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January 28, 2016

Airborne 01.28.16: Textron's 1Call, ATC Privatization, Reno Races 2016

Also: Extending The AIP, AG UAV, United Pilots, Italian Aviation Tax, Honeywell Autopilots, F-35 Fires 1st AIM-9X

Textron Aviation has bolstered its customer service offering with the launch of 1Call, which provides a single point of contact for Beechcraft, Citation and Hawker customers during unscheduled maintenance events. The 1Call service means that aircraft operators now have a single phone number for quick access to Textron Aviation’s customer service team for immediate support. From the initial call to progress reports to after service follow-up, aircraft operators have a single point of contact. Congressmen Sam Graves and Todd Rokita say the FAA has had ample opportunity to modernize the nation's air traffic control system, and shifting tha

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Aero-TV: Keeping Model History Alive - Brian Curry's Remarkable R/C Radio Collection

No Kidding.... This Is Electro-Nostalgia At Its Best!

While at the AMA Expo 2016, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, came across a real “blast from the past.” Jim met up with Brian Curry, the owner of “Memories From the Past,” and Jim re-lived some of those days when he received his introduction to aviation through model aircraft.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 Upgrade Certified For National Security Launches

Certification Update Takes Into Account All Of The Spring 2015 Independent Review Committee's Recommendations

Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, Space and Missile Systems Center commander and Air Force program executive officer for space, updated the certified baseline configuration of SpaceX's Falcon 9 Launch System to Falcon 9 Upgrade, for use in National Security Space (NSS) missions. The baseline configuration was updated from the Falcon 9 Launch System to the Falcon 9 Upgrade on Jan. 25.

House Majority Leader McCarthy Introduces Companion Legislation

U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) will be introducing legislation in the Senate and House, respectively, that would repeal a provision of the Fiscal Year 2016 Omnibus Appropriations Bill that effectively allows the unlimited purchase and use of Russian rocket engines manufactured by a Russian company with close ties to the regime of Vladimir Putin for U.S. national security space launches.