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“With her passing we have lost one of the brightest lights and leading torch bearers of aviation.  Her enthusiasm for aviation is aptly captured in the phrase 'love at first flight'.” Source: Col. Alvin J. Bedgood, commander of CAP’s Southeast Region.

A set of rules and procedures designed to increase the flexibility of user flight planning within published guidelines.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Association

The UAVS Association came into being in late 1998 when key individuals from Matra-BAe Dynamics-Alenia (MBDA), British Aerospace (BAe) and Remote Services recognised that the UK UAV industry did not have a collective voice or representative in industry's interface with government and the regulators.

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"We're going to emerge as a strong, well-positioned, profitable company in the not-too-distant future." Source: HBC VP Shawn Vick.

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Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX)

A network of the world’s leading airlines, suppliers and related companies committed to elevating the level of the airline passenger experience.

Also: NTSB, Kyle Franklin, Aspen, SpaceX, OSH2012, Akoya, Cessna, Raptors, and WATCH OUT Over Chicago!!! Yep... another busy week... so let's get on with Airborne! Pipistrel is proving itself to be an amazing company... again and again. Just a couple of weeks after introducing its new four-place hybrid “Panthera” airplane, Pipistrel has taken the wraps off of its brand new Alpha Trainer ... which as the name suggests, is designed as a primary training airplane. Hawker Beechcraft has announced that it has reached an agreement with a significant number of its senior secured lenders and senior bondholders on the terms of a financial restructuring plan that will strengthen the company for the future and eliminate approximately $2.5 billion in debt and approximately $125 million of annual cash interest expense. Piper Aircraft dealers in Europe have noted a sales trend toward new, more fuel-efficient business aircraft -- a trend that seems

By ANN Guest Columnist Kristy Graham

ANN E-I-C Note: Ms. Graham has submitted the following editorial in support of a story we did last week (Stupid Fed Trix? Anonymous Unsubstantiated FAA Hotline Call Gets Pilot Suspended) discussing the issues involved in yet another FAA action against an admittedly innocent pilot victimized by anonymous and unsubstantiated complaints, at least one of which was submitted by Convicted Felon and Criminal Pilot, David G Riggs... whom we fear may be one of the most dangerous men in all of General Aviation -- despite the FAA's inexplicable unwillingness to confront a number of well-documented issues associated with his actions. -- Jim Campbell, ANN Editor-In-Chief