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March 23, 2016

Airborne 03.23.16: Piper Reduces M-Prices, USMC Accident Causes, Zenith Cruzer

Also: UAV Filmmaker v LA, RANS S7 Courier, Bader Field, Drones v Cherry Blossoms, NASA Budget, Brazil CA9 Crash, OLD Helo Suit

Piper Aircraft has announced the repositioning of the M-Class product line in anticipation of the certification of the M600, which is expected to take place in third-quarter of this year. In other words, there are some serious price reductions in the works. As part of the product repositioning, Piper Aircraft has reduced the price of the M500 from $2.264M to $1.99M. Additionally, the newly upgraded executive interior will be a standard feature on each M500. Cuts

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The 6th Annual Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week Touches 44,000

Events Held In 120 Venues on 4 Continents; 8,418 Girls Fly

As many as 44,000 women and girls participated in activities during the 6th annual Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week, a global aviation awareness week for girls of any age, In all, 120 venues in Africa, America, Europe, and Oceania hosted activities aimed at advancing gender balance in the air and space industry. The event was founded and managed by the Institute for Women Of Aviation Worldwide (iWOAW).

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Classic Aero-TV: Calidus Autogyro - An Exotic Rotorcraft Design

An Autogyro Equipped For Long-Haul Flights...

James Shimer from Chesapeake Sport Pilot spends some time to show us the new Calidus Autogyro brought to us by Autogyro USA. Built in Germany, it’s constructed of composite and steel. It’s a sleek little autogyro that can cruise at about 90 knots on a Rotax 912 engine. It has a cruise range of about 400 nautical miles, so it’s a good cross-country machine, and it has very good short field takeoff and landing characteristics. The avionics are high tech and it even has an autopilot which is unusual for an autogyro.

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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

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (03.23.16)

“I want to thank our entire controller workforce for everything they do to keep our system the safest in the world.” Source: FAA Administrator Michael Huerta.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.23.16): LPV

A type of approach with vertical guidance (APV) based on WAAS, published on RNAV (GPS) approach charts.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.23.16)

Disbanding of the U.K. Volunteer Glider Corps

The blog 'Blondeography' questions how the Volunteer Glider Corps in the U.K. could have been disbanded with no warning in a post titled "We Would Like Some Answers, Please".

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