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March 08, 2016

Airborne 03.08.16: NATA Transition, Electric Airplanes, Women Soar/AirVenture16

Also: Capitol Lawn Gyro, Aero-Calendar, Oscar Munoz Returns, Angel Flight Southeast, Agile Aero's Greason, Aviation Merit Badges, Bristow Sikorsky's

A statement from the National Air Transportation Association says that President and CEO Thomas L. Hendricks announced his intention to resign effective August 31, 2016. A member of NATA’s board of directors will be designated to assume the duties as interim President/CEO effective September 1st until a successor is named. For those who are interested in the application of electric powered flight for recreational flying, it may come to

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Airborne 03.08.16: NATA Transition, Electric Airplanes, Women Soar/EAA AirVenture16

Also: Capitol Lawn Gyro, Aero-Calendar, Oscar Munoz Returns, Angel Flight Southeast, Agile Aero's Greason, Aviation Merit Badges, Bristow Sikorsky's

 

A statement from the National Air Transportation Association says that President and CEO Thomas L. Hendricks announced his intention to resign effective August 31, 2016. A member of NATA’s board of directors will be designated to assume the duties as interim President/CEO effective September 1st until a successor is named. For those who are interested in the application of electric powered flight for recreational flying, it may come to us by way of an electric airplane designed for training. Last week, the Aero Electric Aircraft Corporation said their 2-seat proof of concept prototype for the “Su

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Bristow Sikorsky S-76C Helos Flying Again In Nigeria

NCAA Lifts Ban Imposed After Aircraft Ditched February 3

Bristow Helicopters (Nigeria) Limited has confirmed the return of Sikorsky S-76 aircraft to service following completion of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority’s (NCAA) comprehensive operational audit and the company’s extensive return to service safety activities.

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American Airlines Pilots Say Labor Conditions 'Toxic'

Call Service To Customers 'Embarrassing' In Letter To Management

The pilots union for American Airlines has sent a letter to AA CEO Doug Parker saying the airline has returned to "toxic" labor relations and is offering a substandard product following its recent merger with USAirways.

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Solar Impulse Team Moving Towards Continuation Of Flight

Testing Of New Batteries And Cooling System Underway

After a record-breaking, history-making flight from Japan to Hawaii last year, engineers discovered that the batteries on Solar Impulse had been damaged beyond repair during the flight, and the mission to circumnavigate the globe using no fossil fuel was suspended pending repairs to the airplane.

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ALPA Data Suggests Pilot Shortage Is Real

Regional Carriers Already Suffering From A Lack Of Qualified Pilots

A shortage of qualified pilots in regional and mid-sized airlines could have broad consequences in the larger aviation industry.

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Agile Aero CEO Jeff Greason To Be Honored By The National Space Society

Will Be Presented With The 2016 Space Pioneer Award For Entrepreneurial Business

National Space Society governor Jeff Greason is the winner of the Society’s 2016 Space Pioneer Award for Entrepreneurial Business. This award recognizes Jeff’s successes in founding and helping manage and direct technical work at XCOR and other entrepreneurial space companies.

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DARPA Selects Aurora To Build VTOL X-Plane Technology Demonstrator

First Flight Tests Planned For 2018

Aurora Flight Sciences has announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the company the prime contract for Phase 2 of the Agency’s Vertical Takeoff and Landing Experimental Plane (VTOL X-Plane) program.

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Second Boeing/USAF KC-46A Tanker Completes First Flight

Tanker Aircraft To Conduct Mission Systems, Exterior Lighting Testing

The second KC-46A tanker being built by Boeing has made its maiden flight. The airplane took off from Paine Field and landing later at Boeing Field in Seattle late last week.

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Bombardier C Series Aircraft Route-Proving Takes Off In Europe

Flights Being Conducted By Bombardier Using SWISS' Typical Operational Procedures

CS100 aircraft route-proving exercises in are underway in Europe. The month-long program is underway with a dedicated CS100 route-proving aircraft operated by Bombardier from launch operator Swiss International Air Lines’ (“SWISS”) base in Zurich, Switzerland. The route-proving exercises are scheduled to include main European cities such a Brussels, Vienna and Warsaw.

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Gone West: Pilot Daniel Murray

Curtiss Wright Travel Air 4000 Went Down Wednesday En Route To A Vintage Aircraft Fly-In

A 1928 Curtiss Wright Travel Air 4000 went down Wednesday near Palmer Lake in El Paso County, CO resulting in the fatal injury of the two people on board the airplane.

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Olathe, KS Woman Testifies Before State Legislature For No-Drone Zones

Says Her Family's Privacy Has Been Violated By UAV Operators

An Olathe, KS woman has provided testimony to the state legislature concerning a proposal to create 350-foot buffer zones around private property that would prevent UAVs from flying over her home and others.

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T-Craft Down On St. Petersburg, FL Golf Course

Pilot And Passenger Uninjured, But Plane Badly Damaged

A 1939 Taylorcraft went down on a golf course in St. Petersburg, FL Saturday, resulting in substantial damage to the airplane, but leaving the pilot and passenger, both teenagers, uninjured.

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Authorities Say Andreas Lubitz Told Doctor Of Medical Issues

Email Investigation Reveals Lubitz Was Suffering From Insomnia, Losing Eyesight

An investigation has revealed that Andreas Lubitz, the Germanwings co-pilot who intentionally crashed an Airbus A320 in the French Alps with 150 passengers on board, told one of his doctors in an email that he was losing his sight and suffering from insomnia.

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Classic Aero-TV: Connected and Directed - The 2nd Generation Appareo Stratus

Transform Your iPad Into The Ultimate Flight Tool...

At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell caught up with John Pedersen, the Marketing and Communications Lead for Appareo Systems. Jim asked what’s new and different with their second-generation version of the Stratus system that supplies various types of information to an iOS platform tablet.

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Classic Aero-TV: Connected and Directed - The 2nd Generation Appareo Stratus

Transform Your iPad Into The Ultimate Flight Tool...

At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell caught up with John Pedersen, the Marketing and Communications Lead for Appareo Systems. Jim asked what’s new and different with their second-generation version of the Stratus system that supplies various types of information to an iOS platform tablet.

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FAA: Emails In Alleged ATC Cheating Scandal Missing

Agency Claims It Cannot Recover Documents It Says Are 'Corrupted'

The FAA has admitted in court that it is not able to recover emails that are key to a lawsuit involving applicants rejected from the agency's ATC selection process.

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United Airlines Announces Return Of President and CEO Oscar Munoz

Will Be Back On The Job Next Monday

United Continental Holdings President and Chief Executive Officer Oscar Munoz plans to return to those roles on a full-time basis on March 14, 2016 and resume all of his duties and responsibilities at that time. Munoz has already been participating actively in all major corporate decisions and meeting frequently with employees, shareholders, and other stakeholders during his recovery.

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FAA Publishes ADS-B Policy

Contains Several Of The Changes Outlined In AC 20-165 Revision

The FAA has published a policy memorandum that provides guidance for the installation and airworthiness approval of Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) Out systems in aircraft.

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NATA Announces Leadership Transition

CEO Thomas Hendricks Intends To Resign August 31

National Air Transportation Association (NATA) President and CEO Thomas L. Hendricks has announced his intention to resign effective August 31, 2016.

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AeroSports Update: An Electric Airplane For Training

Final Integration And Assembly Have Begun For The Sun Flyer Proof Of Concept Prototype

For those of us interested in the application of electric powered flight for recreational flying, it may come to us by way of an electric airplane designed for training. Last week, the Aero Electric Aircraft Corporation (AEAC) released information regarding its Sun Flyer solar-electric flight trainer.

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U.K. CAA Warns Some Air Shows May Not Take Place

Pilot Organizations Reject CAA CEO’s Claims That The Air Display Community Has Declined To Co-Operate With Its Post-Shoreham Crash Changes To Airshows

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has warned that a number of 2016 air shows will not go ahead unless they adopt the new safety measures being introduced by the regulator.

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Capitol Lawn Gyro Pilot Accused Of Narrowly Avoiding Collision

Prosecutors Say He Nearly Hit A Delta Airlines Jet That Had Just Departed KDCA, But Facts May Prove Otherwise

When Douglas Hughes infamously flew his unregistered gyrocopter from Pennsylvania to a landing on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol last spring, he nearly collided with a Delta Airlines A320 that had just taken off from Washington Reagan National Airport (KDCA), prosecutors say.

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Airborne 03.07.16: Hoover Honors, Air Force Bails On 2020, New Boeing?

Also: KS AvMuseum, USMC Fat Albert, RiteAngle AOA, CA Aviation Hall Of Fame, New ASTM GA Standards, Rolls-Royce/Enstrom, Sally Ride Science

The Aviation Foundation of America will honor one of the greatest aviators in the history of aviation on April 2nd of this year when they unveil a life-size statue of beloved aviation legend R.A. “Bob” Hoover at a reception at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. The Bob Hoover statue is a life-size bronze statue of Hoover waving his iconic straw hat as he used to do following so many air show performance

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (03.08.16)

“It has been an honor to lead NATA through this period of significant change by greatly enhancing its position as the voice of aviation business on Capitol Hill, at the agencies, and in the states.” Source: NATA president and CEO Thomas Hendricks, announcing his retirement at the end of August.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.08.16): Hold Procedure

A predetermined maneuver which keeps aircraft within a specified airspace while awaiting further clearance from air traffic control.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.08.16)

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This online photographic reference is for model makers.

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