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August 27, 2013

Poll: U.S. Citizens Support Unarmed Domestic UAVs

But Public Also Prefers Requiring Court Orders First

As the federal government moves closer to formulating a policy for the domestic use of unmanned aerial vehicles, a Monmouth University Poll finds the American public continues to support many applications of this technology. The public is not overwhelmingly confident, though, that federal or local law officials will use drones appropriately and they back provisions to require court orders before employing drones for police operations.

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Alaska DNR To Allow Helicopters To Assist In Hydroelectric Dam Research

Will Be Conducting Fish Studies, Taking Stream Flow Measurements

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will allow Nuvista Electric Cooperative to use a helicopter as it researches the feasibility of placing a hydroelectric dam at Chikuminuk Lake in the Wood Tikchik State Park.

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FAA Pulls Plug On Journalism Schools' UAVs

Two Schools Lose Ability To Use Aircraft For News-Gathering Purposes

Two Midwestern journalism schools have had their wings clipped by the FAA ... as least when it comes to operating unmanned ENG aircraft outdoors.

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DanCopter Receives Its Fourth Eurocopter EC225 Helicopter

Will Serve Offshore Oil And Gas Market From Denmark

A fourth EC225 helicopter has been delivered to Denmark’s DanCopter A/S – which operates the rotorcraft for crew change missions to offshore oil and gas platforms in the North Sea. The handover was made at the Marignane, France production facility of Eurocopter, and will be followed by the helicopter’s ferry flight to DanCopter’s Esbjerg, Denmark operating base with personnel aboard from DanCopter, Maersk and Blueway.

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Helicopter Landing At Gentlemen's Club Not Illegal

Aircraft Delivered Well-Known Exotic Dancer For A Show

When it comes to NIMBY, there are two things that often float to the top of the complaint list of any town; strip clubs and helicopters. In Salisbury, MA, it was both ... in one location.

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AD: Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH (ECD) Helicopters

AD NUMBER: 2013-16-20

PRODUCT: ECD Model MBB-BK 117 C-2 helicopters.

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Wheels Up For First Production Citation M2

Type Certification Is Expected This Fall

Cessna celebrated Friday as the first production unit of its newest business jet, the Citation M2, took its maiden flight out of the company’s Independence, KS, facility. The M2 was announced in September of 2011 with a design driven by customer and pilot feedback. It is the latest in a succession of new Cessna aircraft to make its initial production flight, and type certification is expected this fall.

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Four Confirmed Fatally Injured In North Sea Super Puma Accident

Helicopter Carrying 18 Ditched Two Nautical Miles Offshore

A CHC Helicopter AS332L2 aircraft landed in the water Friday about two nautical miles west of Sumburgh, on Shetland Island in the U.K. The company said in a statement in its website that the helicopter had traveled from Aberdeen to two North Sea oil-and-gas rigs before returning to Sumburgh. The aircraft was on approach to Sumburgh Airport at about 6:20 p.m. local time when contact was lost with air traffic control.

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