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All News

October 13, 2013

Revised Edition Of NBAA Federal Excise Taxes Guide Now Available

Organization Says New Version Is Improved Over Previous Publications

The NBAA has released its new Federal Excise Taxes Guide: Details on Air Transportation and Fuel Taxes. Last published in 2005 as the NBAA Federal Excise Tax Handbook, the guide is intended to provide business aircraft owners, flight departments and charter operators with a basic understanding of the federal excise taxes (FET) that apply to business aircraft activity.

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Embraer Hosts E-Jets Operators In Rio de Janeiro

Three-Day Gathering Focuses On Airline Efficiency

With a focus on the airline operational efficiency of the E-Jets fleet, Embraer’s Commercial Aviation Services & Support division hosts the global edition of the Embraer Operators Conference (EOC) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from October 13 to 15.

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Boeing, South African Airways Launch Sustainable Aviation Biofuel Effort

Southern Africa Collaboration On Biofuel Supply Chain Part Of Broader Efforts To Support Environmental Sustainability

Boeing and South African Airways (SAA) will work together to develop and implement a sustainable aviation biofuel supply chain in Southern Africa, a first for the continent. The companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding Thursday for sustainable aviation biofuel supply chain development at The Corporate Council on Africa's 9th Biennial U.S.-Africa Business.

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Diamond Aircraft Successfully Integrates Photo-Grammetry, Laser-Scanning

Two Technologies Operating In Concert On A Single Aircraft

A new Diamond DA42 Geostar has successfully collected laser-scanning and photo-grammetry data during one single flight, according to a news release from Diamond Aircraft.

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Transport Workers Union Allowed To File Brief In AA-US Airways Merger Case

Represents Ground Workers At Both Airlines

The federal judge overseeing the lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice to stop the merger of American Airlines and US Airways will allow the Transport Workers Union to file a brief relevant to the case.

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UK MOD Seeks Helicopter Protection Technology

Looks To Industry For Innovation To Counter Potential Threats

The U.K. Ministry of Defense (MOD) is looking to industry for innovative ways to counter potential threats to UK military helicopters from ground-based weapons. This will help to assess how aircraft maneuvers, threat warning systems and countermeasures can reduce the effects of hostile fire from a range of weapon systems.

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Universal Avionics' Airborne Datalink System Approved For Falcon 900

Chicago Jet Group FANS Retrofit Meets Eurocontrol Program Mandates

The Dassault Falcon 900 FANS-1A+ (CPDLC Supplemental Type Certification (STC) ST08427CH-T) will be the second aircraft to be certified with a retrofit installation of an Air Traffic Services FANS 1A+ / CPDLC Data Link system over Iridium by Chicago Jet Group, provisioning the aircraft for the upcoming Eurocontrol Link 2000+ Program mandates.

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Flightstore Documents The History Of Women In Aviation

New Infographic Marks Milestones

A new infographic detailing the exciting journey of women in aviation has been compiled by the U.K. pilot supply store Flightstore. The infographic has been placed on the Flightstore blog and is available for those looking to place this informative graphic on their own site or share socially.

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Avianca Brasil Selects Byogy To Source Clean Aviation Biofuels

Byogy And Avianca Brasil Announce Collaboration To Accelerate Global Certification

Continuing its commitment to deliver economical, 100% drop-in replacement biofuels, Byogy is delighted that Avianca Brasil has selected the Byogy Renewables Alcohol to Jet ("ATJ") fully renewable aviation biofuel process to source their environment friendly alternate low carbon aviation fuels in the future.

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Trimble Launches New Geospatial Solutions For Aerial Imaging

New Airborne LIDAR System Can Be Operated At Up To 15,500 Feet AGL

Trimble has announced new additions to its aerial imaging portfolio —the Trimble AX60, a new airborne LIDAR system; and an updated version of its Inpho processing software. The announcement was made at INTERGEO 2013, the world's largest conference on geodesy, geoinformatics and land management.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.13.13)

Aero Linx: Scholarships - Wolf Aviation Fund One of the most common questions received at the Wolf Aviation Fund is if we have grants available for flight training or for educational scholarships. We do try to guide people who need support in learning to fly or in developing aviation careers. However, we normally do not provide funds for educationalscholarships orfor flight training for individuals because there are many organizations that do - and

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.14.13)

Aero Linx: Army Warrant Officer Warrant Officers are highly specialized experts and trainers in their career fields. By gaining progressive levels of expertise and leadership, these leaders provide valuable guidance to commanders and organizations in their specialty. Warrant Officers remain single-specialty officers with career tracks that progress within their field, unlike their Commissioned Officer counterparts who focus on increased levels of command and staff duty positions.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (10.13.13): Gate Hold Procedures

Gate Hold Procedures Procedures at selected airports to hold aircraft at the gate or other ground location whenever departure delays exceed or are anticipated to exceed 15 minutes. The sequence for departure will be maintained in accordance with initial call-up unless modified by flow control restrictions. Pilots should monitor the ground control/clearance delivery frequency for engine start/taxi advisories or new proposed start/taxi time if the delay changes.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (10.13.13)

“The livelihood of our members is at stake... That’s why we filed for intervenor status.” Source: TWU President Harry Lombardo, commenting on the news that the federal judge overseeing the lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice to stop the merger of American Airlines and US Airways will allow the Transport Workers Union to file a brief relevant to the case.

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