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July 28, 2020

Airborne-Flight Training 07.15.20: Armless Pilot, MS FlightSim, MTSU Expands

Also: Rod Machado Awarded, GoFundMe Fpr Rachel, SAFE Updates Leadership, King Schools Giveaway

To those of your struggling with flying lessons, you should be inspired by a friend of ours. Few student pilots had more to overcome than Jessica Cox... now a Private PIlot and aircraft owner. Jessica Cox is the world’s first person without arms licensed to fly an airplane. She shares her life story with the world as a motivational speaker and disability rights advocate. On the morning of July 24, 2020, Cox will host retired Iowa Senator Tom Harkin (Dem) on a flight in her airplane, N26R (“two-six-

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FCC Fines Hobbyking More Than $2.8 Million For Drones

Drone Transmitters Used Unauthorized Radio Frequencies & Power Levels

The FCC has fined HobbyKing $2,861,128 for marketing drone transmitters which did not comply with FCC licensing rules. HobbyKing markets devices that provide a video link between transmitters mounted on unmanned aircraft systems and users flying drones. An FCC investigation found that dozens of devices marketed by the company transmitted in unauthorized radio frequency bands and, in some cases, operated at excessive transmission power levels.

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Top Prop Program Offers Hartzell Odyssey For SR22 Series

Hartzell's 78" Diameter Odyssey Features Advanced Structural Composite Blade Technology

SR22 and SR22T pilots can now add Hartzell Propeller's four-blade structural composite carbon fiber propeller, called the Odyssey, to their airplanes for $35,000. The new propeller has been available as an STC option for new aircraft from the factory since earlier this year. Hartzell's new offering is supplied with a polished aluminum spinner assembly and is available with or without ice protection. It is available from prop shops, FBOs or direct from Hartzell under the company's Top Prop program.

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Sterling Flight Training Adds Frasca RTD

The RTD Will Be Configured As Piper Archer

Sterling Flight Training, LLC, of Jacksonville, FL has placed an order for a Frasca Reconfigurable Training Device (RTD). The RTD will be configured as Piper Archer G1000 with a wrap-around visual display system and is qualified as an FAA AATD (Advanced Aviation Training Device). The device includes digital sound simulation and provides a high level of realism that enables the students to transfer a greater amount of learning from the AATD to the aircraft.

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Bell 505 Receives Type Acceptance in Tanzania

The Bell 505 Has Seen More Than 260 Worldwide Deliveries

The Bell 505 has been accepted by the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) for airworthiness certification in the United Republic of Tanzania, making it the sixth country in Africa to certify the aircraft. “The Bell 505 is renowned the world over for delivering best-in-class value to our customers, and now, with TCAA’s type acceptance, we are excited to serve the needs of Tanzania with the latest in helicopter technology...."

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Embraer Boosts Phenom Maintenance Intervals To 800 Flight Hours

This Is A 33% Maintenance Interval Improvement

Embraer has revised the Scheduled Maintenance Requirements (SMR) for the Phenom family of jets. The revision extends the intervals between stops from 600 flight hours and/or 12 months and multiples to 800 flight hours or 12 months and multiples. Most of the tasks with double intervals were also optimized to the longest period.

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Classic Aero-TV: Great Lakes/WACO Upgrades – A Canopy For The Great Lakes!

From 2016: Sometimes You Don’t Want The Wind In Your Hair…

While at EAA AirVenture 2016, ANN news editor, Tom Patton, talked with Christopher Bowers, who works in sales with the Waco Aircraft Company. The conversation centered on their Great Lakes airplane which provides the open cockpit feeling of the golden age of aviation. But wait, this Great Lakes airplane has an enclosed canopy - what’s going on? 

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FAA Administrator Dickson to Address NBAA Virtual Business Aviation Town Hall

The Conversation Will Also Touch Upon Ongoing Efforts To Bolster The Nation’S Aviation Workforce

NBAA is reporting that FAA Administrator Steve Dickson will participate in a Virtual Business Aviation Town Hall, to be held at 1 p.m. (EDT) Tuesday, Aug. 4. Dickson will join NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen in discussing operational and safety issues important to the business aviation community, including the latest information about extensions to general aviation pilot medicals and other requirements granted under Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) 118.

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NTSB Prelim: Cessna 188

Airplane Impacted The Canola Field Left Wing Down And Came To Rest With The Right Wing Laying Over The Left Wing

On July 9, 2020, about 0805 central daylight time, a Cessna 188 airplane, Canadian registry CGWWE, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Pembina, North Dakota. The commercial pilot was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Canadian Aviation Regulations (CAR) Subpart 702 aerial work flight. About 0745, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer observed the airplane spraying fungicide on a canola field in Canada adjacent to the U.S. border.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (07.28.20)

Aero Linx: Association of Aerospace Universities Association of Aerospace Universities focuses on related activities within the higher education sector, thus supporting and promoting the UK aerospace industry through the provision of world-class education, research and consultancy. It is also an important starting point for those seeking to enrol on aerospace courses at university, and provides an information base on both UK universities and their related courses.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (07.28.20): Runway Lead-in Light System (RLLS)

Runway Lead-in Light System (RLLS) Consists of one or more series of flashing lights installed at or near ground level that provides positive visual guidance along an approach path, either curving or straight, where special problems exist with hazardous terrain, obstructions, or noise abatement procedures.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (07.28.20)

"In response to these complaints, the FCC issued a formal citation to warn the company that it must comply with these requirements. Following further complaints, the Commission ordered the company to provide information on its marketing of AV transmitters, yet HobbyKing provided no further response, as required by law. The Commission thus proposed this fine in 2018 and adopted it today." Source: From a statement by the FCC, explaining a massive $2,861,128 fine demanded of HobbyKing over issues with their drone products.

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