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August 14, 2018

General Atomics Expands Footprint At Grand Sky

GA-ASI Will Add 14.5 Acres To Its Leased Space

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) will significantly expand the company’s presence at North Dakota's Grand Sky, which claims to be the "first and only fully operational civil unmanned aerial systems (UAS)-focused research and development park in the U.S."

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Airborne-Unmanned 08.14.18: Wing Delivery, Pilot Unions, Drones Herd Birds

Also: Cyberhawk, Oceans Unmanned, VerdeGo Aero, Swift Engineering

A pioneering commercial BVLOS delivery by drone brought ice cream to a two-year-old in a demonstration conducted in Virginia by Alphabet's Wing. The delivery flight covered 1.4 miles, and arrived within eight minutes from the time the order was completed by the mom of the lucky toddler. It was conducted under new rules that allow some states and other government entities to experiment with BVLOS drone flights put in place last year. Among those in attendance at the demonstration was Earl Lawrence, director of the FAA's UAS Integration Off

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Airborne-Unmanned 08.14.18: Wing Delivery, Pilot Unions, Drones Herd Birds

Also: Cyberhawk, Oceans Unmanned, VerdeGo Aero, Swift Engineering

A pioneering commercial BVLOS delivery by drone brought ice cream to a two-year-old in a demonstration conducted in Virginia by Alphabet's Wing. The delivery flight covered 1.4 miles, and arrived within eight minutes from the time the order was completed by the mom of the lucky toddler. It was conducted under new rules that allow some states and other government entities to experiment with BVLOS drone flights put in place last year. Among those in attendance at the demonstration was Earl Lawrence, director of the FAA's UAS Integration Office. “You did see something historic today,” Lawrence said. “They can share the fact that the U.S. does have package delivery in its future.” dvancements i

Crowdfunding Campaign Launched For Development Of Drone Parachute System

Goal Is To Make Safe Flight Over People Possible

A crowdfunding campaign has been launched for the development of a drone parachute system that its designer hopes will lead to approval of flights over people.

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Air Force Seeks Nominations For SecAF Prestigious STEM PhD Program

Open To Services Most Highly Qualified Active Duty Captains

As part of a continuous effort to develop exceptional leaders in a highly technical environment, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson is introducing the Secretary of the Air Force Prestigious Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Ph.D. Program for the service’s most highly qualified active duty captains.

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Aerion Supersonic Coming To Los Angeles

Hiring Event Planned For September

Aerion is recruiting talent at the director and lead engineer levels for the AS2 supersonic aircraft at an event planned for September 21 in Los Angeles, CA. The company is seeking experienced program directors and subsystem engineers.

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SITAONAIR Pilot Weather Solution Certified By Inmarsat

Will Deliver Real-Time Weather Information On SB-S Platform

SITAONAIR’s EFB Weather Awareness Solution (eWAS) is the latest application certified by Inmarsat for use across its next-generation SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S) communications platform for the flight deck, allowing airlines to now receive the latest weather view in real-time during flights.

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Community Group Questions Skydiving Operation Near CA Wildfire

But FAA Says Skydive Elsinore Is Not Inhibiting Firefighting Operations

Questions have been raised about a skydiving operation that conducts flights out of Slylark Airport (7B6) by a community group which claims that the skydiving aircraft may be interfering with efforts to fight the Holy Fire in the Cleveland National Forest.

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Five Injured In Accident At Abbotsford Airshow In Canada

Plane Went Down Shortly After The Show Ended

A 1930’s era biplane identified as a de Havilland Dragon Rapide went down at 5:30 p.m. local time Saturday on the runway of Abbotsford International Airport shortly after the Abbotsford International Airshow wrapped up for the day.

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Veteran Astronaut And Aviator Retires From NASA

'Ray J' Johnson Piloted More Than 50 Aircraft, And The Space Shuttle

Gregory C. "Ray J" Johnson, who piloted the space shuttle and more than 50 different aircraft, has retired after 28 years of service to the agency. Johnson came to NASA in 1990 as a research and instructor pilot in the Aircraft Operations division at NASA's Johnson Space Center. He was selected as an astronaut in 1998 and piloted space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-125 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope in 2009.

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EPIC World Tour Helicopter Circumnavigation Comes To A Close

Two Pilots Returned To Whistler Municipal Airport In Vancouver, Canada August 5

Ninety-seven days from their date of departure, pilots Ruben Dias of  Whistler, Vancouver Canada and his co-pilot Mischa Gelb landed their Robinson R66 helicopter back at Whistler Municipal Airport completing the world's fastest antipode circumnavigation in a helicopter.

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Award-Winning Gulfstream G600 Makes Latin American Debut At LBACE

Conference Opens August 14 In São Paulo

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.’s next aircraft to be certified, the award-winning Gulfstream G600, will make its Latin American debut as part of the company’s static display at the upcoming Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (LABACE) in São Paulo.

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NASA Astronaut Says He May Have Seen Something Alien During Shuttle Mission

NASA Officials Say There Is An Easy Explanation For What Leland Melvin Saw

During a mission on space shuttle Atlantis, astronaut Leland Melvin saw something he described as "curved" and "organic looking" floating near the spacecraft outside the payload bay. He revealed the sighting in a Twitter exchange with UFO Sightings Daily August 4th.

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NASA, ULA Launch Parker Solar Probe On Historic Journey To Touch The Sun

Seven-Year Mission Will Include 24 Passes By The Sun, One Within 3.8 Million Miles

Hours before the rise of the very star it will study, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launched from Florida Sunday to begin its journey to the Sun, where it will undertake a landmark mission. The spacecraft will transmit its first science observations in December, beginning a revolution in our understanding of the star that makes life on Earth possible.

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Georgia Senate To Study State Takeover Of Hartsfield-Jackson Airport

First Meeting Scheduled For August 22

The first meeting of a Georgia State Senate committee to study a state takeover of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta will take place August 22, according to media reports.

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ERAU Unmanned Aircraft Systems Team Assists With Tracking Shoreline Erosion

Images From DJI Phantom 4 Drones Will Provide Comprehensive Aerial View Of The Area

Along the shorelines of Menard-May Park in Edgewater, Florida last week, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) flew high above the water capturing high-resolution images and video of this area of Mosquito Lagoon, which is part of the Indian River Lagoon system.

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Australia Makes Changes In Flight Examination Rules

New Exemption Allows Flight Examiners And Instructors To Conduct Tests, Checks And Training From A Non-Control Seat

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Australia has published a new exemption (CASA EX83/18) which allows flight examiners, approval holders, approved testing officers and instructors to conduct flight tests, proficiency checks and flight training from a non-control seat to a limited extent.

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Second Annual MultiGP International Open Held In Muncie, IN

Week-Long Event Held At The Academy Of Model Aeronautics Headquarters

The largest professional drone racing league in the world hosted the biggest drone sports gathering in history last week. The 2nd annual MultiGP International Open took place Aug. 8-12 at the Academy of Model Aeronautics headquarters in Muncie, Indiana, USA. The week long event attracted the best pilots from all over the world including the U.S., Canada, Latin and South America, Europe, Korea, China, New Zealand & Australia.

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U.S. Airport Traffic To Grow Over 25% In Next Ten Years

Enplanements Will Grow By Nearly 225 Million Passengers By 2027

A new forecast projects that U.S. airports will see over 25 percent growth in the next ten years, handling over 1.1 billion enplanements, up by almost 225 million from 2017.

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Airborne-Unmanned 08.07.18: Pipistrel OPV/UAVs, Drone Med Supply, ParaZero Save

Also: Aurora Flight Sciences, Advanced sUAS Inspection, GA-ASI Selected, Drone Center Of Excellence

The aviation and aerospace is constantly abuzz with details about the latest generation of optionally-piloted, and remotely-piloted Unmanned Air Vehicles. It might surprise you that a Light Sport Aircraft manufacturer producing small aircraft for the civil and recreational markets has entered the UAV market, as well. Pipistrel Aircraft manufactures surveillance aircraft in either manned, optionally piloted (OPV) and completely unmanned platforms (UAV). The airframes offer versatile capabilities and can ca

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FAA Proposes $126,000 Civil Penalty Against RAE-I.T. Asset Management

Agency Alleges Hazardous Materials Violations By The Company The FAA has proposed a $126,000 civil penalty against RAE-I.T. Asset Management, LLC, of Ocala, Fla., for allegedly violating the Hazardous Materials Regulations.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (08.14.18)

“Hartsfield-Jackson is a major asset to our state, and it’s been bringing new businesses and jobs to communities across Georgia for decades. But to maximize this asset's potential, it’s vitally important we continue evaluating the state’s involvement and role in the airport’s operations.” Source: Georgia State Senator Burt Jones (R).

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (08.14.18): Holding

A predetermined maneuver that keeps aircraft within a specified airspace while awaiting further clearance from ATC.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (08.14.18)

Flight-Sharing Thriving in Europe, Pilot Advocacy Group AOPA Blocks U.S. Adoption

From the Flytenow blog, contributor Alan Guichard looks at how the flight-sharing concept is thriving in Europe, and why it is apparently being resisted by one of the United States' best-known aviation advocacy organizations.

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