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NASA Balloon Reaches Australia After Nearly One Month Of Flight

Completing First Of Several Planned Circumnavigations

After nearly a month of flight, a massive NASA Super Pressure Balloon (SPB) is closing in on a key milestone of completing the first of many planned circumnavigations of the globe.

Airborne 04.29.15: AMA Responds To UAV NPRM, Johnny Kazian Goes West, Solar Impu

Also: BRS Chutes, Noise Complaints Ground Aerobat, Airline Thefts, UAV Flight School, Uber Helis, Drone Mail Delivery

The Academy of Model Aeronautics has published its response to the FAA’s notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the regulating of small unmanned aerial systems, also known as sUAS. The AMA website leads into their response with the following statement: “The Academy believes that the FAA must address and adjudicate the 33,000 plus comments to its interpretation of the Special Rule for Model Aircraft and resolve the issues and concerns presented before moving forward in finaliz

Classic Aero-TV: AIRBOSSINC -- Providing An Alternative to the FAA

The FAA Is NOT The Only Entity That Can Offer Controlled Ops At Airshows...

While at the Light Sport Aircraft Expo 2014 in Sebring, Florida ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell was flying a lot of planes and noticed how smoothly the air traffic control tower operations were going. In this video we find out that the control tower was being operated by a private company named Airboss Inc. Jim took the time to meet with George Cline, the President of Airboss Inc. to get more information about his company and its operation.

Airborne 04.28.15: OSH15 NOTAM, Draken L-39 Upgrade, AOPA Wants More UAV Regs

Also: Halifax Lawsuit, Aero-Calendar, USAF To The Rescue, Apache Drawdown, More Diamonds, B-1/LRS-B Realigned

Now we know AirVenture is getting closer because the FAA has released the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015 Notice to Airmen, featuring arrival and departure procedures for EAA’s annual AirVenture fly-in convention being held July 20 through 26 at Wittman Regional Airport. The NOTAM, which is in effect starting 6 a.m. central time July 17 to noon central time July 27, outlines procedures for the many types of aircraft that fly to Oshkosh for the event, as well as aircraft that land at nearby airp