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October 11, 2017

Airborne 10.11.17: KSMO Runway Saved?, AIRR Act Mess, PC-24 Update

Also: DJI Privacy Mode, Legend Cub, P2012 Traveller, Universal Avionics, JetBlue/Atlas Air, Max-Viz, SecTrans Travel

A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order halting the shortening of the runway at Santa Monica Airport (KSMO), which was scheduled to begin Monday, October 9th. In his order, Judge Ronald S. Lew, Senior U.S. District Judge, said that the agreement reached between the FAA and the City of Santa Monica violated California law which requires public hearings on such issues. While the California Public Utilities Code does imply "allowance for adoption of sett

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Aero-TV: MGL Avionics for 2017 - The AirVenture '17 Update

Flexible Systems For Experimental And Light Sport Airplanes…

There have arguably been more advances in avionics than any other segment of aviation, many of the offerings available for experimental, amateur-built and light sort airplanes. Matt Liknaitzky, president of MGL Avionics, told Aero-News CEO and Editor in Chief Jim Campbell that his company is continuing its focus on its iEFIS and iEFIS "Lite" products...

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Media Questions Government Jet Use By Transportation Secretary Chao

Ethics Office Has Approved All Flights Taken By The Secretary

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is the latest Trump Administration official to come under the scrutiny of some media outlets for her use of official government aircraft.

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Airborne 10.10.17: Piper Growth, Sovereign Winglets, AEA Pilot’s Guide

Also: Town Bags Drone Regs, Aero-Calendar, Lockheed Martin T-50A, Galileo, ICAO, Platform Approach, AW169

Piper Aircraft, Inc. has announced some good news with its aircraft sales and deliveries for the third quarter of 2017. Aircraft sales continued to grow in both the Trainer class and M-class product lines with the flagship M600 and the single engine Archer TX trainer leading the sales expansion for the company. The company delivered 42 aircraft in Q3 worth $48.6M. The 2017 year to date revenue performance also grew over the same period in 2016 with a nearly $45M or 57% increase. Addit

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (10.11.17)

“The business aviation community stands in solidarity with everyone affected by this tragedy, and we thank the people of Las Vegas for opening their doors to us, especially at this difficult time.” Source: NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen, announcing a gift from the association to the Las Vegas Victims Fund.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (10.11.17): Adjustable Stabilizer

A stabilizer that can be adjusted in flight to trim the airplane, thereby allowing the airplane to fly hands-off at any given airspeed.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.11.17)

The Flying Clippers

The history of Pan Am's fabulous flying ships. Great pix, a timeline and everything you ever wanted to know about these massive but graceful machines.

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