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All News

February 14, 2017

Airborne 02.14.17: AW609 Update, Fighting ATC Privatization, Drone Racing League

Also: Van Horn Aviation, Aero-Calendar, AF1 Encounter, USAF Pilots, Leonardo, Air Plains, Duncan Aviation

The AW609 TiltRotor program is expected to start icing trials soon following recent ground and flight testing activities. These advances have been made in support of FAA certification, which reportedly remains on track for 2018. The third airframe prototype, based at Leonardo’s facility in Philadelphia, performed several weeks of unrestrained ground testing and, more recently, flight trials that allowed avionics and all systems to be fully tested. During initial flights, the aircraft performed

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Potshots Taken At FAA Radar Tower In Colorado

Seven Bullet Holes Discovered In The Dish

The Mesa County, CO Sheriff says that the radar tower at Grand Junction Colorado was recently vandalized by gunfire.

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JetPack Aviation Introduces 'Flying Car' Concept

Single-Seat, Multi-Rotor Commuter Aircraft Is On The Drawing Board

Call it the dream that will just not die. There is a new entry into the field to produce a flying "car" ... though this one is not a so-called "roadable" aircraft. The JPA VTOL aircraft basically takes the concept of a multi-rotor UAV and scales it up to carry a person, and fit in your garage.

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Wissler Biplane On Display At Ohio Museum

Aircraft Underwent Four-Year Restoration

A Wissler WA-6 biplane has been placed on display at the Logan County (Ohio) Historical Society Transportation Museum.

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'Against The Wind' Documentary Seeks Crowdfunding

Filmmaker Establishes A 'GoFundMe' Presence For The Project

A filmmaker creating a movie about the restoration of a C-47 has established GoFundMe page to help finance the project.

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Aero-TV: Kestrel Multi-Tasking UAV - Autel's Fixed Wing VTOL Platform

The Kestrel Vertical Lift Airplane Drone Is Designed For Long-Range And Endurance…

While at the Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas in January 2017, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, visited with the people at Autel Robotics and discovered that not all drones are vertical lift quadcopter’s. In this video, we take a look at a drone called the Kestrel. Jim spoke with Natalie Cheng, who is the Director of Communications for Autel and Mark Schwarzbach, the Director of Applications & Systems at Autel Robotics.

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Airborne 02.13.17: Challenger Memento Soars, USN Unreadiness, Enlisted RPA Pilot

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 stati

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (02.14.17)

“The FAA and the helicopter industry have worked together to educate the civil helicopter community about safe practices, to drive these improved results.” Source: FAA administrator Michael Huerta.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (02.14.17): Pilot Briefing

A service provided by the FSS to assist pilots in flight planning. Briefing items may include weather information, NOTAMS, military activities, flow control information, and other items as requested.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (02.14.17)

Air Traffic Control 'Privatization' Is Anything But

From "The Hill", an opinion column by contributor Andrew Langer on the debate over privatizing ATC.

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