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Airborne 05.02.18: New Shepard 8th Mission, GA Avionics Report, Richard Collins

Also: Medicals 4 Comm. Balloon Pilots, AAL Pilot Recruitment, Boeing KC-46, Airshow Pilot Elgin Wells Lost

New Shepard flew again for the eighth time on April 29, 2018, from Blue Origin’s West Texas Launch Site. Known as Mission 8 (M8), the mission featured a reflight of the vehicle flown on Mission 7. The Crew Capsule reached an apogee of 351,000 feet (66 miles) – which Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos said in a tweet is "the altitude we’ve been targeting for operations." AEA released its first-quarter 2018 Avionics Market Report. Total worldwide business and GA avionics sales amounted

Gone West: Aviation Safety Advocate, Journalist Richard Collins

First Wrote For Air Facts Magazine In 1958

Richard L. "Dick" Collins, who many know from his decades-long career as an aviation journalist, diedat his home in Maryland on April 29. He was 85.

Airborne 04.30.18: FAA Bill, Formation Flights, Womenventure 2018

Also: Oshkosh 2018 Stringers, Air BP, Wheels Up, UPRT Strategy And Readiness

A process that displayed some of the worst Washington dirty tricks (particularly in regards to the deplorable actions and behaviors of Rep. Bill Shuster), the aero-industry has seen in many years may be nearing a conclusion... we hope. The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 4, a long-term FAA Reauthorization bill. H.R. 4 contains provisions to dramatically improve the FAA certification process, including directing that the FAA fully utilize Organizational Designation Authorization (ODA), sending a clear message to the FAA to improve safety cooperation with international partners by focusing on effective and efficient v

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (05.02.18)

“Our college partnerships enable us to have a unique presence on the campuses where we recruit.” Source: Tonya Gilbert, Managing Director of Talent Acquisition at Republic.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.02.18): Unusual Attitude

An unintentional, unanticipated, or extreme aircraft attitude.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.02.18)

Woman fined $500 for saving free Delta Air Lines snack

This is one of those stories that just leaves you shaking your head. From Fox News, a woman on a Delta Flight from Paris to the U.S. did not declare an apple that was given to her on the plane as a "agricultural item" at Customs when she arrived back in the States.