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September 17, 2019

Airborne 09.16.19: Wagstaff Mishap, SPA Girls In Aviation Day, Flight Design

Also: New Stemme CEO, Airline Bankruptcy, Avemco Executives, Director Of Langley Research Center

No one in aviation is immune to having to deal with mechanical issues... not even our good friend and Champion aerobatic pilot, Patty Wagstaff, who just had to deal with a sudden issue with her beloved Bonanza -- which, unfortunately got dinged up pretty good... but Patty and her fellow pilot are OK. The famed air-show pilot was involved in an incident Wednesday in which her 1958 Beech K35 airplane was involved in a runway excursion and flipped over onto its back, according to local authorities. Local media

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Airborne-Unmanned 09.17.19: Flirtey Unveiling, Silent Arrow, AIRT UAS

Also: Dubai Police, Volocopter $$$, RAF Selects Leonardo, Rafael Acquisition

In an event held last week at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Flirtey unveiled an advanced drone delivery technology aircraft dubbed Flirtey Eagle, and released a video of its next-generation delivery drone performing consumer and automated external defibrillator (AED) deliveries to customer homes. Flirtey's system is designed to safely get packages to customers with the delivery goal of less than 10 minutes using drones. The aircraft designer and manufacturer unveiled the Flirtey Eagle, an advanced delivery drone;

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FAA Establishes TFRs Near Area 51

Action Comes Amid Concerns About The 'Storm Area 51' Event Planned For This Weekend

In case you haven't heard, there are several events planned this weekend being organized through a Facebook group to "Storm Area 51", that has been interpreted as having a large group of people flood on to the secretive base in an effort to look for aliens or the remains of aliens.

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Airborne-Unmanned 09.10.19: Remote ID NPRM Delay, UAvionix, ANAFI FPV

Also: Drone Delivery Test, AiRXOS UTM Pilot Program, FAA/UAS Partnership, Altitude Angel

DoT has delayed the publication of an NPRM concerning remote identification of UAVs until December of this year. According to the DOT Significant Rulemaking Report, the action would implement system(s) for the remote identification of certain unmanned aircraft systems. The remote identification of unmanned aircraft systems in the national airspace system would further address security and law enforcement concerns regarding the further integration of these aircraft into the national airspace while also enabling great

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (09.17.19)

“The Air Force must not only retain its technical edge over potential adversaries, but we must expand it.” Source: Barbara Barrett, President Trump's nominee to be the next Secretary of the Air Force, as a confirmation hearing last week.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (09.17.19): Below Minimums

Weather conditions below the minimums prescribed by regulation for the particular action involved; e.g., landing minimums, takeoff minimums.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (09.17.19)

The Aviation Zone This site describes itself as a comprehensive online aviation resource for modern and vintage military transports, aerial tankers and fixed-wing gunships. This web site contains over 2,500 high-quality aircraft photos, images, diagrams and detailed fact sheets. Over 100 different aircraft types are represented here.

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