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Airborne 09.24.15: No Drone Zone, Perlan 2 Flies, WAI's 'Girls In Aviation Day'

Also: Airline v Service Dog, API Partner AMA!, Emergency COA For UAV Use, Airport Fee Questioned, New SAFE Boss, Cyprus Airport, Eiffel Tower BASE Event

ANN Airborne Link: Airborne 09.24.15, YouTube Airborne Link: Airborne 09.24.15 Apparently common sense won’t do

BBA Aviation Looks To Expand With Signature Flight Support

Plans To Acquire Landmark Aviation From The Carlyle Group

BBA Aviation plc has agreed terms for the proposed $2.065 billion acquisition of Landmark Aviation (Landmark) from affiliates of The Carlyle Group. Landmark operates a global network of Fixed Base Operations (FBOs), Aircraft Maintenance and Aircraft Management and Charter businesses. This acquisition represents a major expansion of Signature Flight Support (Signature), a BBA Aviation company, and the world's largest FBO network.

Airborne 09.23.15: Reno Champ, Concorde Rebirth?, NATA Buys IFBOA

Also: Piper M-Class, SAFE'S Robert Wright, Beech SAIB, Chinese Prez At Boeing, Runway Incursion Mitigation, Embraer Projections, T-38C Upgrade

ANN Video Link: Airborne 09.23.15, YouTube Video Link: Airborne 09.23.15 The 52nd Annual National Championship Air Races in Reno,

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (09.24.15)

“Using a drone to interfere with a police investigation places our officers and the public at serious risk.” Source: Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (09.24.15): Balanced Control Surface

A movable control surface, as an aileron or rudder, having an added physical extension or weights forward of the hinge-point to reduce forces on a stick or control yoke.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (09.24.15)

Who Really Won the GOP Debate? That Airplane.

Anyone who watched the debate among the Republican Presidential candidates at the Reagan Library in California last week could not help but notice what has been called the best backdrop ever for such an event ... the airplane that served as Air Force One for President Ronald Reagan.