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Former FAA Aviation Safety Inspector Sentenced To More Than Six Years In Prison

Found Guilty In Federal Court In A Bribery And Fraud Scheme

Former FAA Safety Inspector Manuel R. Fernandez, 42, of Miami, has been sentenced to 75 months in prison after having been convicted by a trial jury of twenty-one criminal counts related to his participation in a bribery and fraud scheme.

F4F Wildcat Found At The Bottom Of Florida's St. Johns River

Sonar Image Led Divers To The Discovery

The remains of an F4F Wildcat have been found at the bottom of the St. Johns River in northeast Florida that is believed to have gone down sometime between 1943 and 1945.

Airborne 12.09.19: DroneStrike... Or Not?, Rotax 2020 Fly-In, ICAS 2019

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While no actual physical or visual evidence has been confirmed at this point, a drone is being blamed for the damage to a news helicopter in Southern California. The crew of the KABC Air7 HD news gathering helicopter made an emergency landing Thursday after ‘something’ struck the helicopter's tail. Despite the current lack of substantiation, nonetheless, the crew believes their aircraft was hit by a drone. The new helo was flying at an altitude of about 1,100 feet when the crew heard a "pop," then

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (12.11.19)

“We have had feedback from other countries around the world where there are regular drone operations that the concern of the population is not that much about privacy, is not that much about safety, but it’s very, very much about noise.” Source: EASA Executive Director Patrick Ky, discussing the recent High Level Conference on Drones held in Amsterdam.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (12.11.19): Directly Behind

An aircraft is considered to be operating directly behind when it is following the actual flight path of the lead aircraft over the surface of the earth except when applying wake turbulence separation criteria.