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Astronautics Selected By LMC To Upgrade Displays On U.S. CBP P-3s

Company To Complete Primary Flight And Navigation Display Upgrades For U.S. Customs And Border Protection Fleet Of P-3 Orion LTR And AEW Aircraft

Astronautics Corporation of America has received a purchase order from Lockheed Martin to upgrade its primary flight and navigation displays on the P-3 Orion Long Range Tracker (LRT) and Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP).

Airborne 03.06.19: Fake Airline Pilot, Gary Airshow, Hoover Foundation

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It sounds like the barely believable plot to a movie. But, a pilot working for South African Airways for over two decades is being charged with fraud, when it was discovered that he was not properly licensed to fly in scheduled airline service. William Chandler started flying for South African Airways (SSA) back in 1994. Somehow, though, he got away with coming on board with only a commercial certificate and not the ATP required by South Africa's CAA -- Though, some reports indica

Klyde Morris 03.08.19

Klyde Feels The Pain Of Being A Hard-Working Fanboy

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (03.08.19)

“The 2019 NBAA Top Safety Focus Areas list represents those actionable and impactful items that all organizations need to address to improve business aviation safety.” Source: Tom Huff, aviation safety officer for Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation and chair of the NBAA Safety Committee.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.08.19): OROCA

AAn off-route altitude which provides obstruction clearance with a 1,000 foot buffer in non−mountainous terrain areas and a 2,000 foot buffer in designated mountainous areas within the United States.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.08.19)

The National WASP WWII Museum

The National WASP WWII Museum seeks to educate and inspire every generation with the history of the WASP: Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, the first women in history to fly America's military aircraft, and who forever changed the role of women in aviation!