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EAA Partners With FAA, Dynon For STC Breakthrough

Flight Display Innovation Will Upgrade Safety, Reduce Costs For Aircraft Owners

The EAA joined the FAA and Dynon Avionics today in announcing a breakthrough that will improve flight safety and reduce avionics upgrade costs for owners of certain type-certificated aircraft.

NTSB Issues Preliminary Report In Tampa, FL Cessna 340 Accident

Two Fatally Injured When The Plane Went Down Just After Takeoff

The NTSB has released its preliminary report in an accident involving a Cessna 340A on March 18 shortly before noon. The two people on board were fatally injured when the airplane impacted terrain.

FAA Announces Slot Changes At Newark Liberty International

Move Intended To Increase Access To Crowded Airspace

The FAA is opening up capacity at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in time for the Winter 2016 scheduling season, a move that will increase access to the busiest airspace in the world.

Cessna Delivers New Skyhawk To Epic Flight Academy

First To Be Delivered Under Multi-Year Agreement

Cessna has delivered a new Cessna Skyhawk 172 as part of an agreement recently signed with Epic Flight Academy. The multi-year agreement includes initial purchase of two new Skyhawk aircraft, product support, training and Epic’s commitment to purchase training aircraft solely from Textron Aviation to update its flight training fleet.

NASA To Host Human Exploration Rover Challenge

Nearly 80 Teams Will Compete Later This Week

Nearly 80 teams from the United States, Italy, Germany, India, Mexico, Colombia and Russia, as well as Puerto Rico, will compete in NASA’s annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge, April 8-9 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL.

Pilatus Sales Revenue Trend Continues To Be Solid

Surpasses The One Billion Swiss Franc Mark For The Third Time

Pilatus reports that excellent sales revenue figures of 1.1 billion Swiss francs (About $1.15 billion) ensure continuation of the revenue trend achieved by Pilatus in recent years. Operating results, at 191 million Swiss francs, were also outstanding. They say sixty-three new jobs were created in Stans alone during the past year, and there was more major investment in site infrastructure.

Universal Avionics, FAA Successfully Test CPDLC

Testing Of Departure Clearance Functionality Delivers Clearance Directly From Air Traffic Control In 22 Seconds

Universal Avionics has successfully tested departure clearances (DCL) using Controller-Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) with the FAA Tech Center. The company’s Cessna Citation VII equipped for Future Air Navigation System (FANS) 1/A+ completed the live test of the system in Louisville, KY (KSDF).

Bombardier Secures Challenger 350 Order

Bombardier Says It’s A Firm Order For 20 Challenger 350 Aircraft From An Undisclosed Customer

Bombardier Business Aircraft announced that it has received a firm order for 20 Challenger 350 aircraft. For competitive reasons, the customer will remain undisclosed at this time. Based on the 2016 list prices for standard-equipped aircraft, the firm order is valued at approximately $534 million.

Boeing, Ryanair Celebrate Milestone Delivery

Ryanair Marked A Milestone With Delivery Of The Airline's 400th Next-Generation 737-800.

Ryanair pioneered the low-cost model in Europe more than 30 years ago, with the Next-Generation 737-800 providing the platform for its continued growth. Ryanair is the largest Boeing operator in Europe with more than 1,800 daily flights carrying 106 million passengers annually to more than 30 countries.

Philippine Navy To Acquire AW159 Helicopters

Deal Worth Nearly $114 Million

Finmeccanica has been awarded a contract, valued at over 100 million euros (approx. $114 million), to supply the Philippine Navy with two AgustaWestland AW159 helicopters. The aircraft will be built and delivered from the Finmeccanica Helicopter Division’s Yeovil plant, in the United Kingdom, in 2018. The order includes training and multi-year support and adds to those by the United Kingdom and the Republic of Korea.

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Classic Aero-TV: A FADEC Engine For LSA - UL Power's UL350is Aero Engine

Minimize Your Cockpit Workload With FADEC...

ANN News Editor Tom Patton talks with Robert Helms, the General Manager of UL Power North America. Helms explains that UL Power is located in Belgium and got its start in aircraft engine production in 2006. Their first engine was used in a European light helicopter. The 350iS engine is designed from the ground up as an airplane engine, and in many respects it’s typical of a Continental or Lycoming engine but has the advantage of modern technology. Ideally suited for light sport aircraft, it delivers 20 H.P. more than the continental 0-200 but is 80 pounds lighter.

University Of North Dakota Selects Piper For Primary Training Aircraft

Will Deliver More Than 100 Airplanes Over Eight Years

Piper has been awarded the contract for primary trainers for the University of North Dakota’s John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences and the UND Aerospace Foundation. Deliveries begin in the fourth quarter of 2016 and are expected to stretch out over eight years and could amount to more than 100 units.

Cessna Skyhawk Aircraft Now Equipped With Angle Of Attack System

SCc AoA To Be Standard Equipment On New 172s

An Angle of Attack (AoA) indicator ... recognized as one of the most useful instruments for preventing loss of control accidents ... will now come as standard equipment on all new Cessna 172 aircraft, and will be available on new 182s and 206s.

Soloy Aviation Acquires STC For A36 Bonanza Turbine Conversion

Has Purchased Authorization For The Installations From Tradewind Turbines

Soloy Aviation Solutions has reached an agreement to purchase the FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Tradewinds Turbine Bonanza conversion package.

Hartzell Engine Technologies Announces The Purchase Of Sky-Tec

Adds Line Of High Performance Aircraft Starters And Solenoids

Hartzell Engine Technologies has announced the company’s acquisition of the Sky-Tec brand of high performance aircraft starters and solenoids.

AeroSports Update: Are You Ready For Fly-In’s?

The NTSB Safety Alert Tells You To Be Aware Of Safety Issues

Fly-ins and airshows can be a lot of fun for the recreational flyer, but they can also offer challenges if you’re not prepared. The NTSB shows concerns about the large fly-ins, but uncontrolled airports also pose their share of challenges.

Appareo Lowers Price Of Stratus Transponder

Company Prepares For The Final FAA Flight Test For Stratus ESG

Appareo, which designs, develops, manufactures and supports all Stratus products in the USA, has lowered the MSRP of Stratus ESG from $3,490 to $2,995. This new price still includes built-in WAAS GPS and a GPS antenna at no extra cost.

FAA Addresses Boeing 787 Airspeed Safety

Warns Dreamliner Pilots Not To Use Abrupt Control Inputs In Case Of Erroneous Airspeed Indications

The FAA states they are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Boeing Company Model 787-8 and 787-9 airplanes. This AD requires revising the airplane flight manual (AFM) to instruct the flightcrew to avoid abrupt flight control inputs in response to sudden drops in airspeed, and to reinforce the need to disconnect the autopilot before making any manual flight control inputs.

Airborne 04.05.16: Blue Origin Threepeat, B-Model Sonex, Piper M600/UND Order

Also: NTSB Safety Alert, SFIP16 Published, Small UAV Coalition, Quest Update, DJI v Yuneec, Parkland College

Blue Origin completed another successful launch of its New Shepard booster, and this is the third successful use of this booster, and the third successful booster recovery. On its website, Blue Origin stated that "New Shepard flew again on April 2, 2016 reaching an apogee of 339,178 feet or 103 kilometers. It was the third flight with the same hardware. We pushed the envelope on this flight, restarting the engine for the propulsive landing only 3,600 feet above the ground, requiri

In-Depth Analysis of the New 400ft Blanket COA for Commercial Drone Operators

Analysis provided by Rupprecht Law of recent changes applicable to drone pilots operating under a Section 333 exemption.

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Flight Display Innovation Will Upgrade Safety, Reduce Costs For Aircraft Owners

Two Fatally Injured When The Plane Went Down Just After Takeoff

Move Intended To Increase Access To Crowded Airspace

First To Be Delivered Under Multi-Year Agreement

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Nearly 80 Teams Will Compete Later This Week

Surpasses The One Billion Swiss Franc Mark For The Third Time

Testing Of Departure Clearance Functionality Delivers Clearance Directly From Air Traffic Control In 22 Seconds

Bombardier Says It’s A Firm Order For 20 Challenger 350 Aircraft From An Undisclosed Customer

Ryanair Marked A Milestone With Delivery Of The Airline's 400th Next-Generation 737-800.

Deal Worth Nearly $114 Million

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Has Purchased Authorization For The Installations From Tradewind Turbines

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The NTSB Safety Alert Tells You To Be Aware Of Safety Issues

Company Prepares For The Final FAA Flight Test For Stratus ESG

Warns Dreamliner Pilots Not To Use Abrupt Control Inputs In Case Of Erroneous Airspeed Indications

Also: NTSB Safety Alert, SFIP16 Published, Small UAV Coalition, Quest Update, DJI v Yuneec, Parkland College

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