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January 06, 2016

Person Claiming To Be A Student Pilot Arrested In Laser Incident

Accused Of Pointing A Green Laser At Control Tower, Airplane In Daytona

A man claiming to be a student at ATP Flight School was arrested Sunday night on suspicion of aiming a laser at an American Airlines plane on approach as well as the control tower cab at Daytona Beach International Airport (KDAB).

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Commercial Flight Of KuangChi Cloud A Milestone In Urban Space Innovation

Tethered Airship Provides Communication And Internet Access Services

With a commercial contract of HK$180 million (approx $23 million U.S.), the city-level Cloud space information platform, a prominent product of KuangChi Science's intelligent urban space business, completed its first commercial flight globally and started its first commercial operation on Dec. 28, 2015 in Dongguan, South China's Guangdong Province. Some 100 people, including Dongguan mayor Yuan Baocheng and KuangChi chairman Liu Ruopeng, witnessed the Cloud's ascent at Dongguan Eco Park.

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Airborne 01.06.16: SpaceShipTwo-2 Unveil, DJI Demo's Geofencing, UK-To-Australia

Also: Russia v SpaceX, T-28s at AirVenture, 'Sunshine Superman', Ditching Survivor, Sea Combat Squadron 84, Fort Wayne Aero Center, Chicago Airport Cops

The second SpaceShipTwo is scheduled for rollout from a hangar at Mojave Air and Space Port on February 19th, according to media advisories from Virgin Galactic, and none other than Professor Stephen Hawking has been invited to be on hand for the festivities. Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson said he invited Hawking to attend the rollout if he is well enough to travel. As the UAV industry faces new restrictions and concerns about where the smal

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Airborne 01.05.16: FAA Reauthorization, Paramotor Odyssey, UAVs Save The Whales

Also: FAA Sued, Aero-Calendar, RR Celebrates, Mi-38 Cert, Women In Aerospace, Hubble Sees, First Q400 Cargo-Combi

Legislators say they are focused on getting an FAA reauthorization bill through Congress before the March 30 expiration date of the continuing resolution now funding the FAA. Politico reports that in the U.S. House, Representative Peter DeFazio, the ranking Democrat on the House Transportation Committee, said that he has concerns about an expected GOP proposal to split Air Traffic Control out of the FAA, but does not think that such concerns will cause a significant holdup to the legislation

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (01.06.16)

"The audit was conducted by the FAA in a very proactive and constructive way. The auditors perfectly understand the different nature of LSA within the full picture of aviation products." Source: Oliver Reinhardt, Head of Airworthiness for Flight Design.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (01.06.16): Position Report

A report over a known location as transmitted by an aircraft to ATC.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.06.16)

FAA Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award

The FAA Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award recognizes pilots who have demonstrated professionalism, skill and aviation expertise by maintaining safe operations for 50 or more years.

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