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The Sporty’s Foundation Releases Its Annual Report For 2017

Foundation Continues Its Work Encouraging Young People To Join The Aviation Community

The Sporty’s Foundation made bequests totaling $284,900 during 2017 to fulfill its goal to attract young people to the aviation community both as a career and a lifestyle. The Foundation has issued its most recent Annual Report, detailing activities and bequests during 2017 and may be seen online at SportysFoundation.org.

Airbus Names Aviation Experience Center In Mobile

'Flight Works Alabama' Slated To Open In 2019

Airbus has named the new aviation experience center it plans to build in Mobile, AL over the next year, and released architectural renderings of the new building. Dubbed "Flight Works Alabama", the center will offer varied experiences for each visitor.

Companies Finalize Alliance To Manufacture Smallsats At Scale

Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio And Spaceflight Industries To Deliver Innovative Geospatial Services

At the Satellite 2018 conference, The Space Alliance formed by Thales Alenia Space (Thales 67%, Leonardo 33%) and Telespazio (Leonardo 67%, Thales 33%) announced today it has officially taken a minority stake in Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries, having received all government approvals for the transaction.

Guardian Flight Transitions To Learjet 45s In Alaska

First Of The Aircraft Will Be Based In Fairbanks

Guardian Flight LLC, a leading air medical transport company, is transitioning its medical jet fleet in Alaska to Learjet 45s. The first Learjet 45 will enter service this month based in Fairbanks.

Report: Simulator Market Worth $20.99 Billion By 2022

Growth Projected At 4.78 Percent Compounded Annually

According to a new market research report, now available on ASDReports, "Simulators Market - Global Forecast to 2022", the simulators market is estimated at $16.62 Billion in 2017, and is projected to reach $20.99 Billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 4.78% from 2017 to 2022. Growing need

Successful First Flight For GlobalEye

Built On Bombardier Global 6000 Jet Platform

Today Saab successfully completed the first flight of the GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning & Control aircraft in Linköping, Sweden. GlobalEye took off on its maiden flight at 12.52 local time on March 14 from Saab’s airfield in Linköping, Sweden. The aircraft, a modified Bombardier Global 6000 jet platform, undertook a 1 hour 46 minutes test flight collecting extensive flight-test data using the on-board instrumentation suite.

Deep Aero Is Building AI-Driven Drone Technology On The Blockchain

Researching Prototype Technologies In A Number Of Different Areas

Drone technology company Deep Aero is building an AI-driven, autonomous, self-governing, intelligent drone/unmanned aircraft system (UAS) traffic management (UTM) platform on the Blockchain. It is designed to enable safe low-altitude civilian flights of manned and unmanned aircraft in the shared airspace.

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (03.17.18)

“We invite our donors and potential donors to examine our IRS Form 990 which will show that not one cent is paid for administrative costs for our Foundation.” Source: Sporty’s Founder and Chairman Hal Shevers, on the release of the Sporty's Foundation 2017 annual report.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.17.18): Attitude Management

The ability to recognize hazardous attitudes in oneself and the willingness to modify them as necessary through the application of an appropriate antidote thought.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.17.18)

Air Traffic Control Association

Established in Washington, D.C. in 1956 by a group of air traffic controllers, the Air Traffic Control Association has been from the outset dedicated to progress in the science of air traffic control and the preservation of a safe flight environment.