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November 02, 2017

AMA Drone Report 11.02.17: Radical Bridge Video, Japan UAS Arena, India Drones

Also: NATS Drone 'Disruption', UAV Over Football Game, Trump UAV Integration, Aero-Political Chat

There’s a pretty intense drone video on YouTube, produced by Rotor Riot and shot in Canada... which is not all that sympathetic to all things unmanned. The pilot flies aggressively and at high-speed, in VERY close proximity along, over and below a bridge heavily populated by moving vehicles... who haven’t a clue to the potential hazard of the quad, should something go wrong. Yes... it looks cool and exciting and the pilot definitely has some skills... and it looks that way because  everythi

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NASA Technology May Reduce Airframe Noise During Landing

Tests Conducted With Two Gulfstream III Aircraft

NASA has concluded a flight test series to investigate technologies that may significantly reduce airframe noise for communities near airports. The flights, which gathered data that will be used to examine the acoustic benefits of two NASA aeronautical technologies, were completed in October at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.

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Barnstorming: Here We Go Again...

A Short Note About Recent Efforts

In the 12 hours or so after we did our latest update on the Icon mess, we got the (almost) expected threatening call from an anonymous number… promising all manner of headaches and woes (even claiming to have the ‘the Cirrus file’ on me—really? I’ve got a file?)… It never fails, I’ve seen this dozens of times over the years… and really wonder when these jerks will get the hint that such tactics have never worked before and certainly won't work now. So... we tell the truth and get attacked for it – which (in part) fuels my occasional questions about the cowardice and pliability of today’s aviation media/advertorialists and why so little truth gets

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AMA Drone Report 10.26.17: Drone Integration Program, Allianz World Championship

Also: Kansas Town Allows Drones, Nano Drones, UAV Shooter Busted, Common Challenges, CA Firefighting

President Trump has directed SecTrans Elaine Chao to launch an initiative to safely test and validate advanced operations for drones in partnership with state and local governments in select jurisdictions. The UAS Integration Pilot Program implements a directive signed by the President, and the results will be used to accelerate the safe integration UAS into the national airspace and to realize the benefits of unmanned technology in our economy. The Drone Racing League (DRL) and The General Sport Authori

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (11.02.17)

“Airline passengers continue to benefit from the highly competitive air-service landscape this holiday season, as low fares and increased availability of seats continue to make air travel widely accessible.” Source: A4A Vice President and Chief Economist John Heimlich.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (11.02.17): Indicated Airspeed (IAS)

Shown on the dial of the instrument airspeed indicator on an aircraft. Indicated airspeed (IAS) is the airspeed indicator reading uncorrected for instrument, position, and other errors.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (11.02.17)

An Apollo Astronaut's Anger at NASA's Lost Decades

Tom Stafford was the commander of Apollo 10, the final mission before the historic landing on the moon. Needless to say, he's seen the rise and fall of the U.S. Space Program, and now he says we've wasted the last 16 years of manned spaceflight.

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