Navy SEAL Dies After Parachute Malfunction In New Jersey

Normally; Memorial Day is a celebration of those who have fought for the freedoms so many of us take for granted. It's a great day to get out, catch an airshow, a barbecue and hopefully, just take a break and give thanks for those who got us here. And sometimes, its a sad day when one of those celebrations goes badly... as it did Sunday, as part of "Fleet Week." A member of the US Navy's elite parachute team, the Leap Frogs, was pronounced dead Sunday at 1310 after his parachute malfunctioned and he landed in the Hudson River during an aerial demonstration at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Legislators Say Bill Would Protect State, Local Authority To Regulate UAS

U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Mike Lee (R-UT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) have introduced the Drone Federalism Act, a bill to establish a process for federal, state, local and tribal governments to work together to manage the use of recreational and commercial drones.

Six Former Southwest Airlines Jets Will See Service As Fire Fighters

A half-dozen former Southwest Airlines 737-300s are being converted into air tankers by Coulson Aviation, adding to its fleet of rotary- and fixed-wing firefighting aircraft.

Klyde Makes Ready For The Upcoming Political Feeding Frenzy

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Hosted Payload For NASA Successfully Integrated With Spacecraft Built For SES

SES has announced the successful integration of NASA’s Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) hosted payload with SES-14. GOLD will employ an ultraviolet imaging spectrograph to measure densities and temperatures in the Earth’s thermosphere and ionosphere in response to Sun-Earth interaction.

Two Additional Aircraft To Be Delivered Later This Year

In the last few weeks Helibras has delivered two H225Ms to the Brazilian Armed Forces. Two additional aircraft will be delivered this year.

Recognized Following IS-BAO Audit Earlier This Year

After an audit by the International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) earlier this year, Duncan Aviation’s Flight Department received its Stage III Safety Management System (SMS) Certification in April 2017. 

Quantico Staff Sergeant Sold Night Vision Equipment On eBay

A staff sergeant at Marine Corps Base Quantico has pleaded guilty to stealing night vision equipment from the Marine One helicopter squadron and selling it on the online auction site eBay.

Offering Type Rating, Cabin Crew And FFS Services In Sharjah

BAA Training, European standard aviation training center, continues spreading its presence in aviation training world. The training center is expanding its services to the Middle Eastern market by establishing BAA Training UAE training base in Sharjah, which offers Type Rating, Cabin Crew training and FFS services.

Single Frequency Approach A service provided under a letter of agreement to military single-piloted turbojet aircraft which permits use of a single UHF frequency during approach for landing. Pilots will not normally be required to change frequency from the beginning of the approach to touchdown except that pilots conducting an en  route descent are required to change frequency when control is transferred from the air route traffic control center to the terminal facility. The abbreviation “SFA” in the DOD FLIP IFR Supplement under “Communications” indicates this service is available at an aerodrome.

Aero Linx: Flying Physicians Association MISSION: FPA members are devoted to promoting aviation safety and education, cross-disciplinary medical education, charitable and public benefit activities that capitalize on their medical and aviation skills, and social activities involving like-minded physician-pilots. If you are a practicing or retired physician (MD or DO) or a medical student who is also a pilot, you should give serious consideration to joining the Flying Physicians Association as an Active member. Non-pilot physicians with an interest in aviation are also welcome as Associate Members. FPA is the world's premier organization of physician-pilots. We participate in a wide

"State, local, and tribal governments have a legitimate interest in protecting public safety and privacy from the misuse of drones. This bill allows communities to create low-altitude speed limits, local no-drone zones or rules that are appropriate to their own circumstances. We need prudent regulations that respond to the variety of new risks that drones present. Our bill provides an affirmative, bipartisan solution." Source: Senator Diane Feinstein, who is pushing a bill that would aggressively rewrite who controls much of the nation's airspace... with the potential for a chaotic maelstrom of contradictory laws that could be instituted in every city and state across the US... and with the potential to kill much of the nascent unmann

"This bill will return power to regulate everyday drone use to the proper level, states and local communities." Source: U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), on the introduction of the Drone Federalism Act.