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Airborne 02.09.17: Lightspeed Zulu 3, Red Bull Air Races, Faux Space Capsule

Also: Diamond Trainers, AUVSI’s ‘Airborne-Unmanned’, Drone-Powered $$$, Spirit Pilots, ALTO Aviation, GoPro, AvTaxes

Lightspeed Aviation has launched their Zulu 3 ANR headset. The Zulu 3 builds on the performance and features that made the original Zulu and Zulu 2 popular choices for private and professional pilots worldwide. The Zulu 3 will be backed by a 7-year warranty and sells for $850. Abu Dhabi plays host to the Red Bull Air Race for the 10th time in 2017, with racing set for this weekend It will once again set the scene as the action-packed season opener for a brand new World C

Gone West: Pioneering Female Pilot Doris Lockness

Aviation Career Spanned Six Decades

A pioneer of women in aviation has Gone West. Doris Lockness passed away recently at the age of 106 in Folsom, CA.

Aero-TV: A Pilatus Aircraft Update - A Unique Kind of Aircraft Company

Pilatus Says Their PC-12 Single-Engine Turboprop Airplane Is “Recession Proof”…

While at the Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) held in November 2016, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, talked with Tom Aniello, who is the Vice President of Marketing for Pilatus Business Aircraft. Jim is aware that the Pilatus PC-12 seems to be a product that has been around for quite a while and is still going strong. In this video you’ll hear why this is the case.

Airborne 02.08.17: World View Problems, Bombardier Global@Aspen, Drones and TFRs

Also: CA Safety Advisory, BD-17 And BD-22, Utah Drones, F-35C Fighters, NATA Town Hall, Canadian Airports, ClearVision EVS A $15 million development deal closed more than a year ago between Pima County, AZ and World View, which hopes to carry passengers to the fringe of space under a massive balloon, has been struck down by an Arizona judge, leaving the status of the project in limbo. Working under the agreement, World View has already constructed a 700-foot wide launch pad and headquarters facilities, with some offices already occupied by World View employees. The plan called for World View to lease the

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (02.09.17)

"At a time when we face increased threats from homegrown radicalization and lone-wolf terrorism, we must ensure that our airport access controls are strong and that we are doing all we can to mitigate the insider threat to aviation security." Source: John Katko (R-NY), Chair of the Homeland Security Transportation and Protective Security Subcommittee.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (02.09.17): Outer Area (associated with Class C airspace)

Nonregulatory airspace surrounding designated Class C airspace airports wherein ATC provides radar vectoring and sequencing on a full-time basis for all IFR and participating VFR aircraft.