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August 23, 2017

Airborne 08.23.17: ANN’s ‘Best SportPlanes', Zenith's Eclipse, KSMO 2023

Also: First US-Built A320, True Blue Power, Sonic Boom, Signature-CAF, Boeing Helena, USAF Combat Rescue, Atlantic Aviation

This year’s selection of the best SportPlanes of 2017 remains a pretty intriguing pursuit -- and much busier than we expected. Previous list assignments established that aircraft by Progressive Aerodyne, The Airplane Factory, Kitfox,  Van's and Sonex were early leaders for the list. Other have now qualified -- one of the foremost of which is the Zenith CH750 series, especially with the advent of the enlarged Super Duty airframe and the availability of the outrageously co

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Aero-TV: EDM At I/ITSEC 2016: Real-Time Defence Training Simulation

Commercial Off-The-Shelf Components Bring Down Costs

Flight simulator technology is on the forefront of combining disparate technologies into a single system to give a realistic experience to pilots operating the sims. Speaking to ANN CEO and editor in chief Jim Campbell at the Interservice Industry Training Simulation & Education Conference (I/ITSEC) conference late last year, Mick Bonney, Sales Director for EDM Ltd that one of their latest products brings together a real-time IG flight model based on the Hawk training jet into a system that even includes a g-suit inflate/deflate system...

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Two Minutes Of Totality At Triple Tree

What's Better Than A Total Solar Eclipse? A Total Solar Eclipse With Airplanes!

Sometimes, life tosses you an opportunity that you just have to take. Such was the case when a good friend of mine in the RC community said he and his wife were heading up to Triple Tree Aerodrome near Woodruff, SC for the total solar eclipse on August 21, and my wife and I should join them. I'm thrilled we did.

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Airborne 08.22.17: Privatization $$$, A Hangar for Doc, Wingsuit Jet

Also: Next X-37B Mission, Aero-Calendar, Ryanair, Citation X, Aurora, Commercial Spaceflight Federation, A&P Designation

ATC Privatization will be even costlier than thought... The Congressional Budget Office has released a revised scoring of the 21st Century AIRR Act (H.R. 2997), and the news is not good for supporters of the bill and its plan to separate ATC from the FAA. In the latest cost estimate released last week, the CBO says that the AIRR Act would increase the deficit by nearly $100 billion. That's $80 billion more than their previous estimate. According to the CBO, after taking into accou

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (08.23.17)

“The City of Santa Monica is fully committed to doing its part to preserve and celebrate our rich aviation history.” Source: Mayor Pro Tem Gleam Davis.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (08.23.17): Delay Assignment (DAS)

Delays are distributed to aircraft based on the traffic management program parameters. The delay assignment is calculated in 15−minute increments and appears as a table in Traffic Flow Management System (TFMS).

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (08.23.17)

American Association of Airport Executives The mission of the AAAE Operations, Safety, Planning and Emergency Management Committee is to provide member views, analyses, and comments used by AAAE staff in the development of AAAE positions and formal correspondence with federal agencies.

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