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All News

February 29, 2020

NDDOT Partners With NPUASTS To Enhance Emergency Response

Plan Will Provide UAS Flight Operations And Capture Photo And Video For The NDDOT To Enhance Emergency Response To Flooding

In preparation for spring flooding, the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) and Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS) announced a new plan to help improve and supplement its current unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) program.

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NGC, NASA, LMC Mark Another Milestone Towards Artemis II Launch

Completes Final Qualification Test For NASA's Orion Launch Abort System Attitude Control Motor

Northrop Grumman Corporation, along with NASA and Lockheed Martin, successfully completed its third and final qualification test of the Attitude Control Motor (ACM) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft Launch Abort System (LAS).

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Air Force Budget Ends MQ-9 Reaper Program

Cuts Total Buy To 337 Aircraft

The U.S. Air Force has decided to end its acquisition of MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 rather than gradually winding down the program.

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Aerospace Center Of Excellence Celebrates 100th Scholarship Pilot

Blaise Kessler Passed His Final Checkride February 24

A significant milestone was recently reached at the Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE). The organization announced that it has now created 100 teenage Private Pilots through its highly successful flight scholarship initiative. Supported by the James C. Ray Foundation and the Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo, this extraordinary program began in 2012 with a clear and purposeful mission that has expanded and gained incredible momentum over the past eight years. When Blaise Kessler passed his final checkride on Monday, February 24th, he marked not only a major personal accomplishment, but a landmark event for the program.

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NBAA Announces Recipients Of 2020 Leadership Scholarships

One Additional Recipient Has Been Selected For LEAP Training

The NBAA has announced that the association’s Business Aviation Management Committee (BAMC) has selected four individuals as recipients of 2020 Leadership Scholarships.

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Trans States Airlines 'Winding Down' Operations

Will Close By The End Of 2020

Regional carrier Trans States Airlines, which operates as United Express, has begun the process of closing its doors, with the process expected to be completed by the end of the year.

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Duncan Aviation's Aaron Hilkemann Announces Mid-Year Semi-Retirement

Will Remain As CEO And Chairman Of The Board Of Advisors

Aaron Hilkemann, president of Duncan Aviation, will retire from the position on July 1 of this year and move to Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Advisors, a newly created part-time position. He will be succeeded by Jeff Lake, the current Chief Operating Officer for Duncan Aviation’s Lincoln, Nebraska, facility. 

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Bombardier’s Challenger 350 Aircraft Maintains Market Performance

Earns Top Spot As The World’s Most Delivered Super Mid-Size Business Jet For The Sixth Consecutive Year

Bombardier’s Challenger 350 business jet has extended its impressive market performance as the world’s most delivered business jet in the super mid-size segment for the last six years, according to the planemaker. The Challenger 350 aircraft outpaced its competition in 2019, with 56 deliveries and a 44-per-cent share of the super mid-size segment. The award-winning aircraft has consistently ranked as the top-selling aircraft in the super mid-size segment since it entered into service in 2014.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (02.29.20)

“Harnessing this cutting-edge technology to improve flood preparation and response efforts shows again why North Dakota is the nation’s proving ground for UAS.” Source: North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum (R).

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (02.29.20): Flight Termination

The intentional and deliberate process of terminating the flight of a UA in the event of an unrecoverable lost link, loss of control, or other failure that compromises the safety of flight.  

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (02.29.20)

The Williams Vintage Aircraft Collection

A private collection of flying and semi-derelict airplanes (aka projects), including a Ryan Sport Coupe, a Bellanca, a pre-WWII Cessna Airmaster, a Rearwin Sportster, a Fairchild 22, a St. Louis Cardinal, a Kinner Sportster, a Harlow PJC-2, and a Waco cabin biplane.

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