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December 19, 2016

Airborne 12.19.16: Part 23 Update, CYGNSS Succeeds, Skycatcher Destruction

Also: CYGNSS Launch, Hoover Sabreliner Roll, Mesa Pilots, Bombardier CS300 TC, JetSuiteX, Mil-UAV Spending, CAP Helps Track Santa

Our first report provides a great way to start the new week because a long-awaited day in the GA community has finally arrived. The FAA announced late last week that they have issued a final rule that overhauls the airworthiness standards for small general aviation airplanes. FAA’s new FAR Part 23 rule establishes performance-based standards for airplanes that weigh less than 19,000 pounds with 19 or fewer seats. It also promotes the use of industry cons

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Heathrow Airport Appoints Jacobs To Integrated Design Team

Providing Services To Support Airport’s Sustainable Expansion

Jacobs Engineering Group has been awarded a four-year contract by London’s Heathrow Airport Ltd to provide airport planning and engineering services to support the airport’s sustainable expansion.

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Barnstorming: Reclaiming Our Legends (Revisited)

I Was Inspired By Many An Aviation Tale... But Who May Be Inspired By Those You (and Others) May Tell?

By Jim Campbell, ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief One of my greatest joys lies in the telling and retelling of some of my experiences and adventures in aviation. Some are pretty adventurous, and have a high "coolness" factor, though most are simple little ditties about sweet moments in time that could only have been arrived at through some form of aerial intervention...

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Klyde Morris (12.19.16)

Klyde Is Getting The Hang Of The Aviation Biz...

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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Airborne 12.16.16: Amazon Prime Air, Saving Santa Monica, Thunderbird Report

Also: AguaDrone, The KSMO Debacle, King Air 350, Airport Lawsuit, Gray Eagle ER, Southwest-Cuba, Trump Tweets v JSF

Amazon has just announced, and produced an informational video, about their first actual drone delivery of a product. They’re calling the service Amazon Prime Air and they are referring to this first delivery as the initiation of their beta-testing program. They say that Prime Air is a delivery system designed to safely get packages to customers in 30 minutes or less using unmanned aerial vehicles. In their press release, Amazon claims their Prime Air has great potent

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (12.19.16): Air Route Traffic Control Control (ARTCC)

Air Route Traffic Control Control (ARTCC) These facilities provide air traffic control service to aircraft operating on IFR flight plans within controlled airspace, principally during the enroute phase of flight. Each ARTCC has a traffic management unit (TMU) that interfaces with the Command Center. When equipment capabilities and controller workload permit, certain advisory/assistance services may be provided to VFR aircraft. There are 20 ARTCCs in the continental U.S.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (12.19.16)

Aero Linx: The National Association of Priest Pilots “It is with paternal satisfaction that the Holy Father views the efforts of the members of the National Association of Priest Pilots to encourage the use of air transportation to obtain ever more abundant spiritual fruits from their sacerdotal ministry and missionary apostolate.”   ---  The Vatican, September 29, 1964. The National Association of Priest Pilots Purpose:   To promote the use of private aircraft as a practical, safe, and efficient tool of the apostolic work of a priest. To cooperate with other aviation and ecclesiastical groups wherever possible in

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (12.19.16)

Aero-News Quote of the Day

“The HF radio systems CAP is using for the Santa Track net are an important resource... During emergency service and disaster relief operations when telephones and Internet may not be working, CAP’s volunteers routinely use radio to report damage assessment, conduct aerial photography and perform other essential missions.” Source: Malcolm Kyser, CAP’s chief of communications, commenting, a bit tongue in cheek, about how the public will be able to eavesdrop Dec. 24 as Civil Air Patrol helps the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) track Santa Claus.

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