Canada is About To Jack Up Aviation Fees... Dramatically

News/Analysis/Opinion By Jim Campbell, ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief During the battle over ATC privatization issuesa few years back, Canada's aviation regulatory agencies (especially NAV CANADA) were held up (by misguided Pro-ATC Privatization concerns) as a reason why ATC Privatization wasn't a bad thing overall... because NAV CANADA was supposedly reasonable to deal with and cost-effectively priced. But... that was yesterday... and tomorrow is a whole 'nuther deal. NAV CANADA is admitting that their budgets are looking thin and that, as 'an essential service' NAV CANADA's 'not-for-profit' status and structure as a private corporation continued to serve

Predator Spotted Over Minneapolis After Surveiling US Border With Canada

A number of soruces created a bit of a fuss when they notred that a CBP Predtor was operating over Minneapolis during recent riots and other unrest. Investigative journalist, Jason Paladino (@jason_paladino), was one of the first to provide substantive detail, but first tweeted that, "NOW: @CBP Predator Drone #CPB104 circling over Minneapolis at 20K feet. Took off from Grand Forks Air Force Base." CBP copped to it fairly quickly, once the matter received public attention, noting (on Friday) that, “Earlier today a U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations (AMO) unmanned aircraft system was preparing to provide live video to aid in situational awarenes

Enough Of The Ride... It's Time To Get To Work! In what was observed to be an exceptionally smooth approach, NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday aboard the first commercially built and operated American spacecraft to carry humans to orbit, opening a new era in human spaceflight. The pair of astronauts docked to the space station’s Harmony module at 10:16 a.m. EDT Sunday. Behnken and Hurley, the first astronauts to fly to SpaceX’s Crew Dragon to the station, were welcomed as crew members of Expedition 63 by fellow NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and two Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner.

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Break Open Your Piggy Banks... This Is An E-Ticket Ride There are few times in our life that we wanted to win the lottery more than we do right now... Jon Blanchette, the owner of the world’s only reamining airworthy MiG-17PF jet fighter, has put his one-of-a-kind aircraft up for sale. A former General Motors engineer and U.S. Navy officer, Blanchette rescued the single-engine, swept-wing jet fighter from a scrapyard in Poland in 1993. After years of painstaking restoration, Blanchette turned the retired legend into an airshow star that looks and flies as it did when it first took to the air six decades ago. Developed in the early 1950s, the MiG-17 became an important part of the Soviet Air Force. The PF variant of the MiG-17 were equipped wit

From 2014: The Best Thing To Say About The 2013 Airshow Season Is That It Is Behind Us

Michael Goulian of Goulian Aero Sports is an airshow pilot. While at the Redbird Migration 2013, ANN CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Jim Campbell had the opportunity to spend a few minutes talking with Mike about the airshow business. Jim asked Mike how the 2013 airshow season was going. Goulian admitted that 2013 has been a tough airshow season because a number of airshows canceled and he had to push hard as the season came to an end. As an outsider, the airshow business simply looks like a lot of fun. W

'Plan B' Will Allow For An Event At A New Location and Date

Cary Miller, the Chairman of the TBM Reunion and Salute to Veterans, has been dealing with some serious issues in trying to put together a much anticipated warbird event -- but has come up with a solution for this year. He notes that, "It is with great disappointment that due to the rigid Covid-19 restrictions imposed by Governor Pritzker and the State of Illinois, the 2020 TBM Avenger Reunion and Salute to Veterans will not be held in Peru this year. Our committee explored every possible avenue to hold this annual event in our city. Unfortunately the current state of the Illinois shutdown prevented us from planning and giving you the premier event you've come to expect. However - All is

B-52 Stratofortress Named After The Record-Setting B-26

When World War II ended in 1945, a Martin B-26 Marauder named Flak-Bait had flown 207 missions — more than any other U.S. plane in the conflict. But its achievement was lost to history until three Barksdale Air Force Base crew chiefs named a B-52 Stratofortress after the record-setting B-26. Flak-Bait lived up to its name during the war. It sustained hits on almost every mission, once having its hydraulics shot out, and twice losing its electrical system to German 88mm guns. On two other sorties, it returned home on only a single engine. By war’s end, the bomber endured more than 1,000 strikes. Not a single panel on it had gone unscathed. After the war, it was disassembled and shi

Also: GAMA Report Bad News, Another Airshow Cancelled, ALPA v Ligado, Shorter USAF Pilots

Tecnam has announced the introduction of a new airframe, with an aero-diesel engine and a Type Certificate expected by July. Burning just 5.2 US Gal per hour, the P-2010 TDI takes advantage of the high-wing configuration with 3 access doors plus another dedicated one for the baggage compartment. It can cover 1,000nm on a full tank of 63 Gallons. Boeing has resumed production of the 737 MAX at the company’s Renton, Washington factory. The 737 program began building airplanes at a low rate as it implements

Welcome to the Avionics Program that would not die…

Update: The 2020 Avionics Innovation Preview went LIVE at 1400 ET today and we've already gotten a lot feedback and attention. Run. Do not walk, to your PC and check out over 20 iterations of modern, innovative, avionics and aviation goodies at www.airborne-live.net !!! We're already getting RAVE reviews, folks... don't miss this! Like all of you, we would much rather have, a couple of weeks ago, have been presenting The 2020 AEA New Product Introduction Live Programming (known as the 'NP

Two Exemptions Are Available To All Part 119 Certificated Carriers Operating Under Part 135

The FAA has granted a NATA request for an extension to exemptions regarding certain crew training and checking requirements. The two exemptions, available to all Part 119 certificated carriers operating under Part 135, were initially granted to NATA in late March, with  Exemption No. 18509 A extended until 07/31/2020 and Exemption No. 18510 A extended until 10/31/2020. Operators that submitted a Letter of Intent prior to May 29, 2020, in accordance with the original issuance of this exemption have met the requirement of Condition and Limitation No. 1 and do not have to submit another letter. Also, operators will be required to update the safety risk as

Last Seen, "In A Vertical Nose-Low Attitude Just Before The Airplane Impacted The Ground"

On May 20, 2020, about 1640 central daylight time (CDT), a Cessna T206N airplane, N51610, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Center, Texas. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal cross-country flight. According to preliminary information, the airplane departed from the Astronaut Kent Rominger Airport (RCV), Del Norte, Colorado about 0920 mountain daylight time. The flight had stopped at the Gainesville Municipal Airport (GLE), Gainesville, Texas, and the pilot purchased 65 gallons of fuel. The flight departed GLE about 1440 CDT and was p

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Altitude Restriction An altitude or altitudes, stated in the order flown, which are to be maintained until reaching a specific point or time. Altitude restrictions may be issued by ATC due to traffic, terrain, or other airspace considerations.

"It is with great disappointment that due to the rigid Covid-19 restrictions imposed by Governor Pritzker and the State of Illinois, the 2020 TBM Avenger Reunion and Salute to Veterans will not be held in Peru this year. Our committee explored every possible avenue to hold this annual event in our city. Unfortunately the current state of the Illinois shutdown prevented us from planning and giving you the premier event you've come to expect. However - All is not lost." Source: Cary Miller, the Chairman of the TBM Reunion and Salute to Veterans -- who has been dealing with some serious issues in trying to put together a much anticipated warbird event -- but has come up with a solution for this year.