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October 31, 2013

FAA To Allow Airlines To Expand Use Of Personal Electronics

Implementation Guidance To Be Distributed Immediately To Airlines

FAA Administrator Michael Huerta announced Thursday that the agency has determined that airlines can safely expand passenger use of Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs) during all phases of flight, and is immediately providing the airlines with implementation guidance.

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Aeromexico Gets Its Second Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Plans Set For Aircraft To Start Operations Between Mexico City And New York In The Last Week Of October

Aeromexico has taken delivery of its second Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which will commence commercial operations during the last week in October on the Mexico City-New York-Mexico City route. Starting in November, the new aircraft will also begin flights to Tokyo and Paris.

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CAE Adding 4th Dassault Falcon 7X FFS To Global Training Network

Will Be Ready For Training In 2015

CAE has added a fourth Dassault Falcon 7X full-flight simulator (FFS) to its global training network. The simulator is expected to be ready for training in 2015 at a yet to be disclosed location. CAE is an Authorized Training Provider for the Falcon Jet.

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Twelfth Production P-8A Poseidon Aircraft Delivered To The U.S. Navy

Only One Delivery Remains Scheduled For 2013

The 12th production P-8A Poseidon has been delivered to the U.S. Navy by Boeing, enhancing the long-range maritime patrol capabilities of the service.

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NASA Seeking Student Science Experiments For Balloon Flight

Targeting Fall 2014 For Flight Opportunity

NASA is accepting applications from graduate and undergraduate university students to fly experiments to the edge of space aboard a high-altitude scientific balloon. This balloon flight competition is a joint project between NASA and the Louisiana Space Consortium (LaSPACE) in Baton Rouge.

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Research On NASA Advanced Booster Shows Optimization Options

High-Strength, Low-Weight Graphite Composite Case Reaches Key Milestone

A significant milestone in ATK's NASA Research Announcement (NRA) Advanced Booster risk-reduction program for the Space Launch System (SLS) has been reached with the successful completion of filament winding of a pathfinder Advanced Booster composite case.

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USAF Awards $113 Million SAR Helicopter Training Contract

Lockheed Martin To Develop, Field, And Sustain Training Simulators

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $113 million contract to Lockheed Martin to design, develop, field and sustain aircrew training devices for HH-60G Pave Hawk search and rescue helicopters.

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Army Asks Norwegian Company To Design 'Pocket UAV' Helicopter For Foot Soldiers

'Black Hornet' Would Be Used For 'Personal Reconnaissance'

U.S. Army researchers are asking a Norwegian company to develop a pocket-sized helicopter drone to provide a personal reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for infantrymen and Special Forces warfighters. Officials of the Army Contracting Command in Natick, MA, are awarding a $2.5 million contract to Prox Dynamics AS of Nesbru, Norway, to develop the Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance System (PRS).

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NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Approaches 'Cooperstown'

Completes First Two-Day Autonomous Drive

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity completed its first two-day autonomous drive Monday, bringing the mobile laboratory to a good vantage point for pictures useful in selecting the next target the rover will reach out and touch. When it drives autonomously, the rover chooses a safe route to designated waypoints by using its onboard computer to analyze stereo images that it takes during pauses in the drive. Prior to Monday, each day’s autonomous drive came after a segment earlier that day that was exactly charted by rover team members using images sent to Earth.

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Weather A Focus In Castle Rock, CO Accident

Pilot Seriously Injured When Glasair Went Down Monday

The pilot of a Glasair homebuilt airplane was reported to be in "serious but stable" condition following an accident Monday night after striking power lines near Castle Rock, CO and going down in a residential neighborhood.

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Airplane Impacts House In Oregon

NTSB: No 'Catastrophic Engine Issues' With The Airplane

An airplane that went down in McMinnville, OR Monday impacting a house and resulting in the fatal injury of the pilot suffered "no catastrophic engine issues" prior to the accident, according to the NTSB.

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AD: Lycoming Engines And Continental Motors, Inc.

AD NUMBER: 2013-21-02

PRODUCT: Lycoming Engines TIO-540-AK1A, and Continental Motors, Inc. (CMI) TSIO-360-MB, TSIO-360-SB, and TSIO-360-RB reciprocating engines, with certain Hartzell Engine Technologies (HET) turbochargers, model TA0411, installed.

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AD: Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) Helicopters

AD NUMBER: 2013-21-01

PRODUCT: Eurocopter Model AS350B, AS350BA, AS350B1, AS350B2, AS350B3, AS350C, AS350D, AS350D1, AS355E, AS355F, AS355F1, AS355F2, AS355N, and AS355NP helicopters.

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Classic Aero-TV: Scott's Bell 47 -- Re-Introducing an Iconic Helicopter

The Bell 47 Was To Rotorcraft What The J-3 Has Been To Fixed Wing GA

Talk about an iconic airframe... outside of the Piper Cub, few aircraft are as stereotypical of a breed of flying machines as is the Bell 47 in the rotorcraft world. Scott’s – Bell 47, Inc. was formed in 2009 when President and Owner, Scott Churchill, acquired the Type Certificates for Bell’s Model 47 helicopter. Since then, Scott’s – Bell 47 has established itself as the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for this extremely viable aircraft. The company's goal is 'to provide affordable, quality spare parts for the 1000+ Model 47s that are still flying

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House Aviation Subcommittee Holds Hearing On GA Certification Process

Seeks Greater Efficiencies And Balance For GA Certifications

The U.S. House of Representatives Transportation Committee subcommittee on aviation held a hearing Wednesday on the FAA's certification process. Subcommittee Chair Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) called the hearing in an effort to "find the right balance between maintaining the highest level of aviation safety while achieving greater efficiencies in FAA’s certification processes."

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Los Angeles Legislative Delegation Call On FAA To Complete Helo Noise Plan

Request Quick Action On Los Angeles Helicopter Noise Initiative

Representatives Adam Schiff, Henry Waxman, Brad Sherman, Karen Bass, Janice Hahn, Tony Cardenas and Alan Lowenthal, and Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer have sent a letter to FAA Administrator Michael Huerta to request that the agency release its schedule for completing the next steps identified in the FAA’s Report on the Los Angeles Helicopter Noise Initiative. 

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Embraer To Expand Business Jet Operations In Melbourne, FL

Will Add Assembly Line For Legacy Business Jet Line

At a ceremony that included Florida Governor Rick Scott, Embraer announced that it will expand its current Melbourne, FL facilities with the addition of a new aircraft assembly line for the Legacy 500/450 twin-engine business jets. The expansion is subject to approval by the appropriate authorities.

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NTSB Issues Probable Cause Report In Florida Fatal Accident

Well-Known Television Fishing Show Host Jose Wejebe Fatally Injured In April Last Year

The NTSB says pilot error is the probable cause of an accident which occurred in April, 2012, that resulted in the fatal injury of Jose "Spanish Fly" Wejebe, a well-known fishing guide and host of the "Spanish Fly" fishing show on the Outdoor Channel.

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JetBlue Deal Marks 10,000th Airbus A320 Family Order

Order Includes 35 New Aircraft, 18 Upsized Models, Launches 'Sharklets' Retrofit Program

Just days after taking delivery of its very first A321 aircraft, JetBlue Airways has placed a new order for 15 A321ceo and 20 A321neo aircraft. In addition, the airline has opted to upsize 8 A320ceo and 10 A320neo aircraft currently on backlog to 8 A321ceo and 10 A321neo, respectively. This order marks the 10,000th order for an Airbus A320 Family aircraft.

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Destin, FL City Council Eyes Ordinance To Prevent Some Helo Operations

Concerns Raised About Floating Heliports Located In Destin Harbor

The Destin, FL City Council has unanimously approved a motion that could lead to an ordinance preventing helicopters from operating on floating platforms in Destin harbor.

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Plane Down On KBNA Runway

Wreckage Apparently Sat On Pavement For Six Hours Before Being Noticed

A Cessna 172 that went down at Nashville International Airport (KBNA) in Nashville, TN Tuesday morning about 0300 apparently was not discovered until about 0900 (CDT) when the pilot of another plane saw the wreckage. The pilot of the airplane was fatally injured.

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Nose Gear Tire From Vietnamese Airplane Discovered Four Days After Flight

Tire Apparently Separated From ATR-72 On Takeoff

A tire from the nose gear of a Vietnam Airlines ATR-72 which apparently separated from the airplane on takeoff last week was discovered in a field near Hai Phong airport where the flight had originated. The plane's crew was unaware that the wheel was missing, even after an apparently normal landing.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (10.31.13)

"Simply put, our companies cannot bring new product to market without FAA approval. FAA must certify every aspect of a new aircraft design and all components and technologies as meeting the safety standards." Source: Prepared testimony from GAMA president and CEO Pete Bunce before the House Transportation Committee Aviation Subcommittee hearing on the GA certification process.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (10.31.13): Dew

Moisture that has condensed on objects near the ground, whose temperatures have fallen below the dewpoint temperature.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.31.13)

Aerospace Association Websites

From Aeronautical Repair Station Association to Space Transportation Association, this listing of more than two dozen aerospace associations may have what you're looking for.

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