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Generating buzz is good marketing, and DJI was doing so with a Tweet announcing new products for the Mobile World Congress 2017 -- with a date, time and location -- and a suggestive image which had the drone press speculating/drooling over what may lie ahead. And that included us. The first theory had DJI taking the wraps off a Phantom 5. The Phantom 4 was introduced last year, but speculation suggested that people who just bought a Phantom 4 might be unhappy if an upgraded drone was released too soon. There was also buzz

Klyde Is Amazed By All The Ways NASA Info Gets Interpreted

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When the news first came out, in 2015, that Van's Aircraft was sued for a considerable amount of money and that the law firm pressing the action was being VERY public about it, many feared the worst. Two years later, though, the lawsuit against the company has been dismissed. The news is pretty much all bad, and some of it is really bad. GAMA Chairman and Piper boss Simon Caldecott, announced at the GAMA  “Annual Industry Review” press conference, that airplane shipments globally

Aero Linx: Georgia Business Aviation Association GBAA Mission Statement: To promote the aviation interest of companies, in the state of Georgia, operating aircraft as an aid to the conduct of their business; to foster among them the highest degree of operational efficiency and safety; to bring Members into closer personal and friendly relations with each other, to interchange ideas on operational matters; to advance and maintain an enlightened understanding on the part of the government and airport authorities of member problems; to take such steps as proper and necessary in order to promote better relations and secure proper advantage from regulatory and other agencies, and by these means to at

Navigation Reference System (NRS) The NRS is a system of waypoints developed for use within the United States for flight planning and navigation without reference to ground based navigational aids. The NRS waypoints are located in a grid pattern along defined latitude and longitude lines. The initial use of the NRS will be in the high altitude environment in conjunction with the High Altitude Redesign initiative. The NRS waypoints are intended for use by aircraft capable of point−to−point navigation.

“It’s been over a decade since the world has seen this many P-51 Mustangs in one place at one time... We have the honor of not only hosting them, but helping our friends at Stallion 51 celebrate their 30th anniversary.” Source: Greg Gibson, Air Operations Director for Sun 'n Fun, chatting about what is being billed as possibly the largest gathering of P-51 Mustangs in a decade or more ... on Wednesday, April 5th, 2017 Stallion 51’s invited guests will arrive impressive formation for what is promising to be the largest assembly of P-51 Mustangs in over a decade at Sun 'n Fun in Lakeland, FL.