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Gulfstream Introduces New Aircraft Family

G500, G600 Introduce Industry-Leading Safety Technologies

Gulfstream has introduced an all-new family of business jets: the Gulfstream G500 and G600. The two new aircraft optimize speed, wide-cabin comfort and efficiency to offer customers best-in-class performance with advanced safety features.

Boeing, Garuda Indonesia Announce Order For 50 737 MAX 8s

Indonesia’s Flag Carrier Selects Airplane To Modernize Fleet

Boeing and Garuda Indonesia announced an order for 50 737 MAX 8s, valued at $4.9 billion at current list prices. The flag carrier of Indonesia will purchase 46 737 MAX 8s and will convert existing orders for four Next-Generation 737-800s to 737 MAX 8s. The order was previously accounted for on Boeing's Orders and Deliveries website, attributed to an unidentified customer.

China Aviation Supplies (CAS) Opts For A320 Family Aircraft

Signs Agreement For 70 Of The Airplanes For Domestic And International Routes

China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS) and Airbus have signed a General Terms Agreement (GTA) for the purchase of a total of 70 Airbus A320 Family aircraft, reflecting the strong demand from Chinese carriers for the leading Airbus single-aisle Family for domestic, low cost, regional and international operations. The GTA was signed by Fabrice Brégier, Airbus President and CEO and Li Hai, President of CAS.

Embraer Delivers First Legacy 500 Executive Jet

Unnamed Brazilian Company Is The Launch Customer For The Bizjet

Embraer delivered today the first Legacy 500, its new midsize executive jet. The launch customer, a Brazilian company, received the aircraft during a ceremony at Embraer headquarters, in São José dos Campos, Brazil.

T64-GE-419 Engines To Power Bell V-280 Valor Demonstrator

Aircraft Under Development Under JMR-TD Initiative

GE Aviation’s T64-GE-419 engine will power the Bell V-280 Valor demonstrator aircraft. The Bell V-280 Valor program has been selected to advance to build and fly an aircraft within the Joint Multi Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) initiative. JMR-TD is intended to reduce risk and inform the requirements for the Department of Defense Future Vertical Lift (FVL) initiative, a program which will create the next generation of vertical lift aircraft for the U.S. military.

NASA Mission Finds Widespread Evidence Of Young Lunar Volcanism

Activity Slowed Gradually Rather Than Stopping Abruptly A Billion Years Ago

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has provided researchers strong evidence the moon's volcanic activity slowed gradually instead of stopping abruptly a billion years ago.

Flight Attendants Want Return To Cell Phone Ban During Takeoffs, Landings

But U.S. Court Of Appeals Says Airlines Have Jurisdiction Over Use

The Association of Flight Attendants has lost a round in court in its effort to force passengers to stow their electronic devices during takeoffs and landings.

U.K. Helicopter Museum To Exhibit World's First Rotary-Wing UAV

Could Carry Two Torpedoes Or Depth Charges, Also Flew Surveillance And Targeting Missions

The Helicopter Museum in Westonsuper-Mare, Somerset, U.K. has taken delivery of a rare Gyrodyne GH- 50D DASH (Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter), developed in the 1960s and the first vertical take-off/landing unmanned air system (UAS) in the world to enter operational service.

Training For 777 Pilots Underway At Lufthansa Flight Training Pilot School

Eight Students From ANA Comprise The First Class

The the first eight student pilots from Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) began training to become Boeing 777 pilots at the school in Bremen run by Lufthansa Flight Training GmbH (LFT) on Monday. They will be trained over the coming years on a multi-crew pilot license (MPL) program developed jointly by ANA and LFT. Further ANA student pilots will follow in the next twelve months.

Louisville, KY Airport Authority Sues Neighborhood

Latest Move In Long-Running Dispute Over Noise, ‘Avigation’ Easements

The Louisville (KY) Regional Airport Authority has been at odds with the city of Audubon Park, which is also a bird sanctuary, for several years, and now it appears that scheduled noise insulation work under Louisville's QuieterHomes Program will not be done at all.

Helicopter Raid On Pot Farm Conducted By DEA Agents

Property Owner Called Riverside County Officials To Complain About The Incident

A helicopter bearing armed men descended on a pot-growing operation near Temecula, CA last month that sparked a call to Riverside County Supervisor Kevin Jeffries from the land owner turned out to be a DEA raid.

Midland AirSho Will Not Move With CAF HQ To Dallas

Next Year's Event Already In The Planning Stages

The Commemorative Air Force may be moving its headquarters to Dallas, but the popular Midland AirSho will stay firmly in place, according to the show's organizers.

U.S. Army Awards Elbit Systems Of America $12.7 Million Modification Contract

Company will Provide Additional Apache Aviator Integrated Helmets

The U.S. Army has awarded a contract worth approximately $12.7 million to Elbit Systems of America to provide Apache Aviator Integrated Helmets (AAIH) to the service. Work will be performed over a two-year period and will be conducted at Elbit Systems' facility in Fort Worth, TX.

Air Traffic Service Fully Restored At Chicago Center

Agency Successfully Maintains Heavy Traffic Volume While Facility Is Repaired

The FAA has successfully restored full air traffic operations at the Chicago En Route Center in Aurora, IL, which suffered significant damage from a September 26 fire that was deliberately set. During the outage, the agency also successfully maintained high traffic volumes to and from Midway and O'Hare, the busiest airport in the world.

NTSB Determines Probable Cause In 2013 Dayton Air Show Accident

Modified Maneuver Resulted In Controlled Flight Into Terrain

The NTSB has released its probable cause report from a June 22, 2013 accident at the Dayton Air Show that resulted in the fatal injury of pilot Charles Schwenker wing walker Jane Wicker.

The Second Dimension Of Flight Simulation, Part I

Change Is Coming

Until recently, the role of the flight simulator has been, almost exclusively, as stand-in for the airplane. This is, in large part, because governmental agencies have assumed the role of chief designer by establishing the requirements for certification and then interpreting those requirements as certifier of the devices. The adaptation and adoption of more useful and cost effective solutions has been brought nearly to a standstill by the rulemaker’s inability keep up with advances in the technology.

Textron, Machinists Union At Loggerheads In Wichita

Company May Outsource Work To Other States

To say a negotiating session between Textron and the machinists union on Sunday went badly would be an understatement. At the end of the day, Textron reportedly left the session saying that it would be actively seeking to outsource work to other states, according to a union representative.

Canada's Pete McLeod Wins Red Bull Air Race In Las Vegas

High Winds Forced The Cancellation Of Flying In The First Of Three Final Rounds

Pete McLeod of Canada was declared the winner of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship stop in Las Vegas on Sunday after heavy winds forced the cancellation of the flying in the first of three final rounds. McLeod won the first race of his career by virtue of being the fastest qualifier on Saturday.

AeroSports Update: FAA Cancels Model Aircraft AC 91-57

The Canceling Of An Advisory Circular For Model Aircraft May Seem A Limited Action, But It Means Rule Changes Are Coming

Model aircraft flyers have operated in the national airspace system under the voluntary guidance provided by AC 91-57 since 1981. But, over the last few years the introduction of highly sophisticated vertical-lift ground-controlled aerial vehicles has changed things.

X-37B May Touch Down In CA Tuesday

Space Plane Has Been In Orbit Since Dec. 11, 2012

Preparations for the third landing of the X-37B, the Air Force's unmanned, reusable space plane, are underway at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

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G500, G600 Introduce Industry-Leading Safety Technologies

Indonesia’s Flag Carrier Selects Airplane To Modernize Fleet

Signs Agreement For 70 Of The Airplanes For Domestic And International Routes

Unnamed Brazilian Company Is The Launch Customer For The Bizjet

Aircraft Under Development Under JMR-TD Initiative

Activity Slowed Gradually Rather Than Stopping Abruptly A Billion Years Ago

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But U.S. Court Of Appeals Says Airlines Have Jurisdiction Over Use

Could Carry Two Torpedoes Or Depth Charges, Also Flew Surveillance And Targeting Missions

Eight Students From ANA Comprise The First Class

Latest Move In Long-Running Dispute Over Noise, ‘Avigation’ Easements

Property Owner Called Riverside County Officials To Complain About The Incident

Next Year's Event Already In The Planning Stages

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Company will Provide Additional Apache Aviator Integrated Helmets

Agency Successfully Maintains Heavy Traffic Volume While Facility Is Repaired

Modified Maneuver Resulted In Controlled Flight Into Terrain

Change Is Coming

Company May Outsource Work To Other States

High Winds Forced The Cancellation Of Flying In The First Of Three Final Rounds

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The Canceling Of An Advisory Circular For Model Aircraft May Seem A Limited Action, But It Means Rule Changes Are Coming

Space Plane Has Been In Orbit Since Dec. 11, 2012

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