Also: Drone Laws, Know Before U Fly, AMA's New President Rich Hanson

There’s little question that the DJI Mavic is carving out a lot of market share... now, new accessories for the Mavic Pro have been added to the mix. Two new products will shield the Mavic Pro’s propellers. The Propeller Guard places a barrier just around the propellers -- while the Propeller Cage mounts on the Mavic Pro’s arms and completely encircles a set of slightly smaller 7728 Quick-Release Folding Propellers. A new Advanced Battery Charging Hub for Mavic Pro is a smart, quick and reliable way to charge up to fo

Skywriting Pilot Linked To Lindbergh Replicated Stamp Image

The U.S. Postal Service’s new Love Skywriting Forever stamp image was replicated by a skywriting pilot linked to iconic aviator Charles Lindbergh on January 7.

Also: Eastern 980, FPV Races, RC Airshow, Skywriting Stamp, WASP Doris Lockness, Canadian Aero-$$$, Camcopter S-100

A soccer ball originally packed onto space shuttle Challenger in 1986 is now orbiting the Earth on board the International Space Station. The soccer ball was signed and presented to the late NASA astronaut Ellison Onizuka by soccer players -- including his daughter -- from Clear Lake High School, near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Onizuka, of course, was one of seven astronauts on board Challenger on Jan. 28, 1986, when it came apart shortly after liftoff. It’s a startling statistic..

GDU Says That Modularity Places Them In A Unique Position In The Drone Industry…

While at the Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas in January 2017, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell visited with a drone manufacturer by the name of GDU. Jim spoke with Nicolia Wiles, who is the Director of Digital at GDU. Wiles says it’s all about innovation and their company believes modularity is going to be the hot topic for drones in 2017.

Klyde Takes A Look At The Real Issues In The City's Attacks Against KSMO

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

Steadily Adding Customers And Employees Over 20 Years Of Operation

The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well at ACI Jet, which is seeing a period of growth and expansion, adding customers and employees to its operation.

Also: Able Flight, Barnstorming: Double Trouble, Red Bull!, ADS-B – FANS, 'The Big E', NATA Program, Teamsters Appeal

Worst drone laws ever? An examination of Hempstead, NY, drone laws reveals penalties for anyone who transports a drone through the city. The law states that "The Town Board ... finds that the flying of these drones presents a noisy and potentially dangerous condition to the public and wildlife that may be present at Town facilities and that drone use at Town facilities is inconsistent with the establishment and maintaining of a safe and pleasing public environment.” But here&

Minimum Vectoring Altitude The lowest MSL altitude at which an IFR aircraft will be vectored by a radar controller, except as otherwise authorized for radar approaches, departures, and missed approaches. The altitude meets IFR obstacle clearance criteria. It may be lower than the published MEA along an airway or J-route segment. It may be utilized for radar vectoring only upon the controller’s determination that an adequate radar return is being received from the aircraft being controlled. Charts depicting minimum vectoring altitudes are normally available only to the controllers and not to pilots.

Aero Linx: The Kentucky Aviation Association The Kentucky Aviation Association is a non-profit corporation organized under the 501(c)(6) federal tax code. We foster and promote aviation facilities, safety, industry, business, recreation, and aerospace education in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and pool and bring together the various interests and talents of individuals, bureaus, agencies, departments, professional people, and municipalities, for those purposes.

"Everybody who has a pilot today is in this game. Because the reality is, if you look at the numbers, the airlines require 3,500 pilots every year through 2025. I produce about 1,200 a year. So what we have is actually a national shortage of pilots.” Source: Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, deiscussing the shortage of military pilots created when the Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010 became law. Gen. Goldfein notes that it set a standard of 1,500 hour for a civilian pilot to qualify to become an airline pilot, while the standard for military pilots is 750 hours. He is now calling on Congress to change those rules and lower the minimum hours for civilian pilots be