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February 24, 2020

Airborne 02.24.20: New Bell EDAT, Jetman Upgrades, Amateur Rocket Fatality

Also: Artemis Lunar Exploration Program, X-57 Undergoes Tests, Airport Grants, Kuwait v Airbus

A bit of a surprise media leak made the ever-innovative folks at Bell Helicopter take the wraps off one of the more intriguing helicopter configurations we’ve seen in many years. Marrying a Bell 429 to something of a quadcopter-style electric multi-rotor tail assembly, the Bell EDAT (Electrically Distributed Anti-Torque), may offer some exciting new capabilities and efficiencies to the already rugged 429 and other Bell airframes. When the sport aviation world was introduced to ‘Jetman’ invent

Airborne 02.24.20: New Bell EDAT, Jetman Upgrades, Amateur Rocket Fatality

Also: Artemis Lunar Exploration Program, X-57 Undergoes Tests, Airport Grants, Kuwait v Airbus

A bit of a surprise media leak made the ever-innovative folks at Bell Helicopter take the wraps off one of the more intriguing helicopter configurations we’ve seen in many years. Marrying a Bell 429 to something of a quadcopter-style electric multi-rotor tail assembly, the Bell EDAT (Electrically Distributed Anti-Torque), may offer some exciting new capabilities and efficiencies to the already rugged 429 and other Bell airframes. When the sport aviation world was introduced to ‘Jetman’ inventor Yves Rossy, he showed the world what could happen when you strapped a few small hobby-jet engines to a wing and strapped it to a skydiver. The result was a joy to behold a few

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GoJet Airlines Expands CRJ-550 Program With United Airlines

Adds 20 More Aircraft, Growing Its Regional Jet Fleet

GoJet Airlines is expanding its fleet of Bombardier CRJ-550 aircraft with the addition of 20 new aircraft. The announcement follows GoJet's 10-year agreement to operate 54 CRJ-550 aircraft for United Airlines and will bring GoJet's total CRJ-550 fleet count to 74 by 2021.

All-Electric X-57 Undergoes Structural Ground Tests

Integrity Of Components Being Evaluated For Flight Conditions

NASA is making progress on the road to first flight for the agency’s first all-electric X-plane, and first piloted X-plane in two decades, the X-57 Maxwell.

Utah Signs Participating Addendum With Avion Unmanned

Allows For Provision Of Drone Services To Public Agencies

Avion Unmanned has signed a participating addendum with the State of Utah's Division of Purchasing that allows for the use of this contract by the State's agencies, political subdivisions and institutions. This contract opens the door for Avion Unmanned to provide UAS services to state and local government agencies in Utah.

Second Lieutenant Kayla Freeman To Be Honored This Week

First African-American Woman Helicopter Pilot In The 200-Year History Of The Alabama National Guard Named 'Veteran Of The Year'

The Association of the U.S. Army West/Central Alabama chapter and the Alabama National Guard will honor Second Lieutenant Kayla Freeman, 26, as the "Veteran of the Year" at the annual Women’s Leadership Luncheon February 26.

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New Space Weather Advisories Serve Aviation

Project Focused On Three Main Types Of Impact To Aviation

A new international advisory system is working to keep aircraft crew and passengers safe from space weather impacts, thanks in part to the efforts of a team of CIRES and NOAA developers, forecasters, and scientists in Boulder, Colorado.

Green Africa Firms Up 2020 Launch Plans

Secures An Additional Three New A220-300s From GTLK Europe

Green Africa, Nigeria's Lagos-based value airline, has added to the news that it has ordered fifty A220-300s from Airbus by also committing to lease an additional three of the aircraft from leasing company, GTLK Europe. The aircraft will allow Green Africa to set course for its planned launch of commercial operations in 2020.

NASA Awards Contract To Launch Cubesat To Moon From Virginia

Rocket Lab Will Launch CAPSTONE Spacecraft In 20201

NASA has selected Rocket Lab of Huntington Beach, California, to provide launch services for the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) CubeSat.

Duncan Aviation Expands Honeywell Service Capabilities

Granted Approval For Work On Entire Honeywell Line

Duncan Aviation is pleased to announce that Honeywell has recently granted the company approval to facilitate repairs, overhauls, and exchanges on all Honeywell Line replaceable components and parts on behalf of its customers.

Rheinmetall Modernizing NH90 Flight Simulators

Involves System Updates To Match Current Aircraft Configurations

As part of the Helicopter Flight Training Systems (HFTS) team, Rheinmetall is modernizing flight simulators for the German Army Aviation Corps’ NH90 helicopters. A contract to this effect was signed at the end of December 2019. For Rheinmetall, the order is worth a figure in the lower double-digit euro million range. Awarded to HFTS, the complete contract encompasses operation, service and maintenance of the simulators through to 2027, with a contractually guaranteed availability rate of at least 98%.

ATP Flight School Opens Airline Pilot Training Center In San Antonio, Texas

State's Seventh Location To Open Its Doors March 2

ATP Flight School’s newest Texas training center will open March 2, 2020, at the San Antonio International Airport. Part of a nationwide network of 40 locations, this new facility is ATP’s seventh in the state, including operations in Austin, Dallas, and Houston.

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Transport Canada Awards Duncan Aviation AVANCE L5 STCs

Installation Approved On Six Aircraft Models, With A Seventh In The Works

Duncan Aviation’s Engineering & Certification Services department is pleased to announce that it has six completed Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) for the Gogo AVANCE L5 wi-fi system and has three more in work, to be completed in 2020. All six of the completed STCs have received approval from Transport Canada (TCCA).

Airbus Defense And Space Enters Consultation Process On Restructuring

Working With The Company’s European Works Council On The Issue

Airbus Defense and Space has entered the consultation process with the company’s European works council on the division’s planned restructuring. While the underlying business perspectives especially in the core business remain solid, these steps became necessary after the division achieved a book-to-bill ratio below 1 for the third year in a row, mainly caused by a flat space market and postponed contracts on the defence side.

Airborne 02.21.20: Pipistrel Alpha Electro, Special Rotax, ASTM Parachute Std

Also: P-51 Mustang Over Pearl, Elite Balloon Instructor, ATR 72-600, Boeing 737 Max Issues... Again

Pipistrel has signed an MOU with Eyre to There Aviation of Adelaide, Australia for the rights to manufacture the Pipistrel Alpha Electro in Australia. Eyre to There would be the first Australian company to manufacture and electric aircraft. The company could build as many as 100 airplanes each year. Rogers believes that the Australian GA industry is ready to accept an electric aircraft as a flight trainer. Eyre to There plans to import 15 of the airplanes from Pipistrel for demonstration flights and train

Research Needed On UAS Privacy, Environmental Concerns

National Academy Of Sciences Calls On NASA, FAA Industry And Academia To Address Issues

NASA should collaborate with the FAA, industry, academia to research the full effects that increased unpiloted air vehicle traffic would have on society, including ramifications to sound, privacy, environmental matters, and cybersecurity, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The increasingly common use of electric and hybrid aircraft for urban, suburban, and rural operations — referred to as advanced aerial mobility — promises to change the way that people and cargo are moved. The committee that conducted the study found that, despite the everyday use of the term “urban air mobility,” these vehicles (often r

Pipistrel Alpha Electro May Be Manufactured In Australia

MOU Signed With Adelaide Company Eyre To There Aviation

Pipistrel has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Eyre to There Aviation of Adelaide, Australia for the rights to manufacture the Pipistrel Alpha Electro in Australia.

Debris Found In Fuel Tanks Of Stored Boeing 737 Max Airplanes

Planemaker Plans To Address Problem With Updated Checklists

Foreign Object Debris (FOD) has been discovered in the fuel tanks of an unspecified number of Boeing 737 MAX airplanes waiting for delivery to customers.

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Ground-Breaking Solar Powered Unmanned Aircraft Makes First Flight

Persistent High Altitude Solar Aircraft (PHASA-35) Has The Potential To Stay Airborne For A Year

PHASA-35, a 115-foot wingspan solar-electric aircraft, has successfully completed its maiden flight. The landmark flight paves the way to this new aircraft closing the gap between aircraft and satellite technology.

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Kim Magee Earns Elite Balloon Instructor Accreditation

Has Helped More Than 150 Students Through The FAA Exam Process

The Elite Balloon Instructor Committee is proud to announce Mrs. Kim Magee as an Elite Balloon Instructor.

Airbus Helicopters Maintains Global Market Leader Position In 2019

Recorded Gross Orders For 369 Units

Airbus Helicopters logged gross orders for 369 helicopters in 2019 (310 net orders), combined with its support and services revenue, worth more than $7.56 billion. The company delivered 332 rotorcraft, including the landmark 1000th Super Puma, thus maintaining its lead in the civil & parapublic market with a 54 percent market share in terms of units.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (02.24.20): High Speed Taxiway

High Speed Taxiway A long radius taxiway designed and provided with lighting or marking to define the path of aircraft, traveling at high speed (up to 60 knots), from the runway center to a point on the center of a taxiway. Also referred to as long radius exit or turn-off taxiway. The high speed taxiway is designed to expedite aircraft turning off the runway after landing, thus reducing runway occupancy time.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (02.24.20)

Aero Linx: Pittsburgh Aviation Animal Rescue Team What began as one dog on an airplane several years ago has evolved into a team of over 100 volunteers who fly or drive animals from danger to safety. Founded in 2009 by pilots and friends Brad Childs and Jonathan Plesset, the organization become a recognized 501c(3) entity in 2012. Since then our teams have conducted a wide range of missions including hoarding cases, saving animals from dog fighting rings and natural disasters, and helping overcrowded shelters. We now have the capability to respond to a huge variety of rescue needs both near and far. During the devastating hurricanes in 2017, PAART made its first international journey, heading to the

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (02.24.20)

"This is an outstanding early result that demonstrates the pace that can be achieved when we bring the best of British capability together. To go from design to flight in less than two years shows that we can rise to the challenge the U.K. Government has set industry to deliver a Future Combat Air System within the next decade.” Source: Ian Muldowney, Engineering Director for BAE Systems, in remarks about PHASA-35, a 115-foot wingspan solar-electric aircraft, that has successfully completed its maiden flight. The landmark flight paves the way to this new aircraft closing the gap between aircraft and satellite technology.

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