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December 17, 2019

Class Of 2019 Inducted Into San Diego Air & Space Museum HOF

Includes Lt. Col. David Hamilton, The Last Surviving Pathfinders Pilot From World War II

More than 600 guests were on hand on Saturday, November 23 to witness the induction of the Distinguished Class of 2019 into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum.

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Airborne 12.16.19: C-130 Tragedy, Drone Racing Showdown, AirVenture 2020

Also: Clay Lacy Aviation, AF Academy UAS Center, New Flying Classroom, UN World Space Forum

Human remains have been recovered from a Chilean Air Force C-130 which went down last week while enroute to Antarctica. Arturo Merino, head of Chile’s air force, said there were no survivors from the accident. The plane had departed Monday from the southern city of Punta Arenas in Chilean Patagonia. There were 12 passengers and 17 crew members on board the aircraft. “The condition of the remains we discovered make it practically impossible that anyone could have survived the airplane accident,”

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Airborne-Unmanned 12.17.19: NASA Multirotor, Cannabis Drones?, UND UAS Degree

Also: Altitude Angel, GA-ASI Demo Flights, Terra Drone, Global Agriculture Drones Market

NASA has developed a flexible way to test new designs for aircraft that use multiple rotors to fly. The Multirotor Test Bed, or MTB, will let researchers study a wide variety of rotor configurations for different vehicles, including tiltrotor aircraft, mid-sized drones and those future air taxis. The agency released a video showing the MTB set up in a four-rotor configuration during a recent demonstration inside the U.S. Army’s 7- by 10-foot wind tunnel at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’

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Airborne-Unmanned 12.10.19: EHang In-City Demo, ISO Standards, DroneStrike?

Also: Drone Aviation-ComSovereign, Public Safety UAS Training, Disaster Management, NCDOT Drone Program

EHang has announced its strategic partnership with property developer Heli Chuangxin Real Estate Co. to build out a UAM demonstration project in Guangzhou. This is a major milestone as EHang prepares for the launch of commercial operations of its much-anticipated autonomous flying taxis. Heli Chuangxin and EHang have committed themselves to building the world's first commercial in-city sightseeing UAM route. On November 30, two passenger-grade AAVs of the two-seater EHang 216 model performed simultane

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (12.17.19)

"Ensuring our local airports can effectively regulate aircraft noise pollution based on what works for them and their community is essential to promote the health and wellbeing of our communities." Source:  Congressman Joe Neguse. (D-CO), on the introduction of the Aircraft Noise Reduction Act.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (12.17.19): Continue

When used as a control instruction should be followed by another word or words clarifying what is expected of the pilot. Example: “continue taxi,” “continue descent,” “continue inbound,” etc.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (12.17.19)

Newly Released Video Shows Then Col. Chuck Yeager Losing Control and Crashing an NF-104A At Edwards AFB in 1963

From The Aviationist, fantastic footage released by Edwards Air Force Base History Office shows the famous Dec. 10, 1963 “Zoom Flight” incident depicted in “The Right Stuff”.

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