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December 03, 2018

Airborne 12.03.18: uAvionix skyBeacon, Nextant STC, Spitfire Watch

Also: 1500th ATR, FAA Appointments, Women In Aerospace Bill, PC-24 Air Ambulance

Despite being on the receiving of some bad behavior of the almighty Garmin juggernaut, uAvionix is sticking to its guns and proceeding with an aggressive rollout of some exciting avionics developments. And mind you, its just in time for the renewed FAA rebate. In order to get the rebate, you must select the skyBeacon you’ll need to set the data link option on the rebate form to UAT, and choose uAvionix skyBeacon TSO as the ADS-B transmitter. uAvionix says its shipping the skyBeacon after receiving the STC and credits

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Aero-TV: SpiderTracks – Aero-Tracking Par Excellence

New Zealand Company Tracks Over 6,000 Aircraft Every Day

 

The idea for Spidertracks took root in 2005, when a high-profile New Zealander crashed his helicopter and couldn’t be found for two full weeks. The question became, why wasn’t there a better and more affordable way to locate downed aircraft?

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Aero-TV: SpiderTracks – Aero-Tracking Par Excellence

New Zealand Company Tracks Over 6,000 Aircraft Every Day

The idea for Spidertracks took root in 2005, when a high-profile New Zealander crashed his helicopter and couldn’t be found for two full weeks. The question became, why wasn’t there a better and more affordable way to locate downed aircraft? Not long after that incident, the first Spider made its way into the world.

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Klyde Morris (12.03.18)

What Does Klyde Know About Mars, That We Don't???

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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Airborne 11.30.18: Plane Theft, iFly Indoor Skydiving, SAIB For Aspen

Also: SpaceX Commercial Crew, LOT Passengers Pay Up, Long Island Heli-NIMBYs, Latest SH09 Prototype

Last week, two teenage boys were arrested near the Vernal Regional Airport after landing a small plane they had stolen from a private airstrip in Jensen, Utah. At this time, investigators believe the boys, ages 14 and 15, left a group home on the Wasatch Front earlier this week and made their way to eastern Utah, where they have been staying with friends in the Jensen area. This morning the teens gained access to a tractor and drove it to the air strip in Jensen, where they stole a fixed-wing, single engi

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (12.03.18): Emergency Locator Transmitter

Emergency Locator Transmitter A radio transmitter attached to the aircraft structure which operates from its own power source on 121.5 MHz and 243.0 MHz. It aids in locating downed aircraft by radiating a downward sweeping audio tone, 2-4 times per second. It is designed to function without human action after an accident.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (12.03.18)

Aero Linx: Brigade Air Brigade Air implements a Christian youth mentoring curriculum and mission aviation camping program with the goal of encouraging young people to seriously consider God’s calling on their lives to serve in the arena of missionary aviation. Brigade Air is unique in this nationwide effort. Brigade Air was established on June 1, 2000, with Bruce Wolff as the Director. To date, Brigade Air has educated over 3,200 campers in a total of 153 summer camp weeks over the last 17 years.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (12.03.18)

“Today’s announcement marks tangible progress in America’s return to the Moon’s surface to stay. The innovation of America’s aerospace companies, wedded with our big goals in science and human exploration, are going to help us achieve amazing things on the Moon and feed forward to Mars.” Source: NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, commenting on the nine U.S. companies that are now eligible to bid on NASA delivery services to the lunar surface through Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contracts, as one of the first steps toward long-term scientific study and human exploration of the Moon and eventually Mars.

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