Happy Holidays!

No matter which holiday you're celebrating these days (and believe me, we're covered back here at ANN... with a diverse variety of Christian, Jewish and Buddhists among our families, these days). The hard-working and long-suffering gnomes that publish ANN, Airborne, and Aero-TV will finally get to take a short holiday break this week [we gnomes thank you --ed]. ANN's normal DAILY news schedule will be on a somewhat reduced Holiday schedule, through the 2nd of January. Keep in mind that our staff will be on duty if anything important breaks. No matter what or when, we'll STILL do our best to keep you updated on anything critical or time-sensitive, while normal DAILY news coverage will resume by Wednesday, January 

Will Feature Prominent Experts Who Are Creating The Future Of Flight

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation are partnering to present the Lindbergh Innovation Forum at the 2019 AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition (AIAA SciTech Forum). The Lindbergh Innovation Forum will take place on January 9th from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego, California.

CASA Rolling Out New Monitoring Equipment At Major Airport Across The country

Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) plans to roll out new drone monitoring equipment at major airports across the country early in 2019, according to the agency's communications manager.

Production Of Orbital Spacecraft To Begin

Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Dream Chaser spacecraft passed a key milestone for NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 (CRS-2) contract, validating design performance and clearing the way for full spacecraft production. The milestone marks completion of Integration Review 4 (IR4) demonstrating NASA’s confidence in the safety and maturity of Dream Chaser’s design.

If Not, What Might Be The Impacts On GA In The U.K. And In Europe?

There are significant risks to General Aviation aircraft owners and pilots should the U.K. pull out of the EASA system, according to analysis from IAOPA. Basically, the British Aviation institutions, the British airlines and the British General Aviation, want to continue to be part of the EASA system. They have invested a lot of time and energy in the development of EASA. Many of the positive elements of the EASA system are due to British influence.

Average Age Of An Air Force Plane Is 28 Years

The fleet of aircraft flown by the United States Air Force averages 28-years old, according to the Congressional Budget Office, and modernizing and replacing the fleet would be expensive .. on the order of $26 billion a year through the mid 2030s.

Grows Regional Networks By Adding The Part 121 Airline

Ravn Air Group, a portfolio company of investment affiliates of J.F. Lehman & Company have announced the purchase of the assets of Peninsula Airways by one of its subsidiaries.

Pulsars Help Monitor Satellite Navigation Timing

ESA’s technical center in the Netherlands has begun running a pulsar-based clock. The ‘PulChron’ system measures the passing of time using millisecond-frequency radio pulses from multiple fast-spinning neutron stars.

Suit Was Filed December 24 In Cook County Circuit Court

Relatives of a man who was fatally injured in October when a Boeing 737 MAX 8 went down in the Java Sea off the coast of Indonesia have filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois, demanding a jury trial in Chicago.

"The current info I have is that we will not remain a part of EASA. The Prime Minister said the future relationship with EASA is to be based on capabilities and the legal format will happen in the next phase of negotiations after the U.K. has left the EU. Source: Martin Robinson, director of AOPA UK, on the future of the relationship between the U.K. and EASA post-Brexit.

The science of the action of air on an object, and with the motion of air on other gases.

Dirigibles, Zeppelins, and Blimps: The Differences Explained

A dirigible is any lighter-than-air craft that is both powered and steerable (as opposed to free floating, like a balloon). Blimps like the Goodyear blimp, rigid airships like the Hindenburg, and semi-rigid airships like the Zeppelin NT are all dirigibles.