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March 19, 2014

Airborne 03.19.14: CubCrafters 300th, G650 Record, FAA's New 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 Rulemaking (NPRM) has been published in the Federal Register for the creation of Advisory Circulars 120-UPRT and 120-109A to address t

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Barnstorming: A Quick Note On The Tragedy Of MH370

The Feeding Frenzy, The Insta-Pundits, The Rumors Of The Hour... Sickening.

I have just completed my 52nd or 53rd interview (I've lost count) with major media over the MH370 tragedy. I work with the general media on a regular basis and have done my best to offer proper, but guarded, info to those without the requisite aviation backgrounds. While I've had a LOT of requests, I've often passed them off to parties with greater, more specific, expertise and insight into the questions posed. After watching a number of idiotic insta-pundits, I have to tell you that I'm beginning to feel proud of one of my most popular responses..."I don't know..." or, "...There is no credible information to support a conclusion on that concept right now..."

U.S. Space & Rocket Center Launches Campaign To Land Shuttle Training Aircraft

Center Kicks Off First Crowd-Funding Campaign To Install STA Exhibit

A team including Space Camp alumni from around the world and the U.S. Space & Rocket Center Foundation is raising awareness and embarking on their first 60-day crowd-funding campaign to bring a Grumman Gulfstream II Shuttle Training Aircraft to the center's Shuttle Park, home of the world's only full-stack shuttle display, Pathfinder.

Aircraft Manufacturers And Customers Examine Options For The 250-300 Seat Market

Analyst: Airbus A330 At A Crossroads Twenty Years After Its Introduction

A maturing small twin-aisle aircraft market presents challenges and opportunities for Airbus as it considers the future of its A330 aircraft, according to Steve Mason, Vice President of Aircraft Analysis, CIT Aerospace at CIT Group Inc. These views and others are presented in a new report from the company “The Small Twin-Aisle Market: What’s Next?”

Hubble Celebrates 24th Anniversary With Infrared Image Of Nearby Star Factory

Images Give A Taste Of What Scientists Can Expect From The Webb Telescope In The Future

In celebration of the 24th anniversary of the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have captured infrared-light images of a churning region of star birth 6,400 light-years away.

University Of Michigan Sponsors High-Altitude Balloon Research Event

'For A Couple Of Hundred Dollars, You Can Reach The Fringe Of Space'

More than 60 teams from around the world will launch high-altitude balloons into the upper atmosphere April 18-21. The Global Space Balloon Challenge, organized by graduate students at the University of Michigan, Stanford University and MIT, has attracted crews from 20 countries so far.

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Wilmington, NC Police Helicopter May Get The Quiet Treatment

City Council To Vote On Upgrade That Could Cut Noise

A Bell 206 flying for the Wilmington, NC police force may get a new, quieter tail rotor if the City Council approves an expenditure for the upgrade.

Florida Tech Earns EASA Authorization, Pursues Airbus Partnership

FIT Aviation First To Be Certified Under New European Standards

Florida Institute of Technology is pioneering new partnerships aimed at enhancing its role as an international leader for flight training.

Newly Launched SaudiGulf Airline Orders Four Airbus A320ceo Airliners

Firm Contract For Airplanes To Be Delivered In Early 2015

SaudiGulf, a new Saudi Arabian airline wholly owned by Abdul Hadi Al Qahtani Group of Companies has signed a firm contract with Airbus for four A320ceo, to be delivered early 2015. The aircraft is equipped with Airbus “Sharklet” fuel saving wing tip devices.

Australian Minister Applauds $901 M Wedgetail Sustainment Contract

Multi-Year Agreement Covers Sustainment Of The Australian E-7A Fleet

Minister for Defense Senator David Johnston says a $901 million dollar (Australian) Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control support contract unveiled today spells job security for hundreds of Australian workers. Senator Johnston said the support contract extension, signed by the Defense Material Organization, will be undertaken by Boeing Defense Australia and will ensure long-term value for money sustainment services for Defense.

NASA Completes This Year's Flights In Search Of Climate Change Clues

Global Hawk Aircraft Now Back At Edwards Air Force Base Following Research Flights

NASA's Global Hawk research aircraft returned to its base at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, CA, early Friday morning March 14, marking the completion of flights in support of this year's Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment (ATTREX), a multi-year NASA airborne science campaign.

Skywriting Leads Up To LA Air Show

Blue Angels To Headline The Event This Weekend

To build awareness of and excitement for the inaugural Los Angeles Air Show planned for this weekend, organizers have turned to the nation’s only female professional skywriter to paint the skies over southern California.

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Aero-TV: Hangarsphere -Your Business, Your Lifestyle, Your Hangar

A Novel Approach To Covering An Issue of Importance To Aircraft Owners EVERYWHERE

When ANN CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Jim Campbell stomped around EAA AirVenture 2013, he stopped to talk to Lars Jensen at the Hangarsphere display. Jensen said he came up with the idea of a magazine about hangars when he saw that there seemed to be a void in the market for hangar information.

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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

Aero-TV: Hangarsphere -Your Business, Your Lifestyle, Your Hangar

A Novel Approach To Covering An Issue of Importance To Aircraft Owners EVERYWHERE

When ANN CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Jim Campbell stomped around EAA AirVenture 2013, he stopped to talk to Lars Jensen at the Hangarsphere display. Jensen said he came up with the idea of a magazine about hangars when he saw that there seemed to be a void in the market for hangar information. Hangarsphere covers issues like buying, leasing, renting, building, and furnishing airplane hangars. An example of a recent article in Hangarsphere covered the issue of lighting. The magazine also features stories about eye-popping hangars found in all facets of aviation. The stories,

FAA Proposes Rule Changes For Upset Recovery, Stall Recovery Training

NPRM Posted In The Federal Register With Request For Comments

The FAA has posted a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) in the Federal Register for Advisory Circulars (AC) 120-UPRT and 120-109A. AC 120-UPRT provides recommended practices and guidance for academic and flight simulation training device (FSTD) training for pilots to prevent developing upset conditions and ensure correct and consistent recovery responses to upsets. AC 120-109A provides guidance and best practices for training, testing, and checking for pilots to ensure correct responses to impending and full stalls.

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Boeing Begins Expansion Of 737 Commercial Delivery Center

Improvements Support Rising Production Rates, Increasing Demand For 737s

Boeing has kicked off expansion of its 737 Commercial Delivery Center (CDC) at Boeing Field in Seattle. The project more than doubles the space that will be available for customers and groups supporting increased 737 deliveries.

Report: Flight 370 Course Change Programmed Into FMS

Not Known If The Deviation Was Entered Before Or After Takeoff

In another twist in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, U.S. officials now say it is likely that the course change that took place as it traveled towards Beijing was programmed into the airplane's FMS, though it is not known if that reprogramming occurred before or after takeoff.

Station Debris Avoidance Maneuver Conducted March 16, 2014

Moved ISS Safely Away From Remnants Of Old Russian Satellite

Playing it conservatively, flight controllers conducted a Pre-Determined Debris Avoidance Maneuver (PDAM) Sunday night at 2137 EDT to provide a healthy margin of clearance from the projected path of a piece of Russian METEOR 2-5 satellite debris that was calculated earlier in the day to approach the neighborhood of the International Space Station. The Russian satellite was launched in late October 1979.

Gulfstream G650 Sets Speed Record Between New York And Mumbai

Flagship Business Jet Pushes Record Total Past 40

Gulfstream’s G650 recently set another city-pair record, this time between White Plains, NY, and Mumbai, India.

NTSB Cites Pilot Error In 2011 Rockwell 112 Accident

Two Fatally Injured When Airplane Went Down In An Apartment Complex Parking Lot.

The NTSB has released a probable cause report from an accident that occurred May 28, 2011 in Bryan, TX that fatally injured the pilot and a passenger on board a Rockwell 112.

Growing New-Aircraft Production Spurs Investor Interest, ISTAT Membership

Industry Forum Sees Record Attendance, Membership Levels Amid 'Golden Age' For Aircraft Financing And Leasing

As global aircraft building heads toward record production again in 2014 and airline traffic worldwide continues its relentless growth, the business of building, leasing, financing and trading commercial aircraft is seeing what some call its "golden age."

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (03.19.14)

"The continued investment Boeing is making to build this facility at Boeing Field demonstrates the company's long-term commitment to Washington and the Seattle region." Source: Seattle Mayor Ed Murray.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.19.14): Obscuring Phenomena

Any atmospheric phenomenon, except clouds, that restricts vertical visibility (e.g., dust, rain, snow, etc.).

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.19.14)

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