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Airborne 03.30.17: CSeries TransAtlantic, Freedom Drone Sports, SLS Test

Also: LA Times v Santa Monica, FAA UAS Symposium, China Lake AirShow, Drone Pollination, Airline Traffic, F-35, Western Aircraft

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has confirmed that a CSeries aircraft, with a representative payload, successfully flew non-stop from London City Airport to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City. The direct intercontinental flight followed a series of successful flights to demonstrate the CS100 aircraft's capabilities for operations to and from LCY, including steep approach landing and short runway performance. The FAI and Freedom Drone Sports have signed a memorandum

AMA Drone Report 03.30.17: Taylor v Huerta, Drone Privacy, New AMA Pubs

Also: Police Use Drones, Drone Interferes with Firefight, New XIRO

Sorry to be so serious this week... but a number of legal and legislative issues have been introduced that may affect you. First; opening arguments in the case Taylor vs. Huerta were heard recently... and the judge was apparently not impressed by the arguments made by the FAA. The case was brought by Maryland Attorney John Taylor, who contends that the FAA did not follow proper procedure when it enacted the registration database just before the holidays in 2015, and that it ignored Section 336A of the FAA Modernization Act which pr

Airborne-Unmanned 03.28.17: Gremlins UAS, Drone Privacy, Alpha Unmanned Helo

Also: Knifefish UUV, Runway Inspection Drones, Drone Hinders Firefighting, Canada's New Drone Regs

DARPA has awarded two Phase 2 contracts of its Gremlins program to Dynetics, Inc. and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. The goal of the Gremlins program is to develop UAS that can be launched in groups from different types of military aircraft, while they are out of range of adversaries. These vehicles would be launched from military aircrafts such as small fixed-wing UAS, bombers and fighters. Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) have introduced legislation in

Airborne 03.29.17: F-16 Makes A Move, Sumwalt to NTSB, DJI Proposes Drone IDs

Also: SKYe SH09, AEA 2017 Opening/NPI, FAA Certifies Elite, Carrier Strike Group, G650 Sim, SBIRS Satellite, Hawaiian Airlines

The ‘electric jet’ is moving to South Carolina... The production line for Lockheed Martin's F-16 fighter jets will be moved from Ft. Worth, TX to Greenville, SC, according to company officials. The company says it will roll the last Texas-built F-16 off the line in September, at which time all of the equipment and tools for manufacturing the aircraft will be transferred to Greenville. The Ft. Worth plant will be expanded to produce F-35 Lighting II airplanes. Preside

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (03.30.17)

“It’s great to get to announce so many assignments at once. There’s plenty of work to be done at the space station, and the research opportunities are almost limitless. These folks are all going to do great work and bring a lot of value to their crewmates.” Source: Chris Cassidy, chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.30.17): Hazardous Wildlife

Species of wildlife (birds, mammals, reptiles, insects, earthworms), including feral animals and domesticated animals not under control, that are associated with aircraft strike problems.