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All News

January 01, 2016

Classic Aero-TV: Stemme S10-VT -- A Whole Other Kind of High-Performance

The Corporate Pilots' Fun Airplane

From 2011: Nestled among the multi-million-dollar business jets and high-performance turboprops at the NBAA static display in Las Vegas in October was something a little unusual... a motorglider. Alexander Papenberg, CEO of Stemme USA, was showing off the Stemme S10-VT at NBAA for a simple reason. "Lots of corporate pilots fly from A to B IFR during the workday, and on weekends they want to fly a real airplane. They come here, they look at it, and fall in love." And, Papenberg says, "it goes like hell. 140 knots at 10,000 feet on five gallons of g

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Continuing Traffic Growth, Record Airline Profits Highlight ICAO Report

Passenger Traffic Increased By 6.4 Percent, Freight Continues To Be Sluggish

Preliminary figures released by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) show the total number of passengers carried on scheduled services rising to 3.5 billion in 2015, a 6.4 percent increase over last year.

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2015: Significant Improvement In Safety For Amateur-Built Aircraft

Fatal Accident Total Down 20 Percent; EAA Strives To Build On Improvement

The safety level of homebuilt aircraft continues to improve, as fatal accident totals have dropped significantly over a 12-month period covering much of 2015, according to data analyzed by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA).

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Klyde 01.01.16

Someday The Machines WILL Rule Us All, Klyde

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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Era Group Takes Delivery Of Two AW189 Helicopters

Launch Customer For The Type In The Americas

Helicopter transport operator Era Group has taken delivery of its first two AgustaWestland AW189 heavy helicopters.

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Airliner Lands On Taxiway Instead Of Runway At Sea-Tac

An Alaskan Airlines Airliner Mistakes A Center Taxiway For A Runway And Completes A Landing

The event actually took place earlier this month on December 19, but was just recently reported. While this mistake could have been disastrous if other aircraft had been using the taxiway, the taxiway was clear at the time and the landing was safely completed.

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Southwest Airlines And Union Reach Tentative Agreement

After Four Years Of Negotiation Southwest Has Reached A Tentative Agreement With The Transportation Workers Union Local 555

Southwest Airlines has announced a new tentative agreement with Transport Workers Union Local 555, the union that represents more than 12,000 Southwest Ground Operations, Provisioning, and Cargo Agents.

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Pentagon Says F-35 Program On The Right Track

Lockheed Martin And The Pentagon's F-35 Joint Program Office Say They've Increased Their Yield From Last Year By 25 Percent

Joe DellaVedova, a spokesman with the F-35 office at the Pentagon, said 45 F-35s were delivered, which met Lockheed and the program office's delivery goal for the year and exceeded last year's deliveries by nine jets.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (01.01.16)

“This is excellent news to see this type of reduction in fatal accident numbers, which are already smaller than other types of popular recreational pursuits, such as paddle sports, horseback riding, and driving all-terrain vehicles.” Source: Sean Elliott, EAA’s vice president of advocacy and safety.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (01.01.16): Permanent Echo

Radar signals reflected from fixed objects on the earth’s surface; e.g., buildings, towers, terrain.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.01.16)

U.S. Powered Paragliding Association

The USPPA mission is to promote powered paragliding to both current and potential enthusiasts. The association will take steps which the Executive Officers deems appropriate to preserve and expand pilots’ opportunities to fly.

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