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Airborne 04.19.17: Planes Of Fame Update, Red Bull Races, Aerocet TSO

Also: Continental MSB, Great Lakes, Delta Orders, NAHF 2017, 737 MAX 8, A350-1000, 'Graphic Forecasts For Aviation'

The petition supporting the Planes of Fame Air Museum Air Show has crossed the 15,000 signature mark, on the way to 25,000. In an update, Planes of Fame Executive Director Steve Hinton said the museum is moving ahead with all plans and preparations for the show, which will continue "until the court tells us otherwise." Comments and letters have come from people in our own community, all over the state of California, the midwest and east coast, and places like Australia, New Zealand, Denmar

Aero-TV: PALU Angels at Heli-Expo 2017 - A New Approach To Heli-Approaches

High-Precision Instrument Guidance System Coming Soon To The Market…

An Italian start-up company is working on an ADS-B-based technology to enhance safety of helicopter approaches and landings. Luka Branca, Director of Business Development for Palu, told Aero-News CEO and Editor in Chief Jim Campbell at Heli-EXPO 2017, in Dallas, that Angels is a precision, ground-based approach system. It downlinks data from the helicopter to the ground station, which makes a predictive elaboration of the data and uplinks it back to the aircraft giving lateral and vertical alignment.

Airborne 04.18.17: Bk160 Gabriél, Fuller v Airlines, Drone NIMBYs

Also: Co WWII Museum, Aero-Calendar, AIAA, B/E Aerospace, Shuttle Tile, Gripen Biofuel, Drone Bust

Italian aircraft manufacturer Blackshape introduced the new Bk160 – Gabriél at AERO Friedrichshafen. The company said that the Bk160 – Gabriél represents a major milestone in the small aircraft sector with a full glass-cockpit resembling modern military trainers. The airplanes aggressive attitude with sporty finishing are inspired by the hand-made tailor style with a touch of "Italianness" in its design. Former AOPA Boss, Craig Fuller, continues to make a lot of sense as he opines

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (04.19.17)

"After briefings and discussions with our aircrew, their training wing leadership, the engineers, and aeromedical experts, we have identified a way forward to resume flight operations safely by limiting the maximum cabin altitude to below 10,000 feet in order be able to operate without using the OBOGS system. This will remain our top safety priority until we fully understand all causal factors and have identified a solution that will further reduce the risks to our aircrew." Source: Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker, Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF), announcing that the Navy's T-45 Goshawk trainers would be returned to flying status.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (04.19.17): Minimum Holding Altitude

The lowest altitude prescribed for a holding pattern which assures navigational signal coverage, communications, and meets obstacle clearance requirements.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.19.17)

Barnstorming bi-plane pilots and their daring stuntmen caught America's imagination just as aviation was taking flight. They were the original ambassadors of flight giving regular folk a chance to see their world from a bird's eye view.