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September 09, 2016

Airborne 09.09.16: New DJI Drone, Sling 4 Built In 7 Days, ISS Return

Also: China's C919, Remembering 9/11, Regional Cargo Carriers, TSB Canada, DatuFly, GAMA Promotes, Polk State

It seems like Apple might have started the concept of keeping new high-tech products top-secret, and then releasing the information in a Hollywood style extravaganza. Well, if that’s what DJI was trying to do with their new drone, their cover has been blown as some images have found their way to the Internet. The images of their "Mavic" drone were first leaked by the drone site Heliguy, and then the Engadget site posted a couple of photos posted as well. In their own versio

Airborne 09.09.16: New DJI Drone, Sling 4 Built In 7 Days, ISS Return

Also: China's C919, Remembering 9/11, Regional Cargo Carriers, TSB Canada, DatuFly, GAMA Promotes, Polk State

It seems like Apple might have started the concept of keeping new high-tech products top-secret, and then releasing the information in a Hollywood style extravaganza. Well, if that’s what DJI was trying to do with their new drone, their cover has been blown as some images have found their way to the Internet. The images of their "Mavic" drone were first leaked by the drone site Heliguy, and then the Engadget site posted a couple of photos posted as well. In their own version of a "One Week Wonder", a Sling-4 kit-built airplane been built and flown in record time at the Sywell Aerodrome, in the United Kingdom, during the 70th Anniversary 'Light A

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Sydney-To-Malaysia Flight Winds Up In Melbourne

Pilot Reportedly Mis-Entered Starting Position In Nav System

The pilot of an AirAsia flight that was supposed to fly from Sydney, Australia to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia landed in Melbourne, Australia instead after the pilot apparently input the wrong starting coordinates into the airplane's navigation system.

Thunderbirds Accident Investigation At Three Months And Counting

Such Probes Normally Take About A Month, According To USAF Guidelines

Air Force Officials are still working to determine what when wrong when a Thunderbirds F-16 went down during graduation exercises at the Air Force Academy in June.

Epson Partners with DJI To Create AR Smart Glasses For UAVs

Goal Is To Enhance Safety And Capabilities Of DJI Drone Piloting

Epson, providers of the Moverio augmented reality (AR) smart eyewear platform, has announced a partnership with DJI to create new solutions for the Epson Moverio smart glasses and DJI’s suite of products and software development kit (SDK) that enhance the safety, productivity and capabilities of UAVs for hobbyists and professionals alike.

Civil Air Patrol Reaches Flight Milestone

FY16 Flying Hours Exceed 100,000, Up 7+ Percent

Civil Air Patrol surpassed 100,000 flying hours across its fleet of planes for the 2016 fiscal year late Tuesday — more than a 7 percent increase over the previous year. On the same date in fiscal 2015, flying hours totaled 93,256.

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Capitol Gyrocopter Pilot Released From Prison

Doug Hughes Served Three Months Of His Four-Month Sentence

Doug Hughes is a free man. The former mailman who famously landed a gyrocopter on the Capitol lawn on April 15th, 2015 was released from the Federal Detention Center in Miami, FL Wednesday, his 62nd birthday.

Russian Fighter Flies Within 10 Feet Of Navy P-8A

Incident Occurred Over The Black Sea During 'Routine Operations'

A Russian SU-27 reportedly flew within 10 feet of a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft conducting a "routine operation" over the Black Sea Wednesday morning in the latest incident involving Russian and American forces.

XTI Aircraft Company Launches Series B Financing

Enters Agreement With Primary Capital LLC For $20 Million

XTI Aircraft Company (XTI) today launched the next phase of its funding strategy to bring the TriFan 600 to market. In addition to its ongoing equity crowdfunding campaign, XTI entered into an engagement agreement with the New York investment bank Primary Capital LLC, for XTI's $20 million Series B round.

Datumate Unveils DatuFly, A Professional Imagery App For Drones

Surveying, Construction And Infrastructure Mapping Made Fast, Easy And Safe

Datumate, a marketer of automated "Field-to-Plan" solutions that save costly field and office time, is pleased to announce a new tablet app for effortless drone flight planning and automated, high resolution photo-shooting. DatuFly app saves up to 80% of field surveying time and eliminates follow-up site visits.

Louis C. Seno, Jr. Honored With FAA Wright Brothers 'Master Pilot' Award

Recognizes Professionalism, Skill And Aviation Expertise Over A Flying Career

The FAA has presented its Wright Brothers "Master Pilot" Award to Louis C. Seno, Jet Support Services, Inc. Chairman Emeritus and member of the Board of Directors. The award was presented by the FAA at a ceremony on August 28th, 2016.

Colorful Yunnan Signs Firm Order For Two Embraer Phenom 300s

Will Be Used For Medical Rescue And Disaster Relief Work, Other Missions

Embraer Executive Jets has signed a firm order with Colorful Yunnan General Aviation Co., Ltd., for two Phenom 300 light business jets. Both aircraft are scheduled to be delivered by the end of this year.

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Boeing Reportedly Close To Revealing T-X Trainer Candidate

Unveiling Set For September 13, According To Reports

Boeing will likely roll out the airplane it hopes to sell to the U.S. Air Force as a primary trainer next week, but the planemaker is giving a few hints about its T-X candidate on its website.

Bombardier Marks Dallas Training Center's 15 Year Anniversary

Over 45,000 Trained Since 2001

Bombardier Business Aircraft recently marked its Dallas Training Center's 15th anniversary. The Dallas training facility has trained over 45,000 people since its opening and provided over 21,000 hours of customer simulator flight time just last year.

Aero-TV: The Ultimate RANS?? - Randy Schlitter’s New S-21 SportPlane Kit

The RANS S-21 Kit-Built Airplane Encompasses a Unique Building Concept…

While ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, was stomping around EAA AirVenture 2016 on his “What’s New” rounds, he stopped to talk with Randy Schlitter, the founder and owner of RANS Designs, which is the company that produces the RANS line of kit-built airplanes. While RANS has been around for a long time, they still managed to come up with something new in the RANS S-21.

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Aero-TV: The Ultimate RANS?? - Randy Schlitter’s New S-21 SportPlane Kit

The RANS S-21 Kit-Built Airplane Encompasses a Unique Building Concept…

While ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, was stomping around EAA AirVenture 2016 on his “What’s New” rounds, he stopped to talk with Randy Schlitter, the founder and owner of RANS Designs, which is the company that produces the RANS line of kit-built airplanes. While RANS has been around for a long time, they still managed to come up with something new in the RANS S-21.

Huerta Hints At New UAV Rules In Las Vegas Speech

Would Allow Operation Over Crowds

The FAA is considering modifying its UAV rules to allow flight over crowds, according to Administrator Michael Huerta.

Blue Origin Plans Escape Test On Next Flight

Flight Planned For Early October

Jeff Bezos says the next flight of New Shepard is going to be dramatic, no matter how it ends.

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So Much For All Those California Jobs... Icon To Shift Composites Mfg To Mexico

Tijuana Plant Expected To Be Operating Early Next Year

Icon Aircraft will be shifting its composites fabrication to a plant to be built in Tijuana, Mexico early next year, according to reports in the Mexican media.

SAFO Focuses On Maneuvering During Slow Flight In An Airplane

Evaluation Standards Have Changed For Slow Flight Evaluation

The FAA has issued a SAFO advising pilots, flight instructors, and evaluators of a change to the evaluation standard for the slow flight maneuver. The Private Pilot Airplane Airman Certification Standards (ACS) (FAA-S-ACS-6), which became effective June 15, 2016, reflects this change.

Oshkosh 2016: The Highs, The Lows, The Heroes and The Bozos… Part 2

A Look Back At The Aero-Equivalent Of Burning Man, Woodstock, And An Old Fashioned Tent Revival—All Rolled Into One Week in Wisconsin

With Oshkosh all of a few weeks in the rear-view mirror, we come to a time when we TRY to evaluate what happened this year… in both positive and negative terms. We’ve tried a few variants on this report in the past… and some of them have worked better than others, but we’re going to try to present a group of shorter segments, as we move through a few general categories (Heroes, Regrets, Coolest Players, Coolest Moments, Aero-Bozos, Planes, Gadgets, Fan Favorites, etc…) so that we can try to make a proper report of the many high and low-points of AirVenture

AeroSports Update: Two New Investors For Flight Design

New Solvency Plan For Flight Design Leading To Continued Production And Support Of Their Aircraft

When the sport pilot regulations were activated in 2004, one of the earliest aircraft to be brought in from the European market to fill the need for aircraft meeting the new light sport definition was a company out of Germany called Flight Design. Over the last several months we’ve been hearing about financial problems with the company, and here’s an update about what’s going on.

PRODRONE Unveils Dual Robot Arm Large-Format Drone

Hexacopter Has Two Robotic Arms

A new hexacopter has been introduced that is equipped with two internally-developed robotic arms, enabling it to directly accomplish a variety of tasks.

Klyde Morris 09.09.16

Any (Space) Port In A Storm, General

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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Airborne 09.08.16: Gone West-Tuskegee Airman Montgomery, Safi Grounded, Balloons

Also: New Launch Pad, AUVSI, Crop-Duster, SoCal Airspace, Charlotte Douglas Airport, Bombardier Safety Standdown, Beech Aero Club

We are sorry to say that another member of the group known as the Tuskegee Airmen has gone west. Dabney Montgomery, a ground crewman who was stationed in Italy with the Tuskegee Airmen in World War-Two has succumbed at the age of 93. Montgomery, born in Selma, Alabama in 1923, was inducted into the service in 1943. While it’s common for the pilots of the Tuskegee Airmen unit to be spoken of the most, it must be remembered that like all units who fought i

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (09.09.16)

"Despite our sometimes different viewpoints, we all agree on one thing: and that is we all want to see the safe integration of unmanned aircraft.” Source: FAA Administrator Michael Huerta, in a speech delivered at the Interdrone conference in Las Vegas.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (09.09.16): Blind Speed

The rate of departure or closing of a target relative to the radar antenna at which cancellation of the primary radar target by moving target indicator (MTI) circuits in the radar equipment causes a reduction or complete loss of signal.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (09.09.16)

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