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Airborne 05.17.17: Avionics Sales Boost, SpaceX Mars Plans, iFlightPlanner

Also: GB1 GameBird, XPONENTIAL Innovation Preview, WestJet, Beverly Flt Ctr, Hilton Software, ATK Rocketry Challenge, SES-10

It’s the tiniest bit of good news... but it IS good news... In the first three months of the year, total worldwide business and GA avionics sales amounted to $566,179,780.61, or more than $566 million as reported by the participating companies in the first quarter 2017 Avionics Market Report released by AEA. The figure represented a 0.01 percent increase in sales compared to the first-quarter 2016 amount of $566,098,705.96. Although the sales amount was nearly identical to t

Aero-TV: Concorde's 40th Anniversary--Surviving Four Decades In A Tough Business

Company Began Manufacturing Batteries In The 1970s...

Concorde Battery Corporation is celebrating a significant milestone this year ... 40 years of providing power for aircraft of all types. Walter Heine, Sales Director for Concorde Battery Corporation told ANN CEO and Editor in Chief Jim Campbell at HAI in Dallas, TX earlier this year that the company began manufacturing batteries in the 1970s, and introduced the recombinant gas RG series batteries in the 1980s.

Airborne 05.16.17: Cessna's Last Mustang, Global 7000 FTV3, Drone Delivery

Also: 'Kickback' Damage, Aero-Calendar, Hypersonic R&D, AUVSI, MedEvac Foundation, African SAR, H125 FastFin

It’s the end of an era... The final production Cessna Citation Mustang has rolled off the assembly line and will be delivered in the coming weeks, signaling the conclusion to a 12-year production run with more than 470 aircraft delivered to customers around the world. The company is positioned for a transition within the light jet segment as it continues to offer customers their Cessna Citation M2. The M2 was introduced in 2013 and has nearly 150 aircraft delivered to customers around t

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (05.17.17)

“The Nation’s aviation system is the safest in the world, but it is woefully inefficient to meet the increasing demands of the 21st century. (This) hearing will shine a spotlight on the challenges facing American aviation and highlight the urgent need for transformational reform of the FAA.” Source: Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), chair of the House Transportation Committee, announcing a meeting to be held Wednesday examining FAA reform and Air Traffic Control privatization.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.17.17): Nonapproach Control Tower

Authorizes aircraft to land or takeoff at the airport controlled by the tower or to transit the Class D airspace.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.17.17)

The Oregon Pilots Association

The goal of the Oregon Pilots Association is to promote aviation in the State of Oregon and to provide information to pilots and anyone interested in general aviation.