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August 12, 2016

Airborne 08.12.16: Airport Trust Fund, SR-71 Pilots, Dream Chaser Spacecraft

Also: AVG Flying Tigers, Oshkosh 2016, UAV Insurance, B737 SAIB, Heli Market, KC-46A Mission, NTBAA’s Annual Safety

A Government Accountability Office report published this week determined that as a result of the unfounded presumption that truckers are cheating the system, between $1 billion and $2 billion has been improperly held back from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and diverted to the Highway Trust Fund. The GAO report determined that any uses of aviation fuel in ground vehicles over the past decade have been “rare,” and that both “economic and technologi

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Aero-TV: Garmin’s Oshkosh Update - G5, Flight Stream 510, & Connext

Upgrades For Your Plane’s Front Office…

At a press conference on the Sunday before the official opening of EAA AirVenture 2016, Garmin announced FAA approval of the G5 electronic flight instrument in type-certificated fixed-wing general aviation aircraft. Installation approval is accomplished via supplemental type certificate (STC) with a comprehensive approved model list (AML) containing 562 aircraft models.

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Klyde Morris 08.12.16

Isn't Gambling Illegal In Government Offices ... Even Secret Ones?

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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Airborne 08.11.16: CAP's 75th!, Frontier Pilot Demands, Space Virtual Reality

Also: Vietnam Marine Found, AIP 2016 Results!, Lee Bottom 2016, UAV Powerline Monitoring, Laser v Helos, Space Elevator, Era UAS

More than 700 Civil Air Patrol members will convene at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center this week for the organization’s 2016 National Conference. The conference will devote several days to training, networking and focusing on the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary’s historic past as well as its promising future. Airline labor strife seems to be in the offing at Frontier Airlines as The Air Line Pilots Association has filed a grievance that

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (08.12.16)

“This increase in TBR puts the RedHawk’s maintenance costs on par with comparable training aircraft, allowing the operator to see much higher margins due to the impressively low fuel consumption that the diesel engine provides.” Source: Redbird Flight’s VP of Operations Darren Bien.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (08.12.16): Cruise

Used in an ATC clearance to authorize a pilot to conduct flight at any altitude from the minimum IFR altitude up to and including the altitude specified in the clearance.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (08.12.16)

The Ornithopter Zone

It's amazing, but it's true! An ornithopter is a device that flies by flapping its wings - just like a real bird or insect! How is it different from an airplane or helicopter? Those machines are driven by rotating airfoils.

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