On April 21, 2015, the FAA released a document stating that significant progress has been made on six action items stemming from a May 30th, 2013 study done by the FAA on noise matters in Los Angeles County. The statement of, “significant progress” followed a request for progress to be made as referred to in the January, 2014 Congressional Appropriations Act.
Piper Malibu On Post-Maintenance Test Flight Went Down In The Spokane River
The NTSB's preliminary report from a May 7 accident involving a Piper Malibu that resulted in the fatal injury of the two people on board indicates that the pilot reported control problems with the airplane before it went down.
Will Provide Entitlement Training For Customers Purchasing New Beechcraft King Air Models With Fusion
Textron subsidiary TRU Simulation + Training will provide entitlement training for Textron Aviation Inc. customers who purchase new production Beechcraft King Air 250, 350i/ER and C90GTx turboprops equipped with the Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics system.
Will Collect And Analyze Data To Assist Farmers With 'Precision Agriculture'
Wolfville-based AerHyve Aerial Technologies has announced a strategic partnership with PrecisionHawk. AerHyve analyzes high quality, multi-sensor data from unmanned aerial vehicles for use in precision agriculture. PrecisionHawk specializes in UAV remote sensing and GIS data processing, and this partnership will provide AerHyve clients with access to PrecisionHawk's hardware and software tools.
An Up and Coming Flight Planning Tool Continues To Gain In Popularity
Andy Matthews, the cofounder and Director of Business Development for iFlightPlanner spends some time to explain how the flight planning function of this app works. In this video, Matthews goes through the core flight planning sets which include routing, receiving an approved weather briefing, computation of the weight and balance, and then filing an FAA flight plan.
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