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January 15, 2016

Airborne 01.15.16: Student Pilot Cert Changes, Last S-3 Viking, NTSB Most Wanted List

Also: Buffalo Airways, Barnstorming, FAA Admin At AEA16, Chinese Archers, A-29 Super Tucanos, Alaska CAP Accident, Boeing’s Conner/Doolittle Raiders Honors

The FAA has published an update to its student pilot application process in the federal register that includes a major change in how the certificates are issued. All pilots in training for any certificate level always start as student pilots. The student pilot certificate is required for students in training to fly solo when authorized to do so through instructor endorsements. Up until this proposed change, the paper student pilot certificate has been issued automatically by medical examiners, or through a 15 minute process with an approved FAA representative. After more than 40 years of service, on Monday of this week

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NASA Advisory Panel Releases 2015 Safety Report

Examines Space Agency's Performance Over The Past Year

The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, has issued its 2015 annual report examining NASA's safety performance over the past year and highlighting accomplishments, issues and concerns to agency and government officials.

Company To Develop Prototype Solid Rocket Motor For U.S. Air Force Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Program

The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Launch Systems Directorate has awarded a contract valued at $47 million to Orbital ATK for the development of a solid rocket propulsion system prototype to support the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program for national security space missions.

Sierra Nevada Corp Tapped To Fly CRS-2 Missions Along With SpaceX And Orbital ATK

NASA has awarded three cargo contracts to ensure the critical science, research and technology demonstrations that are informing the agency’s journey to Mars are delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) from 2019 through 2024. The agency unveiled its selection of Orbital ATK of Dulles, VA; Sierra Nevada Corporation of Sparks, NV; and SpaceX of Hawthorne, CA to continue building on the initial resupply partnerships with two American companies.