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August 18, 2017

Airborne 08.18.17: NBAA v KSMO, Sully Attacked, DB Cooper Update

Also: New NASA Admin?, Anti-Aviation Hypocrites, Airberlin, Sky Hopper, Drone v Carrier, Jet Aviation, Airman Retires

The NBAA joined five other stakeholders to file a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, challenging the legality of a "settlement agreement” between the FAA and the city of Santa Monica. The highly unusual agreement, which was concluded last January with no public input and with disregard for numerous mandatory statutory requirements, would restrict and ultimately prohibit aviation access to Santa Monica Municipal Airport. “As this filing

Airborne 08.18.17: NBAA v KSMO, Sully Attacked, DB Cooper Update

Also: New NASA Admin?, Anti-Aviation Hypocrites, Airberlin, Sky Hopper, Drone v Carrier, Jet Aviation, Airman Retires

The NBAA joined five other stakeholders to file a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, challenging the legality of a "settlement agreement” between the FAA and the city of Santa Monica. The highly unusual agreement, which was concluded last January with no public input and with disregard for numerous mandatory statutory requirements, would restrict and ultimately prohibit aviation access to Santa Monica Municipal Airport. “As this filing makes perfectly clear, NBAA will defend our nation’s critical aviation infrastructure and protect general aviation’s access to airports and airspace,” said

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Stephan Brown Resigns As President And CEO Of The CAF

Board Will Begin A Search For His Replacement Immediately

Stephan C. Brown has resigned from his post as president/CEO of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) effective August 17, 2017.

USGS To Conduct Aerial Fault Mapping In Oklahoma

Surveys Will Take Six To 10 Weeks To Complete

Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey and Oklahoma Geological Survey are teaming up to better understand the location of deep faults and subsurface geology via airborne technology.

Cosmic Opportunity For Radiation Research At ESA

Calls For Proposals For Experiments To Be Conducted In Darmstadt, Germany

Cosmic radiation is considered the main health hazard to human spaceflight and space exploration of the Moon, Mars and beyond, which is why ESA has made cosmic radiation a focus of its research program.

Aeroflot Receives Sixth New Airbus From AviaAM Financial Leasing China

A320 Delivered August 15 To The Russian Flag Carrier

A sixth new Airbus A320 family aircraft has been delivered to Aeroflot through a joint venture between AviaAM Leasing and the Henan Civil Aviation Development and Investment Company (HNCA) – AviaAM Financial Leasing China.

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ICAO Secretary General Promotes Aviation Development Priorities In Kazakhstan

Stresses Need For Adequate Funding And Human Resources For Civil Aviation Functions

Highlighting that only 5% of annual global development financing currently supports aviation infrastructure or related projects, ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu delivered a determined message to Kazakhstan’s political leaders last week on the need to prioritize air transport development in the years ahead and optimize the tremendous opportunities for economic development inherent in projected air transport growth.

Spirit Pilots Prepare For Labor Action

Voting Open August 21 Through September 8

Leaders of the Spirit Airlines pilot group, represented by the Air Line Pilot Association, Int’l (ALPA), voted unanimously to send a strike-authorization ballot item to the 1,600 Spirit pilots for a vote opening August 21. Should the vote pass, the measure would allow the pilot leaders to call for a lawful strike if the National Mediation Board (NMB) releases the Spirit pilots into self-help and a 30-day cooling-off period is completed. The vote closes on September 8.

Textron Aviation And TAM Celebrate At LABACE 2017

Mark 35 Years Of Delivering Class-Leading Aircraft And Support

Textron Aviation and longtime channel partner TAM Aviacão Executive are marking 35 years of successfully delivering world class aircraft and support solutions to customers in the region during the 2017 Latin American Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (LABACE) at the Congonhas Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Throughout the three-day event, Textron Aviation and TAM are showcasing the business jet, turboprop and piston platforms best suited for the Latin American region, including the Cessna Citation Latitude, Cessna Citation CJ3+, Cessna Citation M2, Beechcraft King Air 350i, Cessna Grand Caravan EX and Beechcraft Baron G58.

Sky Hopper Cargo Drone Being Developed In Scotland

Hopes To Support Isolated Communities Using Sustainable Methods

A group of entrepreneurial UK engineers has plans to build a mid-mass logistics drone for global markets. The system will be aimed initially at remote and isolated communities, but is planned to be fully capable of near urban operations in due course.

Next Evolution Of Kratos Mako Tactical UAS Completes Successful Flight Tests

Enhanced With A Suite Of Mission Systems Normally Found On Manned Aircraft

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions recently completed a flight test series evaluating the next evolution of the UTAP-22 Mako Unmanned Aerial System that was first introduced and demonstrated in late 2015.

Bombardier, MAGA Aviation Expand Authorized Service Center Agreement

Will Enhance Support For Customers In South America

Bombardier has announced that MAGA Aviation of Campinas, Bombardier Business Aircraft's maintenance support partner in Brazil and South America, recently received approval to carry out maintenance on Bombardier Global Express and Global 5000 aircraft models. MAGA Aviation has been a Bombardier Authorized Service Facility (ASF) since 2013.

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Man Lands Drone On New U.K. Aircraft Carrier

Says The Arrival Was Accidental Due To High Winds Which Triggered Autoland Feature

A hobbyist's drone landed on the deck of Britain's newest aircraft carrier last month while she was docked in Invergordon in the Scottish Highlands.

NAVAIR Weapons Division Hosts RAAF For Training, Test Deployment

Month-Long Exercise Involved More Than 130 RAAF Personnel

The sea, air and land ranges at Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division were abuzz with F/A-18 Super Hornet and EA-18G “Growler” aircraft as over 130 members of the Royal Australian Air Force conducted a large-scale, joint operational test and evaluation deployment at China Lake and Point Mugu from May 1 until June 3.

NASA Flight Suits Wind Up At Titusville, FL Thrift Store

Space-Worn Garments Purchased For 20 Cents Each By Two College Students

Two college students rummaging through bins at a Titusville, FL thrift store hit the jackpot when they came across five blue space-worn NASA flight suits and a white "control" suit. Now, the suits may be helping fund their educations.

Aero-TV: Senator Inhofe on Protecting GA - An Aviation Hero's Steadfast Efforts Continue

Discussing ATC Privatization And More With Aero-News At AirVenture

Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) has been a strong advocate of General Aviation throughout his Senate Career. In an interview with ANN CEO and Editor in Chief Jim Campbell, he said that the concept of ATC privatization is dead in the Senate.

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ONE Aviation 'Canada' Program Unveils First Developmental Airframe

One Of A Series Of Sequential Prototypes Will Help Develop The Forthcoming EA-700

The ONE Aviation 'Canada' program, which ANN exclusively detailed last year for the first time, is about to kick into high gear. A re-winged Eclipse airframe, which will be used to document various aerodynamic aspects of the design upgrade has been shown off publicly prior to a test program that will eventually involved at least three escalating airframe programs before a complete EA700 flies. A ONE Aviation Spokesman noted that, "ONE Aviation is proud to announce the roll out of N990NE. This is one of our experimental prototypes that has been fitted with a new wing as part of the "Project Canada/EA-700" development. The new wing is one of the exciting features of th

Aero-TV: Senator Inhofe on Protecting GA - An Aviation Hero's Steadfast Efforts

Discussing ATC Privatization And More With Aero-News At AirVenture

Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) has been a strong advocate of General Aviation throughout his Senate Career. In an interview with ANN CEO and Editor in Chief Jim Campbell, he said that the concept of ATC privatization is dead in the Senate. Inhofe said that the FAA Authorization bill reported out of the Senate does not contain language that would allow for the privatization of the nation's air traffic control system, and now, in his estimation, House Transportation Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) does not have the votes in the house to pass the legislation.

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CBO Revises Cost Estimate Of AIRR Act

Now Says The Legislation Would Increase The Federal Deficit Almost $100 Billion

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.

FAA Says Santa Monica Airport Must Remain Open Until 2023

Rejects Appeal By The Airport For An Earlier Closure Date

The FAA has rejected an appeal by Santa Monica city leaders to push up the closing date of Santa Monica Airport (KSMO), citing AIP grants the city accepted back in 2003.

FAA Offers Advice To Pilots Flying To Eclipse Path

Many Airports Anticipating Significant Traffic Increase

If you're planning to fly your aircraft on August 21 during the solar eclipse, you’re not alone. Several airports located in the path of the eclipse have notified the FAA that they are anticipating a significant increase in air traffic before and during the eclipse. Many of these airports are non-towered and have limited capacity to accommodate an increase in traffic.

NATA Presents Aviation Milestone Award

Honors Long-time Member Central Flying Service

NATA Executive Vice President Tim Obitts on Wednesday commemorated Arkansas-based Central Flying Service’s (Central) milestone of reaching 475,000 flight training hours.

New Analysis Revealed In MH370 Investigation

Objects Noted Near Suspected Accident Site In 2014 'Probably Man-Made'

Officials in Australia said Wednesday that 12 objects that had been noted floating in the water near the suspected crash site of MH370 in 2014 were "probably man made."

Klyde Morris 08.18.17

Silence IS Golden, Klyde

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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Airborne 08.17.17: GA Sales Report, Google Lunar XPRIZE, ATC Privatization

Also: Gustave Whitehead, AirVenture Innovation Preview, Learjet 75, HondaJet, ALEA, Honeywell, F-5N

GAMA has published second quarter GA airplane shipment and billings data. The general aviation industry delivered 995 airplanes at a value of $9 billion during the first half of 2017. "Results for the second quarter of this year are very much like the first – mixed, with some bright spots,” said GAMA president and CEO Pete Bunce. “We hope rule rewrites in the U.S. and Europe, reorganization of the FAA certification directorate, and ongoing certification and regulatory reform efforts in C

Garmin Receives EASA Approval For New GTN 650/750 Features

Tailored Specifically For European Operators

Garmin is pleased to announce an expanded feature set, an enhanced user interface and additional wireless connectivity solutions for its popular GTN 650/750 touchscreen navigators. New GTN enhancements include pinch-to-zoom and Flight Stream 510 integration, which supports wireless Database Concierge between the GTN and the Garmin Pilot app on a mobile device. Flight plan transfer, as well as traffic, weather, GPS information and more also display on select mobile devices when paired with Flight Stream 510.

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (08.18.17)

"If some airlines are short of pilots, it is due to their failure to offer adequate compensation, not because of a lack of qualified pilots. FAA statistics clearly show there are more than twice as many qualified pilots looking for jobs as there are job openings, with more than 25,000 new Airline Transport Pilot certificates issued during the past three and one-half years alone." Source: United Airlines Master Executive Council (MEC) Chairman Todd Insler.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (08.18.17): Conditions Not Monitored

When an airport operator cannot monitor the condition of the movement area or airfield surface area, this information is issued as a NOTAM.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (08.18.17)

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The mission of the Classic Jet Aircraft Association is to protect the right to fly classic jets with the least amount of regulation and restrictions commensurate with the safe operation of our aircraft.

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