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Airborne 11.22.16: Karma Freebie, Bally Bomber Flies, Holloman AFB

Also: FAI Award, Aero-Calendar, NASA $$$, SOFIA Expanding, NBAA Security Conference, Hurricane-Tracking, Cassini Scientist For A Day

Amid the disappointment of a complete recall of GoPro's Karma drone, there appears to be one silver lining. The company is offering a GoPro Hero5 Black Camera to customers who return their aircraft, as requested in the recall, in addition to receiving a complete refund. About 2,500 people who had taken delivery of their Karma drones are eligible for the refunds. The company is offering the free camera as a goodwill gesture in the hopes that the buyers will

Aero-TV: The Moneyball of Aviation - Passur Aerospace's Jim Barry (Part2)

“Challenge the Conventional Norm with Data Combined with Experience”

While at the Redbird Migration 2016 event, our ANN video crew made video records of some of the interesting forums that were presented at the event. This forum by Jim Berry, the President and CEO of Passur Aerospace, is a fascinating look at what technology is doing for various facets of aviation every day, yet we are hardly aware of it.

Airborne 11.21.16: Bob Hoover Memorial, Ron Alexander Lost, Obama v Flytenow

Also: ISS Cargo, AVW: Aerobatics, Republic Airways, Drone World Expo, NTSB On Hot Air Balloons, Flt Schools, Rotax AD

ANN's production of the Bob Hoover Memorial Celebration of Life turned out to be the most challenging production we've ever attempted... but as thousands of people can attest, the wonder of Bob's life was shared with them, live, all over the world. Next, though, is the need to produce a proper program out of all the live and other video recorded in order to offer a tighter and more polished presentation above and beyond what's available in a live format. We're working on

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (11.22.16)

“Each year, the Top Hawk program continues to expand its reach and we are excited to grow the program with five university partners in 2017.” Source: Doug May, Cessna vice president, Piston Aircraft.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (11.22.16): Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS)

An EFVS is an installed airborne system which uses an electronic means to provide a display of the forward external scene topography.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (11.22.16)

National Warplane Museum

The National Warplane Museum (formerly know as The 1941 Historical Aircraft Group) was established in 1994 by an initial band of 250 aviation enthusiasts. The primary goal of the Group was to maintain the traditional airshow held on the turf strip at the Geneseo airport and to highlight the aircraft of the past with a focus on World War II aviation.