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All News

July 04, 2018

EASA Takes On New Responsibilities

New Mandate Covers The Full Spectrum Of The Aviation Landscape

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) welcomes the adoption by the Council of the European Union of updated aviation safety rules for Europe which include a new mandate for EASA.

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AMA Drone Report 06.28.18: Aerial Sports League, Volcano UAVs, ANN/AMA at OSH18

Also: Facebook Abandons Aquila, Lindbergh Innovation Forum, Student-Designed Drones, Autonomous Aerial Vehicles Competition

Comcast will partner with the Aerial Sports League to host The Xfinity California Drone Speed Challenge – Level 2. Starting this month, drone pilot teams will compete in a multi-week, eSports-style “virtual qualifier” series through the VelociDrone racing simulator while winning teams will move on to compete, live, on July 19 for the  championship at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA. A $25,000 prize purse is up for grabs as the fastest drone teams compete in

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NASA Prepares To Go Public With Quiet Supersonic Tech

Test Flights To Be Conducted Around Galveston, TX In November

Arriving 49,000 feet above the test site, higher than the airlines fly, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center test pilot Jim “Clue” Less shuts down his F/A-18’s afterburners moving just shy of Mach 1, the speed of sound, or about 630 mph at this altitude.

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New Air Passenger Rules Must Reflect Atlantic Canada Realities

National Airlines Council Says Flexibilities Must Be Built Into The New Rules

As the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) prepares to touch down in Halifax for its only in-person consultation on air passenger rights in Atlantic Canada, the National Airlines Council of Canada (NACC) warns that the CTA and federal government need to consider how these rules could affect Atlantic Canadian communities and air travellers.

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Transcend Air Corporation Announces The Vy 400

Plans To Launch Commuter Airline Service In Early 2024

Transcend Air Corporation has announced the development of the Vy 400 (Vy), a six-seat, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, and the proposed launch of a new airline service that will deliver business travelers directly to and from major city centers.

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Airbus’ Newest Widebody A330neo In Mauritius For The First Time

Visiting 15 Cities Worldwide To Test Aircraft Readiness For Airline Operations

Airbus has flown its brand new A330neo to Mauritius for the first time, as part of the final phase of test flights leading to the Type Certification of its latest mid-size widebody airliner.  The aircraft, an A330-900 painted in the livery of launch operator TAP Air Portugal, arrived June 30th at Sir-Seewoosagur-Ramgoolam International Airport (MRU) after a flight from Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).

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Airborne-Unmanned 06.26.18: MQ-9B v Lightning, LiquidPiston Diesel, Syracuse UAV

Also: Student-Designed Drones, Insitu Small UAS Services, Deveron Drone Data, DJI’s New HQ In Shenzhen

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) used its second full-scale MQ-9B to conduct successful lightning tests at its facility in Poway, California last month. The test was conducted jointly between engineers from GA-ASI and NTS Pittsfield. MQ-9B is GA-ASI’s latest evolution of GA-ASI’s multi-mission Predator B fleet of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). The same lightning protection technology will be used by GA-ASI for its proposed MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling tanker for

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DSTA And Boeing Kickstart Joint Research On Data Analytics

Tool Will Analyze Flight And Maintenance Data For RSAF Aircraft

Singapore’s Defense Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and Boeing have signed the first project agreement to commence joint research and co-development in data analytics earlier at the inaugural Singapore Defence Technology Summit.

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United Airlines Announces $1 Million Grant To Denver Nonprofit Warren Village

Announcement In Denver Part Of $8 Million Plan To Boost Each United Hub Community Across The Country

United Airlines has announced a $1 million grant to Warren Village, a Denver nonprofit organization that has been helping low-income, single-parent families make the journey from poverty to self-sufficiency using a two-generational model since 1974.

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Our Solar System’s First Known Interstellar Object Gets Unexpected Speed Boost

Scientists Analyzing Why Oumuamua Suddenly Gained Speed

Using observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories, an international team of scientists have confirmed ′Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object to travel through our solar system, got an unexpected boost in speed and shift in trajectory as it passed through the inner solar system last year.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (07.04.18)

“With the X-59 you’re still going to have multiple shockwaves because of the wings on the aircraft that create lift and the volume of the plane. But the airplane’s shape is carefully tailored such that those shockwaves do not combine.” Source: Ed Haering, a NASA aerospace engineer at Armstrong.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (07.04.18): Uncaging

Unlocking the gimbals of a gyroscopic instrument, making it susceptible to damage by abrupt flight maneuvers or rough handling.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (07.04.18)

Flight School Association of North America

The Flight School Association of North America is a membership-based association which represents fight schools, firms that provide products or services to the fight training or aviation industry, and supporting partners.

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