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Airborne-Unmanned 08.28.18: DJI Mavic 2, Grand Sky BVLOS, Drone $$$

Also: Red Flag-Alaska, ScanEagle Wildfire Suppression, Echodyne EchoFlight Radar, UAS4STEM

DJI has introduced two additions to its Mavic series: Mavic 2 Pro, with an integrated Hasselblad camera, and the Mavic 2 Zoom, the first foldable consumer drone with optical zoom capability. The Mavic 2 incorporates the folding design of the Mavic Pro. The Mavic 2 has new gimbal-stabilized cameras and advanced features like Hyperlapse and ActiveTrack and offers a flight time of up to 31 minutes. The Mavic 2 Pro is the first drone with an integrated Hasselblad camera and houses a 1-inch CMOS sensor with a 10-bit Dl

Historic Convair 880 To Be Acquired By The Tillamook Air Museum

To Be Only One Of Its Kind On Display On The West Coast

The Tillamook Air Museum, in cooperation with Doug Scroggins of Scroggins Aviation of Las Vegas, NV, is proud to announce the newest addition to its growing collection of historic aircraft and aviation exhibits; the forward fuselage of a 1960 Trans-World Airlines (TWA) Convair 880 jetliner, one of the finest, most comfortable (and fastest at 615 MPH) commercial jet aircraft ever produced. After sitting in the Mojave Desert for the past 38 years, this relic from a bygone era will now be calling the Tillamook Air Museum her home, and will be the only Convair 880 on display anywhere on the west coast.

Airborne-Unmanned 08.21.18: Drones v Fires, Amazon UAV To NASM, UAVs Battle Pigs

Also: Kansas Leads?, FAA on Wildfire Flights, Loudoun Model UAS Program, Counter UAS Summit

Airbus Aerial has been using its analytic tools to help insurance companies and first responders come to grips with California’s raging Carr fire, still only 61 percent contained, in recent reports. Airbus Aerial fuses satellite data with its in-house analytical systems to let insurance companies monitor areas they insure, enabling them to settle claims rapidly — in some cases, before the homeowner even knows their house has burned down. One insurer logged into AA’s system on Friday and by Satur

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (08.28.18)

“This is a tremendous moment for all the volunteers and sponsors of Airbus Perlan Mission II who have been so dedicated to making our nonprofit aerospace initiative a reality.” Source: Ed Warnock, CEO of The Perlan Project.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (08.28.18): Airport Diagram

The section of an instrument approach procedure chart that shows a detailed diagram of the airport.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (08.28.18)

NTSB Video: Loss of Control Accidents

More general aviation pilots and passengers die from accidents involving loss of control in flight than any other single factor. Prevent Loss of Control in Flight in General Aviation is on the NTSB 2017– 2018 Most Wanted List of transportation safety improvements. On April 24, 2018, the NTSB convened a roundtable of industry and government experts to discuss the current state of the problem, and highlight available technologies and training.