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October 13, 2014

Airborne 10.13.14: Embraer L500/450 Progress, NASA Wants U, Afghan Scrap Planes

Also: Avidyne MLB100, UAV Market Update, NJ NIMBYs Strike Again, Stolen ABQ Balloon Follow-Up

Embraer broke ground last Thursday on its Legacy 500 and Legacy 450 assembly complex in Melbourne, Florida. At the ceremony, which included Florida Governor Rick Scott, and Brevard County and city officials, the Company celebrated this significant addition to its existing 212,000 square-foot campus at Melbourne International Airport. NASA is inviting the public to send their names on a microchip to destinations beyond low-Earth orbit, including Mars. Your name will begin its journey on a dime-sized microchip when the agency's Orion spacecraft launches December

Airborne 10.13.14: Embraer L500/450 Progress, NASA Wants U, Afghan Scrapped Planes

Also: Avidyne MLB100, UAV Market Update, NJ NIMBYs Strike Again, Stolen ABQ Balloon Follow-Up

Embraer broke ground last Thursday on its Legacy 500 and Legacy 450 assembly complex in Melbourne, Florida. At the ceremony, which included Florida Governor Rick Scott, and Brevard County and city officials, the Company celebrated this significant addition to its existing 212,000 square-foot campus at Melbourne International Airport. NASA is inviting the public to send their names on a microchip to destinations beyond low-Earth orbit, including Mars. Your name will begin its journey on a dime-sized microchip when the agency's Orion spacecraft launches December 4th on its first flight, designated Exploration Flight Test-1. The Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Recon

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Boeing, Virgin Atlantic Celebrate Delivery Of Airline's First 787-9

Airline Is European Launch Customer For The Longer Dreamliner

Virgin Atlantic has become the first European customer to take delivery of a 787-9 Dreamliner, which will operate initially on the airline's London Heathrow to Boston route.

Alaska Airlines, Flight Attendants Reach Tentative Contract Agreement

Five-Year Pact Must Still Be Ratified By Rank-And-File FAs

Alaska Airlines and the Association of Flight Attendants have reached tentative agreement on a new five-year contract for the carrier's 3,300 flight attendants.

NASA Selects Proposals To Support Deep Space Behavioral Health, Performance

Three Institutions To Receive Funding Totalling $3.2 Million

NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) will fund three proposals to help investigate questions about behavioral health and performance on future deep space exploration missions. Research like this may help astronauts as they venture farther into the solar system.

Lone Star UAS Center Conducts First Test Flights From Port Mansfield Airport

Aircraft Gathering Video, UV, And Thermal Image Data From Onboard Camera

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s Lone Star Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center (LSUASC) is expanding operations, with test-flight missions this past week from an airport in Port Mansfield.

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NASA Selects Nine Space Radiobiology Research Proposals

Will Study The Effects Of Long-Term Spaceflight On Humans

NASA's Human Research Program will fund nine proposals for ground-based research that will help enable extended and safer human exploration of space by quantifying and, ultimately, reducing the risks posed by space radiation.

NASA Selects New Science Teams For Astrobiology Research

Awards Grants Totaling Nearly $50 Million To Seven Research Teams

NASA has awarded five-year grants totaling almost $50 million to seven research teams nationwide to study the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe.

FAA Approves Aerosim ATP Training Program

Combines Ground And Simulator Training In Preparation For Part 121 Operations

The FAA has approved the Airline Transport Pilot Certificate Training Program offered by Aerosim. The ATP CTP is a course which has been mandated by the FAA to be completed by all pilots who wish to add an Airline Transport Pilot Certificate to their existing certificates in order to fly for a commercial airline (part 121 carrier).

Gone West: Rotorcraft Aerodynamic Engineer Ray Prouty

Former Member Of The American Helicopter Association Board Of Directors

Rotorcraft aerodynamics pioneer and former member of the American Helicopter Society (AHS) Board of Directors Ray Prouty passed away on September 26. He was 88.

Report: Flight Management System Market Worth $912.20 Million By 2020

Competitive Segment Has A Limited Number Of Companies

A new report titled "Flight Management System Market by Cockpit Architecture (VLA, WB, NB, and RTA), Hardware (FMC, CDU, and VDU), Maintenance (Line-fit and Retrofit) & by Geography (North America, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Europe) - Forecast Analysis to 2014 - 2020", published by MarketsandMarkets indicates that the global flight management system market is estimated to be $601.36 million in 2014.

Air Service Vamdrup Joins the TBM Service Center Global Network

Daher-Socata Extends Its TBM Support To Scandinavia

Daher-Socata has named Denmark’s Air Service Vamdrup ApS (ASV) as the latest member of the TBM Customer Support Network as an approved TBM Service Center.

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NASA Study Finds Earth's Ocean Abyss Has Not Warmed

No Measurable Temperature Increase Since 2005

The cold waters of Earth's deep ocean have not warmed measurably since 2005, according to a new NASA study.

Pan Am International Flight Training Center - Thailand Ready For Students

Latest Location In Bangkok Opened In Conjunction With ANA, Nok Air, Assumption University

Pan Am International Flight Training Center, together with All Nippon Airways, Nok Air, and Assumption University, announced today the grand opening of a new world-class flight training center located on Assumption's Suvarnabhumi Campus in Bangkok, Thailand.

Aero-TV: Aero-TV: The Arion Lightning -- An All-American Aircraft

Speedy Little LSA Is Available As Either Kit or Fly-Away

ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell took some time at the AOPA Aviation Summit 2013 to check out some light sport aircraft. In this video, Jim takes a look at a slick little job produced by Arion Aircraft. Mark Stauffer, the Operations Manager at Arion Aircraft introduced Jim to the Arion Lightning.

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Aero-TV: The Arion Lightning -- An All-American Aircraft

Speedy Little LSA Is Available As Either Kit or Fly-Away

ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell took some time at the AOPA Aviation Summit 2013 to check out some light sport aircraft. In this video, Jim takes a look at a slick little job produced by Arion Aircraft. Mark Stauffer, the Operations Manager at Arion Aircraft introduced Jim to the Arion Lightning. The all composite Arion Lightning started out as a kit airplane in 2006. The airplane was designed from the ground up around the Jabiru engine and is manufactured in the United States. As the market indicated that fully manufactured light sport aircraft were in demand, Arion obtained ASTM compli

XPRIZE 2004: A Ten Year Remembrance By A Member of the ANN/XP News Team

How Far Have We Come In A Decade? Sadly… Not So Far… By ANN Space Correspondent Wes Oleszewski Ten years ago this month, SpaceShipOne made its final flight and won the coveted X-Prize; the date was October 4th, 2004. I was there, as a part of a three-man primary news team on the “inside” covering the event for the Aero-News Network. In mid September of that same year I was contacted by ANN’s Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, and invited to join the news team at Mojave, California for the X-Prize. At first, I was torn on whether or not I should go. My daughter was just about ready to take her first steps and as a part of getting out of the cockpit and becoming a stay-at-home daddy, the deal was that I would not have to miss such events as that.

AeroSports Update: Helium Balloonists Going For New Distance Record

Flight From Japan To The North American West Coast Will Set A New Record At 5,208 Miles If Successful

On August 27, 1783, Jacques Charles launched his first gas-filled balloon in France. One observer of this event was our own American representative to France, Benjamin Franklin. When asked by another scientist watching the flight with great skepticism, “What good is it?” Franklin replied, “What good is a new-born babe?”.

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Avidyne Introduces MLB100 978MHz ADS-B Datalink Receiver

Provides ADS-B IN Traffic And Weather For Avidyne Display Systems

Avidyne has introduced the MLB100 Datalink Receiver for ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast) IN. The receiver is designed to provide ADS-B traffic and Flight Information System-Broadcast (FIS-B) weather information for display on Avidyne’s new IFD540 and IFD440 FMS/GPS/NAV/COMs, as well as EX600, EX500 and EX5000 Multi-Function Displays (MFD).

Embraer Breaks Ground On Legacy 500/450 U.S. Assembly Facility

Aircraft To Be Assembled At Embraer Campus In Melbourne, FL

Embraer broke ground Thursday on its Legacy 500 and Legacy 450 assembly complex in Melbourne, Florida. At the ceremony, which included Florida Governor Rick Scott, Brevard County and city officials, the Company celebrated this significant addition to its existing 212,000 square-foot campus at Melbourne International Airport.

Airborne 10.10.14: Young Eagle Prelim, More UAV Exemptions?, Tecnam P2006T MRI

Also: Airbus v Birds, Barnstorming: Unsung Heroes, NASA Partners w/X-37B, JetBlue Hates Tweets?

The NTSB has issued a preliminary report of an accident that fatally injured two people during a Young Eagles flight on September 27th. The report added some specific details and confirmed what has been previously reported by ANN. Bring on the drones! Following the ANN’s recent report that six TV and film production companies will be allowed to fly UAV aircraft, The FAA has received more than a dozen new applications for exemptions to its UAV prohibition. The first Tecnam P2006T Multisensor Reconnaissance and Identification aircraft, known as MRI, is n

DARPA Awards AeroVironment Phase II Tern Contract

Company Funded To Develop New Class Of Maritime UAS

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected AeroVironment and its team of industry leaders to follow its successful phase I concept design effort with a phase II preliminary design for the Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node, or Tern. The 12-month, $19,035,007 phase II effort seeks to conclude with subscale flight demonstrations prior to a planned phase III award decision.

Send Your Name On NASA's Journey To Mars

Names To Be Recorded On A Microchip, First Ones To Fly On Orion's First Flight

NASA is inviting the public to send their names on a microchip to destinations beyond low-Earth orbit, including Mars.

UAV Market Worth $10.5 Billion by 2020

Major Challenges Are Still Air Traffic Management And Lack Of Regulatory Policies

The market for UAVs is expected to grow to $10.5 billion by 2020, according to a recently-published report.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.13.14)

Aero Linx: The Idaho Aviation Association The Idaho Aviation Association was organized in 1989 to give Idaho a general aviation voice locally and nationally. Our mission is to represent our members in forums where decisions are made that affect general aviation; to inform our members about aviation issues; to work with public and private entities for the preservation, maintenance and enhancement of aviation facilities; and to promote safety, education and public understanding of general aviation in Idaho.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (10.13.14): Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA)

Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA) An FAA-registered aircraft, other than a helicopter or powered-lift, that meets certain weight and performance. Principally it is a single engine aircraft with a maximum of two seats and weighing no more than 1,430 pounds if intended for operation on water, or 1,320 pounds if not. They must be of simple design (fixed landing gear (except if intended for operations on water or a glider) piston powered, non-pressurized, with a fixed or ground adjustable propeller), Performance is also limited to a maximum airspeed in level flight of not more than 120 knots CAS, have a maximum never-exceed speed of not more than 120 knots CAS for a glider, and have a maximum stalling speed, without the use of lift-e

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (10.13.14)

"Sir Richard’s Virgin Galactic has constructed their passenger version of SpaceShipOne, sold reservations and even constructed a huge carrier aircraft from which to launch. Yet, technical difficulties and delays have kept it from carrying any paying passengers -- as of this writing. So, in effect, and hopefully not for very long, we now have a SpaceShipNone. SpaceShipOne itself hangs in the Smithsonian as tourists walk past. I recently heard a small boy ask his daddy, 'What’s that?' as they strolled by it, and the daddy replied, 'Some kind of rocketplane,'” while they simply walked away." Source: From a retrospective story by ANN Space Correspondent, Wes Oleszewski, bemoaning the lack of commercial s

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