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December 16, 2014

Evergreen Vintage Museum Files For Bankruptcy

Facility Houses Spruce Goose, Other Classic Aircraft

The company that owns the museum where the Spruce Goose and other classic vintage aircraft are displayed to the public has filed for bankruptcy.

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AgustaWestland Engineers Recognized With Royal Aeronautical Society Awards

Project Zero All-Electric Tiltrotor Team Wins Another Prestigious Award

The work of AgustaWestland engineers work has been recognized by the Royal Aeronautical Society with three prestigious awards comprising the Team Gold Medal, Specialist Award – Silver and the Herbert Le Sueur Young Persons Award.

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EASA Approves Airbus Helicopters’ China-Based Training And Support Activities

Certifies MRO Activities, FFS

The European airworthiness authority has validated Airbus Helicopters’ flight training and support services in China, endorsing the high quality standards of these operations and their contribution to safety in one of the world’s most rapidly-growing rotorcraft markets.

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Draken International Adds Six A-4N Skyhawks To Growing Fleet

Aircraft Acquired From BAE Systems, Brings A-4 Fleet To 14 Aircraft

Draken International, a provider of 4th generation tactical flight support, has completed an acquisition of six McDonnell Douglas A-4N Skyhawks from BAE Systems and has successfully flown these aircraft back to the United States from Germany. These aircraft are in addition to eight A-4K Skyhawks previously purchased from New Zealand, bringing the company’s fleet to a total of 14 A-4 Skyhawks.

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Textron AirLand Marks One-Year Anniversary Of Scorpion's 1st Flight

Has Accumulated 266 Flight Hours Including Trans-Atlantic Flight

Textron AirLand's Scorpion has completed its 266th flight test hour, one year after its first flight on December 12, 2013.

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Flight School Of Greenville Opens

Offering Training From 'Pinch Hitter' Through CFI

Pilot demand has been in the news a lot lately after Boeing released its' 2014 Pilot and Technician Outlook, a report that predicts that North America will need another 88,000 pilots between now and 2033. A new flight school at Greenville Downtown Airport in South Carolina aims to help fill some of those slots.

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MH370: Malaysia Ignored Crucial Evidence, Watchdog Website Says

Sources Tell Fight AirlineRatings.com That Authorities Ignored Satellite Evidence

Critical days were lost in the search for MH370 because Malaysian authorities initially rejected evidence from the British satellite company that the Boeing 777 with 239 aboard was in the Southern Indian Ocean, according to a website that tracks flight safety.

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'Super Dell' Disrupts Hearing On Charges Of Chasing An Endangered Owl

Former TV Pitchman And Libertarian Candidate For Governor In Utah Briefly Arrested Before Hearing Began

Dell "Super Dell" Schanze was making his first appearance in court for allegedly chasing an endangered owl with his powered paraglider recently, and it did not go particularly well for the former TV pitchman and Libertarian candidate for Governor in Utah.

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Woman Gets $1.12 Million In Photography Case

Had Taken Pictures Of A Military Display Helicopter, Accused Of Being A Terrorist

A woman in New York who had been detained by police for four days after taking photographs of a military helicopter for a website supporting U.S. military troops has won $1.12 million in damages in a lawsuit stemming from the incident.

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Heather Cho Out At Korean Air

Hanjin Owner's Daughter Belittled The Chief Steward On A KAL Flight

The daughter of the owner of Korean Airline, who also held positions of authority with the airline, was reportedly upset that she had been served nuts in a bag rather than on a plate while the KAL flight was taxiing for takeoff from New York to Inchon, South Korea. So upset, in fact, that she ordered the leader of the cabin crew to kneel at her feet and apologize for the affront.

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Note To Airline Pilots: Don't Let Passengers Fly The Plane

That Holds True Even When The Passengers Are Attractive Celebrities

Here's an example of some pretty bad judgement on the part of a Mexican airline captain. On a recent Magnicharters airline flight between Cancun and Mexico City, an unnamed pilot allowed  23-year-old singer Esmeralda Ugalde and her 19-year-old actress friend Samadhi Zendejas to sit in the left seat of the airplane wearing the pilot's hat.

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Horse Racing Organization Sues Air Charter Operation

Breeders Cup Says AirCharter.com Violated Contract

A lawsuit has been filed in Fayette County, KY Circuit Court accusing an air charter operation of violating its contract with Breeders Cup over the transportation if some 60 horse racing patrons from California to Kentucky following the World Championships at Santa Anita Park.

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AirAsia X Places Firm Order For 55 A330neo

Largest Single Order To Date For The Re-Engined Widebody

AirAsia X, the long haul affiliate of Asia’s largest low cost airline, has placed a firm order with Airbus for 55 A330neo aircraft. This is the largest single order to date for the A330 Family. AirAsia X has now ordered a total of 91 aircraft. The announcement covers the firming up of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for 50 A330neo signed during the Farnborough Air Show in July 2014, plus an additional five aircraft. Deliveries of the newly-ordered aircraft will begin in 2018.

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Boeing, Jetlines Announce Order For Five 737 MAX 7s

New Canadian Ultra-Low Cost Carrier Starts Building Its Fleet

Boeing and Jetlines have announced an order for five 737 MAX 7s as the new Canadian ultra-low cost carrier builds its future fleet. The order, valued at $438 million at current list prices, includes purchase rights for an additional 16 737 MAXs.

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NASA Tests Software That May Help Increase Flight Efficiency, Decrease Noise

ASTAR Allows Better Spacing, Provides Pilots With Specific Flight Parameters

NASA researchers have begun flight tests of computer software that shows promise in improving flight efficiency and reducing environmental impacts of aircraft, especially on communities around airports.

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ULA Atlas V Rocket Successfully Launches Payload For The NRO

Most Powerful Atlas V Launched From California

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-3 on Dec. 12 at 1919 PST. Designated NROL-35, the mission is in support of national defense.  

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AeroSports Update: Wright ‘B’ Flyer To Be Built At Original Factory

EAA Joins With Wright “B” Flyer Inc. To Build New Airplane At Original Wright Company Factory

Wright “B” Flyer Inc. will build the airplane at the Wright Company factory site in Dayton, OH with the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) providing valuable support. Final assembly will take place inside the original Wright factory buildings more than a century after it first opened. America’s first airplane factory will become active again.

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ILS Proton Successfully Launches the Yamal-401 Satellite

Marks The Company's 400th Proton Mission

International Launch Services (ILS) successfully launched the Yamal-401 satellite into geosynchronous orbit on an ILS Proton for JSC Gazprom Space Systems (Gazprom) of Moscow.  This was the landmark 400th mission for the Proton launch vehicle since its first flight in 1965.

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FAA, New Mexico Airlines Differ On Reasons For Flight Cancellation

Carrier Abruptly Canceled All Of Its Flights Friday

There are different views of why Albuquerque NM-based regional carrier New Mexico Airlines abruptly canceled all of its flights last Friday ... one from the airline and one from the FAA.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (12.16.14)

"ASTAR represents the first of several inventive technologies NASA's aeronautical innovators are working on that will be tested with the help of the ecoDemonstrator test airplanes." Source: Jaiwon Shin, associate administrator for NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (12.16.14): Handoff

An action taken to transfer the radar identification of an aircraft from one controller to another.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (12.16.14)

2015 Demonstration Team Schedules

In case you missed it last week, here is a blog that has compiled links to many of the schedules of U.S. and other military demonstration teams,as well as one civilian jet team.

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