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Airborne 08.23.16: Santa Monica Fights On, ISS Readies, ICAO Flight Plans

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A resolution has been considered by the Santa Monica City Council would make it a policy of the city to close the airport to aviation uses "as soon as legally permitted", with a goal of ending aviation operations there by 2018. The resolution is a complex document that reviews the past history of the airport and the original purpose of the land upon which the airport resides. It refers to an original commitment to the FAA to maintain the airport in operation for 30 years as a r

Aero-TV: High-Performance Hartzell - The AirVenture 2016 Update

Hartzell’s Joe Brown Says, “If They Want Us, We’ve Got To Be There”…

While at EAA AirVenture 2016, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, sat down with Joe Brown, the President of Hartzell Propeller. The results of Jim’s interview is a fascinating insight to how Hartzell designs the propellers and creates new technology that most of us take for granted. Jim starts out by finding out what Hartzell has done that is new. The list is long as Brown rattles off new designs that they had created for various types of airplanes.

Airborne 08.22.16: Small Drone Rule, Lightspeed Tango, Paper Chart Prices

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We have been covering the news about FAR 107, which addresses non-recreational UAS operations, since the regulations became final in June. Now, the FAA is reminding everyone that the regulation actually takes effect on August 29. An important reminder is that under the new rule, the person actually flying a drone must have a remote pilot certificate with a small UAS rating, or be directly supervised by someone with such a certificate. Now the task of scrambling for a charge

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (08.23.16)

"This is the third international certification for the M500 including Brazil, Canada, and Japan, and is significant because there is a growing demand for an aircraft that offers the advanced safety features and the best value proposition of any aircraft in its class." Source: Simon Caldecott, President and CEO of Piper Aircraft. EASA certified the M500 on Monday.