The FAA sends experts to get Haiti's navigation infrastucture back up.
The C-5M Super Galaxy will be around for another 30 years.
And Boeing delivers Japan's final KC-767 tanker.
The FAA sends experts to get Haiti's navigation infrastucture back up.
The C-5M Super Galaxy will be around for another 30 years.
And Boeing delivers Japan's final KC-767 tanker.
Paul Plack and Editor-in-Chief Jim Campbell conclude a look back over the first decade of ANN, including 2008, the end of Eclipse Aviation, and the birth of Aero-TV.
All Other Missionary Staff Safe; Non-Essential Personnel
Withdrawing, MAF Sets Up ‘Haiti Disaster and Recover
Fund’
ANN has learned that one indigenous MAF (Mission Aviation
Fellowship) worker is feared dead and two are missing following the
devastating Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, but none of the
ministry’s missionary staff in Haiti were injured, according
to Ron Wismer, crisis team manager at MAF's headquarters in
Idaho.
The FAA lights up ADS-B over the Gulf of Mexico.
Do fewer daily operations mean you don't need as long a runway?
And Embraer beats its 2009 delivery prediction.
The FAA lights up ADS-B over the Gulf of Mexico.
Do fewer daily operations mean you don't need as long a runway?
And Embraer beats its 2009 delivery prediction.
Editor-in-Chief Jim Campbell looks back over the first decade of ANN, including the politics of the NASA Shuttle program and the collapse of the airline experience.
ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 01.14.10 (ANN's
Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 01.14.10 (ANN's
Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature: Ten Years of ANN, Part IV -
01.14.10 (ANN Special Report, with ANN's
Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell)
4 More On Track For Delivery To The Italian Air Force
The Boeing Company delivered the last of four KC-767
aerial refueling tankers to the Japan Ministry of Defense January
8th, completing one of the International Tanker team's most
significant milestones.
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
and the FAA are making plans for the 13th annual Commercial Space
Transportation Conference, organized around the theme of
“Igniting the Space Economy.”
NASA has selected teams of middle school and high school
students to test their science experiments in microgravity
competitions that simulate the microgravity in space.
Response To Requests From Major Nature, Environmental
Documentary Companies
Following several requests from motion picture and documentary
industry clients, AirStar has unvieled an all electric, emission
free, UAV. The Evolution is an electric powered helicopter for
industrial payload applications, which is capable of smooth
precision hover and smooth transition forward flight.
Flight Attendants belonging to the British Airlines Stewards and
Stewardesses Association (BASSA)are expressing their displeasure
with management by pouring vintage wine down the sinks after
flights, a measure they call "passive resistance."
Critical Design Review, Engineering And Manufacturing
Development To Follow
The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon recently completed the first
free-flight test of the Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Jammer. The
completion of this flight test sets the stage for a critical design
review in 2010 and the conclusion of Phase II risk reduction.
Pennsylvania's Community College of Beaver County (CCBC) and
ACES Aviation (Aviation Certification and Education Solutions,
Inc.), one of three flight providers for the school's nationally
recognized aviation sciences program, will display a DA40-180
Diamond Star airplane at the Beaver Valley Mall next week.
PS Engineering’s Gary Picou Profiles the Latest in Audio Panel Technology
At the 2009 AOPA Summit, industry leaders showcased the latest in general aviation technology for attending visitors. Among the newest revelations was PS Engineering’s follow-up to the successful PMA6000, the PMA6000B. Renown for their iconic aviation audio solutions, PS Engineering premiered the PMA6000-series fifteen years ago, transforming audio panel design and configuration.
FAA Administrator Challenges Pilots to Reflect on Professionalism in the Cockpit
On July 30th, 2009, Randy Babbitt took to the podium for the first time as the FAA Administrator, addressing EAA AirVenture attendees in the Honda Pavilion. With nearly 70,000 operations every day, and over 753 million people transported each year, Babbitt explained that the overall system is unquestionably the safest, most efficient system in the world.
PS Engineering’s Gary Picou Profiles the Latest in Audio
Panel Technology
At the 2009 AOPA Summit, industry leaders showcased the latest
in general aviation technology for attending visitors. Among
the newest revelations was PS Engineering’s follow-up to the
successful PMA6000, the PMA6000B. Renown for their iconic
aviation audio solutions, PS Engineering premiered the
PMA6000-series fifteen years ago, transforming audio panel design
and configuration.
FAA Administrator Challenges Pilots to Reflect on Professionalism
in the Cockpit
On July 30th, 2009, Randy Babbitt took to the podium for the
first time as the FAA Administrator, addressing EAA AirVenture
attendees in the Honda Pavilion. With nearly 70,000 operations
every day, and over 753 million people transported each year,
Babbitt explained that the overall system is unquestionably the
safest, most efficient system in the world.
Says Sharing Information Is Critical To National Security
Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the House Committee
on Homeland Security, sent a letter to President Barack Obama
detailing the problems with our national security infrastructure
which need to be addressed and reformed following the terrorist
attack on December 25.
Some days, high and fast and get-there-now is necessary, and a
good way to fly. And some days, low and slow and land-on-the-water
just can't be beat. If you trend towards the latter, American
Legend Aircraft Company let us know Wednesday about the first
customer delivery of a Legend AmphibCub.
To Make Special Appearances At CAF Events Throughout 2010
Country music superstar Aaron Tippin and the Commemorative
Air Force (CAF) are joining forces to Honor American Military
Aviation and to remind Americans of the men and women of the armed
services who have sacrificed for our freedoms.
Lockheed Martin Receives Ongoing Funding To Re-Engine And
Upgrade 15 Super Galaxy Aircraft
Lockheed Martin has received ongoing funding through a recently
issued Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM) that authorizes Low
Rate Initial Production (LRIP) associated with the C-5 Super Galaxy
Reliability Enhancement and Re-Engining Program (RERP).
Since their introduction, privacy advocates have publicly
worried that images from full-body scans at the airport might wind
up on the internet. TSA assured us on its website that "The
machines have zero storage capability."
“To achieve success in keeping the homeland secure
we must bring to bear sufficient resources and energy to better the
watchlisting process, ensure information sharing and improve
intelligence analysis, and adopt better screening
technologies." Source: Congressman
Bennie Thompson (D-MS).
Used to describe when a helicopter/VTOL aircraft requires a
stabilized hover to conduct a performance/power check prior to
hover taxi, air taxi, or takeoff.
Have you ever been asked by your kids "Why does an airplane fly"
and felt like you didn't give the best answer ... even though you
feel like you know it as well as you know your phone number? Here's
a nice explaination which even has an easy demonstration you can do
with a simple piece of paper.
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