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March 20, 2014

Boeing Expects Balanced New-Airplane Financing As 2014 Market Unfolds

Company Uses ISTAT Forum To Detail Global Trends And Outlook

Boeing expects the market for financing new aircraft to remain strong as airline customers continue to demand for new, fuel-efficient airplanes. "Globally the liquidity balance looks good as the industry rebalances itself to move away from export credit support, with its more expensive pricing, and more toward reliance on the commercial markets," said Tim Myers, vice president/general manager for Aircraft Financial Services at Boeing Capital Corp., the aircraft builder's financing and leasing unit.

NBAA Names Recipients Of 2014 International Operators Committee Scholarships

Individuals to be Recognized At The International Operators Conference

The NBAA has announced the selection of three recipients of the 2014 International Operators Committee Scholarship.

Orion Makes Testing, Integration Strides In Anticipation Of First Launch

Functional Testing Underway On Unmanned Version Of The Spacecraft

NASA says Orion is marching ever closer to its first trip to space on a flight. The Orion team continues to work toward completing the spacecraft to be ready for a launch in September-October. However, the initial timeframe for the launch of Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) has shifted from September-October to early December to support allowing more opportunities for launches this year.

Massive CA Solar Plant May Be A Hazard To Navigation

Pilot Complained To The FAA About A 'Nearly Blinding Glare'

The Ivanpah solar energy plant in San Bernardino County, CA consists of 173,500 large mirrors that reflect sunlight onto three towers over 450 feet tall which contain boilers where steam is generated. It is the world's largest solar thermal plant.

Ohio Aerospace Institute To Host The Ohio STEM Call-To-Action Forum

Partners With The Aerospace Industries Association, National Defense Industries Association For The Event

The Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI), in partnership with the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), will host the "Ohio Call-To-Action Forum" April 8-9, 2014, at OAI's Cleveland headquarters.

D.C. Baseball Team Gets Aerial Shots Using UAV

But Has NOT Been Given The Blessing Of The FAA

A baseball team in spring training has been using a UAV hovering over its stadium in Florida for the past month to get aerial images of the team. They're shots that could not be gotten in any other way.

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ASTRA 5B Is Delivered To The Final Assembly Building In French Guiana

Payload Will Be Integrated On Its Ariane 5 Launcher

The ASTRA 5B satellite, one of two passengers for Arianespace’s next Ariane 5 mission, has been delivered to the Spaceport’s Final Assembly Building – marking a step in payload integration.

Army At 'Tipping Point' Of UAS Capabilities

Systems Increasingly Seen As Mature By Ground Troops

At a media roundtable held at Redstone Arsenal, AL Tuesday, a U.S. Army official said "we're on the tipping point of unmanned aerial systems' ability to deliver capability to the Soldier."

NASA: Long-Term Warming Likely To Be Significant Despite Recent Slowdown

Says Calculations Of Sensitivity To Change Factors 'More Detailed' In New Report

A new NASA study shows Earth's climate likely will continue to warm during this century on track with previous estimates, despite the recent slowdown in the rate of global warming.

Aerodynamics Promotes Andrew Wegman To Chief Pilot

Former Navy Flyer Will Oversee The Company's Pilot Staff

Atlanta-based shuttle operation Aerodynamics has promoted Mr. Andrew J. Wegman to Chief Pilot. Mr. Wegman is a recently retired US Navy Commander with diverse and extensive aviation experience over a 23 year period. Mr. Wegman's honorable military career includes conception, implementation and management of numerous leadership assignments both domestic and internationally.

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Airborne 03.19.14: CubCrafters 300th, G650 Record, FAA's Upset Regs

Also: Sean Tucker, F-35 at Luke, AEA Scholarship, USPA Says You Have to Be 18 to Jump

Cub-like planes are popping up all over, and you can blame a LOT of it on CubCrafters. They have now delivered their 300th LSA Cub. CubCrafters’ Light Sport family includes the Carbon Cub SS and Sport Cub S2 LSA models. Just in case you need to get to Mumbai, India in a hurry, check out the Gulfstream G650 corporate jet. Gulfstream’s G650 recently set another city-pair record, this time between White Plains, New York, and Mumbai, India. The FAA continues to expand its guidelines for upset recovery and correct responses to stalls. A Notice of Proposed Rulem

Joint Review Confirms Boeing 787 Meets Intended High Level Of Safety

Results Of FAA/Boeing Report Validate Company Confidence In 787 Design

The FAA and Boeing have completed a comprehensive review of the 787's critical systems. The joint review, initiated in January 2013, included an examination of the processes for the design, certification and production of the 787-8. The review's findings validate the integrity of the airplane's design and confirm the strength of the processes used to identify and correct issues that emerged before and after the airplane's certification.

Mesa Air Group Stopping go!

Hawaii’s Low Fare Airline To Cease Service April 1, 2014

Mesa Air Group said Monday that it will cease its Hawai’i operations effective April 1, 2014. Since June 2006, go! has served its nearly five million passengers with safe, reliable and low fare service.

Boeing And South Africa's Comair Limited Announce Order For Eight 737 MAXs

First African Airline Operator To Announce Order The Updated Single-Aisle Airplane

Boeing and Comair Limited have announced an order for eight 737 MAX 8s, valued at $830 million at list prices. It is the first 737 MAX order announcement for an African operator. The order was booked in December 2013 and was previously unidentified on the Boeing Orders & Deliveries website.

Moon Express Names Andy Aldrin As President

Former ULA-Boeing Executive Dr. Andrew Aldrin Joins Moon Express At A Time Of Accelerating Growth

Moon Express has named Dr. Andrew Aldrin as President, bringing his 20+ years of business leadership and policy experience in high-profile, aerospace companies to MoonEx as it undergoes accelerating growth on the back of rapid technological progress and business expansion. The announcement was made at the 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas.

First AW189 FFS Ready For Training

CAE 3000 Series Level D Simulator For AW189 Located At Rotorsim Training Center In Sesto Calende, Italy

Rotorsim, the joint venture owned equally by CAE and AgustaWestland, has announced that a joint team from ENAC (the Italian Civil Aviation Authority) and the European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA) has certified the world's first AW189 full-flight simulator (FFS) to Level D, the highest qualification for flight simulators.

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VFA-32 Holds Aerial Change Of Command

Orders Read Aboard Aircraft Flying Over The USS Harry S. Truman

The "Swordsmen" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 32 held a change of command ceremony while embarked on board the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), March 17. Cmdr. Jeremy T. Andrew was relieved by Cmdr. Peter A. Hagge in an aerial change of command above the ship.

Gogo's Business Aviation Group Announces New Communications System

ST 4300 Is A Single-Box Solution For Global Voice, Narrowband Data And Cockpit Data Link Services

Gogo's business aviation group, Aircell, has unveiled the ST 4300 – a new in-flight communications system for business aircraft.

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (03.20.14)

"While this was an extremely difficult decision to reach, we believe it is in the best interest of Mesa’s long term strategic objectives, particularly given the Company’s ongoing expansion of aircraft in service with United Airlines and US Airways.” Source: Jonathan Ornstein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, MESA Air Group.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.20.14): Distress

A condition of being threatened by serious and/or imminent danger and of requiring immediate assistance.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.20.14)

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