Fri, May 02, 2014
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) released the industry’s airplane shipments and billings for the first quarter of 2014. The total worldwide general aviation (GA) airplane shipments increased 11.9 percent. Billings for GA airplanes totaled $5.1 billion in the first quarter, up 9.0 percent from the same period last year.
Let the fun begin! The FAA has informed Quicksilver Aeronautics that their audit to produce the Sport 2S model as a Special Light-Sport Aircraft has been satisfactorily concluded. The model will officially be marketed as the Sport S2SE. The FAA is looking into the use of a UAV by a storm-hunter who also works as a journalist to get aerial photos and video of the damage caused by Sunday's tornado that tore through the area. Forbes relays a report from The Arkansas Gazette indicating that FAA spokeswoman Lynn Lunsford said the agency is "looking into" reports that television station KATV had used a UAV to get aerial video of the damage caused by the storm. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 05.02.14 is chock full of info in this thrice-weekly news period ending Friday, May 2nd, 2014...
Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:
- GAMA Announces First Quarter 2014 Airplane Shipments And Billing Numbers
- Quicksilver Earns FAA Acceptance For SLSA
- First Flight: Boeing Production Configuration AH-6i
- FAA Investigates UAV Use In Aftermath Of Arkansas Tornado
- Barnstorming: Eating Our Young... Recent Actions by The Navy and the FAA Make Aviation Look Foolish and Petty
- Top Airport Eateries Named By '$100 Hamburger' Website
- Calling All Breezys: Help Honor The Breezy’s 50th Anniversary
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