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EAA is warning the aviation community to regard any solicitation they may receive regarding aircraft  registration renewal, especially those that call for using a search engine to find the registration site, with a healthy dose of suspicion. EAA has become aware of several businesses — with names, web URLs, and logos that may appear reminiscent of a government agency — that notify aircraft owners of impending registration expiration (mined from publicly available registration information) and direct them to use search engines such as Google to find the proper renewal site. Adventure Pilot has upgraded their iFly GPS aero-app. They describe Version 11 as a major upgrade that includes intelligent flight planning, graphical weather briefings, enhanced graphical instrument appr

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NASA and SpaceX completed a launch escape demonstration of the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket Sunday. This was the final major flight test of the spacecraft before it begins carrying astronauts to the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The launch escape test began at 10:30 a.m. EST with liftoff from KSC’s Launch Complex 39A. As part of the test, SpaceX configured Crew Dragon to trigger a launch escape about 1.5 minutes after liftoff. All major functions were executed, including separation, engine firings, parachute deployment and landing. Crew Dragon splashed down at 10:38 a.m. just off the Florida coast in the Atlantic Ocean. Green Township in Sussex County, NJ plans to close an airport it purchased nearly 20 years ago and will consider options for

Now Says Grounding May Be Lifted In 'Mid-2020'

Boeing has released a statement updating its situation with the beleaguered 737 MAX, which has been grounded since last March.

Aircraft Would Compete With The ATR-72

Boeing and Embraer are reportedly in talks to develop a turboprop airliner in the 70+ seat category to compete with the ATR-72.

Also Reassessing Future Participation In The Airbus Canada Limited Partnership

It its  preliminary results for the fourth quarter and full year 2019, Bombardier reported that it expects lower than previously guided financial performance, mainly as a result of actions taken to resolve challenging rail projects, the timing of milestone payments and new orders at Transportation, and the delivery of four Global 7500 aircraft slipping into the first quarter of 2020.

Attorney Says Flight Departed Despite Known Risks

A proposed class action against Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Ukrainian Airline has been filed concerning the downing of Flight PS752.

Company Says 2020 Looks to Be Even More Promising

The Sling Pilot Academy came on the flight training scene with great hopes, even greater ambitions, and a lot of expertise… It seems to have paid off.

Newest Addition To Its Product Line For Rotorcraft

Avidyne Corporation, a leading provider of integrated avionics systems, displays, ADS-B and safety systems, announced their new dzus-mounted Avidyne Helios multifunction flight management system (FMS) for helicopters.

Eyes Collins Aerospace’s Military Global Positioning System Business And Raytheon’s Airborne Tactical Radios Business

BAE Systems has reached definitive agreements for the proposed acquisitions of Collins Aerospace’s military Global Positioning System (GPS) business and Raytheon’s Airborne Tactical Radios (ATR) business. These two high-performing businesses are being sold in connection with obtaining the required antitrust clearances for the previously announced pending merger between Raytheon and United Technologies Corporation (UTC).

Welcomes Two New Carbon-Reduction Initiatives For Davos-Bound Flights

A global coalition focused on business aviation sustainability on Monday welcomed two new carbon-reduction initiatives for Davos-bound flights at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF), which began Jan. 21, 2020, in Davos, Switzerland.