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Airborne 03.22.16: 1st US Airbus, Spin Record, UK Airshows, Avidyne

Also: GPS Testing, Aero-Calendar, Pilot Support, StellarXplorers, Glenn Research Center, Global Vectra/Era, Duncan Aviation

We have reported a number of times about first flights of a new model of Airbus airliner. In this report however, the story is not about the aircraft…it’s about where it was produced. This first flight is of the first Airbus aircraft produced in the U.S. Airbus manufacturing facility. The A321, destined for JetBlue Airlines took off from the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley in Mobile, Alabama, performed its test sequences, and landed about 3 ½ hours l

Atlantic City Puts Bader Field Up For Auction

Hopes To Pay Down A Portion Of $437 Million Debt

City Commissioners in cash-strapped Atlantic City, NJ last week voted to put Bader Field, an airport closed in 2006, up for auction.

Aero-TV: The Aeromarine Zigolo - A 21st Century Primary Glider

Gliding Into The Future On Electric Power?

Here’s a video that shows you that affordable recreational flying is not down for the count. While at the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo 2016, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, visits with Chip Irwin, the owner of Aero Marine LSA. This year, Aero Marine was at the Expo with its new single-place LSA, but they also produce what looks like a great little FAR 103 legal ultralight called the Zigolo.

FAA: Drones And Cherry Blossoms Don't Mix

Releases Video Reminding UAV Operators That The Nation's Capital Is A 'No Drone Zone'

Spring in the Nation’s Capital brings with it the extraordinary beauty of the cherry trees blooming around the Tidal Basin. The FAA says visitors should shoot all the photos and video you want – but leave your drone at home.

Airborne 03.21.16: Columbine II Flies!, Mars 2040?, 'That's All Brother' Update

Also: Senate Resolution, Crew Chiefs, Hypersonic Aircraft, Falcon 8X, UAS Partnerships, UPS Pilots, Int'l Women’s Air & Space Museum

Last week we reported that the team working in Marana, Arizona to restore the Lockheed Constellation, ‘Columbine Two’, to airworthy condition was nearly ready to ferry the plane to its new home in Bridgewater, Virginia, where the restoration will be completed. President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s, ‘Columbine Two’, was the first presidential airplane to use the call sign, ‘Air Force One’. Things must be progres

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (03.22.16)

“Unfortunately, this administration has once again done a disservice to NASA, its employees, and our nation by providing a budget request that ignores the budget agreement, requesting mandatory funding for NASA." Source: House Space Subcommittee Chairman Brian Babin (R-TX).

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.22.16): Low Approach

An approach over an airport or runway following an instrument approach or a VFR approach including the go-around maneuver where the pilot intentionally does not make contact with the runway.