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January 16, 2019

Airborne 01.16.19: ATC Gets Pizza, SpaceX LayOffs, AirVenture '19 AirShow

Also: Plane-Power Six-Phase A/C Alternators, NATCA Sues, AirFlair Winner, Lion Air Flight 610 CVR

Canadian air traffic controllers are doing what they can to help out their U.S. counterparts on Long Island as the American controllers work without pay during the partial government shutdown. Atlantic Canada controllers ordered up several pizzas and had them delivered to the control center on Long Island where Controllers have been working without pay since December 22 due to the partial shutdown. There are currently about 14,000 controllers in the U.S. working without pay, according t

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Local EAA Chapter 534 Gives Thanks To Outgoing President

Jodie Soule’ Led The Chapter For Three Years

The Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 534 presented a commemorative plaque to Jodie Soule’ for the three years she served as the chapter’s president.

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AMA Drone Report 01.10.19: Gov’t Shutdown, DJI Movie Villain, Surfers v Drone

Also: Weather Grounds NYPD, Electric VTOL Aircraft, Anti-Drone Market, Mid-Michigan College

As you are aware, the federal government has been partially shut down until funding legislation is passed. At this time, there does not appear to be a compromise in sight, as congressional leaders for both parties have taken a firm stance on key issues. The AMA government affairs team has been working with the FAA to address provisions relating to our hobby; however, our correspondence has been reduced due to the furlough. AMA has received a lot of questions regarding FAA registration requirements. On Decemb

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Airborne 01.14.19: Air Race Classic, Student In Distress, AirCam Bahamas

Also: AvGroups Urge End To Shutdown, USAF Accepts KC-46A, Hubble Images, New Airport for Knoxville?

Registration is open for the 43rd Air Race Classic (ARC), the annual all-women cross-country airplane race. More than 100 women pilots from around the world are expected to compete in this year's ARC, which begins Tuesday, June 18 in Jackson, Tennessee, and ends Friday, June 21 in Welland, Ontario. The oldest race of its kind in the United States, the ARC traces its roots to the 1929 Women's Air Derby, in which Amelia Earhart and 19 other daring female pilots raced from Santa Monica, California, to Clevel

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (01.16.19)

"The FAA’s separate call for comments on a proposed rule concerning operational limitations, airspace restrictions, hardware requirements, and associated identification and tracking technologies will further shape a national UAS policy." Source: Brian Wynne, AUVSI president and CEO, on the FAA's NPRM and ANPRM concerning drone regulations.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (01.16.19): QFE

The atmospheric pressure at aerodrome elevation (or at runway threshold).

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.16.19)

"Lost in space: They paid $100,000 to ride on XCOR's space plane. Now they want their money back"

From the Los Angeles Times, the story of XCOR and its ticket holders — 282 of them, as of the most recent count — is a cautionary tale for the space tourism age.

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