36-hour “pop-up event" put on by Marie Claire magazine.

Atlantic City Puts Bader Field Up For Auction

Hopes To Pay Down A Portion Of $437 Million Debt

City Commissioners in cash-strapped Atlantic City, NJ last week voted to put Bader Field, an airport closed in 2006, up for auction.

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Marine General Says Budget Cuts Lead To Training Accidents

General Robert Neller Testified Before The House Armed Services Committee

Cuts to the military budget are directly responsible for major aircraft training accident that result in the loss of personnel, according to Marine Corps General Robert Neller.

Lawsuit Filed Two Years After Seattle Helo Accident

Suit Brought By Driver Of A Truck Hit By The Aircraft As It Went Down Shortly After Takeoff

The driver of a truck who was injured when a Eurocopter AS350 B2 helicopter belonging to KOMO-TV in Seattle went down shortly after takeoff has sued the company that owns the station, Airbus Helicopters, and the estate of the pilot two years after the accident occurred.

Airline Settles After Toddler Injured By Seatbelt Airbag

Four-Year-Old Girl Left With Burns, Cuts, And Bruises In 2012 incident

A four-year-old girl traveling from Washington, D.C. to London's Heathrow airport aboard a Virgin Airlines airplane in 2012 was severely injured when the airbag installed in her seat belt exploded, causing burns and lacerations on her face.

Connecticut Delegation Works To Protect Sikorsky

Budget For Helicopter Acquisition Cut Sharply

Lawmakers from Connecticut and their allies on Capitol Hill are fighting back against a Pentagon plan to sharply cut the number of Black Hawk helicopters budgeted for next year.

Lufthansa Pilot Reports Close Call With A UAV

Aircraft Was On Approach To KLAX When The Incident Occurred

A Lufthansa pilot said a UAV passed within 200 feet of his Airbus A380 while on approach to KLAX on Friday.

Defense Department IG To Look Into ULA Contract

Says ULA Executive Suggested Pentagon Had Improperly Favored His Company For Launch Contract

The Inspector General for the Department of Defense will investigate whether the U.S. Air Force properly awarded a space launch contract to United Launch Alliance.

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NASA Targets Early April For Eighth SpaceX Cargo Launch

Will Carry Supplies For Expedition 47 And 48 Crews

The next SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft is targeted for launch at 4:43 p.m. EDT Friday, April 8.

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Aero-TV: The Aeromarine Zigolo - A 21st Century Primary Glider

Gliding Into The Future On Electric Power?

Here’s a video that shows you that affordable recreational flying is not down for the count. While at the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo 2016, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, visits with Chip Irwin, the owner of Aero Marine LSA. This year, Aero Marine was at the Expo with its new single-place LSA, but they also produce what looks like a great little FAR 103 legal ultralight called the Zigolo.

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Aero-TV: The Aeromarine Zigolo - A 21st Century Primary Glider

Gliding Into The Future On Electric Power?

Here’s a video that shows you that affordable recreational flying is not down for the count. While at the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo 2016, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, visits with Chip Irwin, the owner of Aero Marine LSA. This year, Aero Marine was at the Expo with its new single-place LSA, but they also produce what looks like a great little FAR 103 legal ultralight called the Zigolo.

FlyDubai Boeing 737 Down In Russia

All 62 On Board Fatally Injured, Flight Recorders Badly Damaged

A FlyDubai Boeing 737-800 went down Saturday at the Rostov-on-Don airport in Russia. According to the Russian Federation Interstate Aviation Committee, all 62 persons aboard ... 55 passengers and 7 crewmembers ... were fatally injured in the accident.

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Seven Fatally Injured In Accident In Brazil

Former CEO Of Vale SA, Family Among Those On Board

A pilot and six passengers including the former CEO of Vale SA and his family were fatally injured Saturday when the Comp Air CA-9 airplane they were aboard went down in a suburb of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Filmmaker Challenges Los Angeles Drone Ordinance

Arvel Chappell III States Through Attorney That Anti-Drone Ordinance Is Unconstitutional Under Federal Law

Filmmaker Arvel Chappell III has filed a constitutional challenge to the City of Los Angeles’ new anti-drone ordinance in Los Angeles Superior Court.

FAA: Drones And Cherry Blossoms Don't Mix

Releases Video Reminding UAV Operators That The Nation's Capital Is A 'No Drone Zone'

Spring in the Nation’s Capital brings with it the extraordinary beauty of the cherry trees blooming around the Tidal Basin. The FAA says visitors should shoot all the photos and video you want – but leave your drone at home.

AeroSports Update: Pilot Support Group Being Formed

‘Back To The Cockpit’ Is A Support Group Formed To Help Pilots After An Accident

Every facet of aviation strives for safety and does everything possible to prevent and avoid accidents, but accidents do happen. Now, a group is being formed to help pilot survivors of accidents recover the confidence, and ability, to return to the cockpit. EAA recently approached this issue when they publish the story of an organization that calls itself, ‘Back To The Cockpit’.

Governments Urged To Settle On Key Aviation Climate Package

ICAO Launches Outreach And Educational Effort In Advance Of September General Assembly Meetings

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has launched a series of regional outreach and education sessions as negotiations continue towards the adoption of a global climate agreement for air transport. The regional events, under the title global aviation dialogues (GLADs), are a key part of the agency’s work in the lead up to the ICAO Assembly in September.

House Science Subcommittee Reviews NASA Budget Challenges

Administrator Bolden Testifies Before The Panel

Members of the Space subcommittee of the House Science Committee recently questioned NASA Administrator Charles Bolden at a Space Subcommittee hearing titled “An Overview of the Budget Proposal for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for Fiscal Year 2017.”

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Airborne 03.21.16: Columbine II Flies!, Mars 2040?, 'That's All Brother' Update

Also: Senate Resolution, Crew Chiefs, Hypersonic Aircraft, Falcon 8X, UAS Partnerships, UPS Pilots, Int'l Women’s Air & Space Museum

Last week we reported that the team working in Marana, Arizona to restore the Lockheed Constellation, ‘Columbine Two’, to airworthy condition was nearly ready to ferry the plane to its new home in Bridgewater, Virginia, where the restoration will be completed. President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s, ‘Columbine Two’, was the first presidential airplane to use the call sign, ‘Air Force One’. Things must be progres

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (03.22.16)

“Unfortunately, this administration has once again done a disservice to NASA, its employees, and our nation by providing a budget request that ignores the budget agreement, requesting mandatory funding for NASA." Source: House Space Subcommittee Chairman Brian Babin (R-TX).

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.22.16): Low Approach

An approach over an airport or runway following an instrument approach or a VFR approach including the go-around maneuver where the pilot intentionally does not make contact with the runway.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.22.16)

Final Flight of the First-Ever 727

Here is a recounting of the last flight for the first-ever Boeing 727.

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