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January 09, 2014

First Combat Deployable F-22s Arrive At Florida's Tyndall AFB

Five Of A Planned 24 Raptors Transferred From Holloman AFB In New Mexico

Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida has received the first five of the F-22 Raptors scheduled to transfer from Holloman Air Force Base, NM as part of their new combat mission. The aircraft are now a part of the 95th Fighter Squadron, which was reactivated in October 2013.

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UK Investigation Into Super Puma Accident Underway

Sixteen Fatally Injured When Helo Went Down In The North Sea In 2009

An official inquiry into an accident in 2009 involving a Super Puma helicopter that resulted in the fatal injury of 16 people is underway in the U.K.  Fourteen oil rig workers and two crew were on board the aircraft when the main rotor gearbox suffered a "catastrophic failure" and it went down in the North Sea.

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Boeing To Convert Orbiter Processing Facility At KSC For X-37B

Will Allow For Quicker Turnarounds Of Secretive Space Plane

Boeing has signed an agreement with NASA to convert a former Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF-1) at Kennedy Space Center on Florida's central east coast into the new home for the Air Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle. Boeing announced the agreement last Friday.

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EASA Sees Significant Improvements For Global Aviation Safety In 2013

Airline Accidents Worldwide Lower Than Any Other Year In The Past Decade

The start of 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of commercial aviation together with the achievement of the best safety record in aviation history, according to EASA. Worldwide, fatal accidents involving large commercial air transport airplanes were lower in 2013 than any other year in the last decade, with 17 accidents, compared with a yearly average of 27. 

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First Flight For Modernized S-61T Helicopter

U.S. Department Of State Already Under Contract For 13 Aircraft

A modernized version of the S-61T helicopter has conducted is first flight, according to a news release from Sikorsky, which indicates the aircraft has been upgraded with an integrated glass cockpit and enhanced performance capabilities.

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FAA, AMA To Sign Landmark Agreement At AMA Expo 2014

Will Begin A Formal Relationship Between Regulatory Agency, Academy Of Model Aeronautics

James Williams, executive manager of the FAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office will join AMA President Bob Brown on the main Expo stage Saturday to sign a Memorandum of Understanding. This agreement institutes a formal relationship between the FAA and the Academy of Model Aeronautics and establishes the platform upon which the AMA and the FAA will jointly work to ensure the continued safe operation of model aircraft in the National Airspace System.

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Era Group Inc. Expands Its Heavy Aircraft Offering

Places Order For Multiple S92 Helicopters

Era Group has signed a multi-year agreement with Sikorsky for the purchase of four Sikorsky S92 heavy helicopters for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $129 million. The aircraft are scheduled for delivery commencing the first quarter of 2016. Era also has an option to acquire five additional S92 helicopters.

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Recently Reactivated NASA Spacecraft Spots Its First New Asteroid

WISE Observatory Had Been Shut Down In 2011 Following Completion Of Primary Mission

NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) spacecraft has spotted a never-before-seen asteroid -- its first such discovery since coming out of hibernation last year.

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CAE Wins Defense Contracts Valued At More Than $101 Million

Includes U.S. Navy T-44C Aircrew Training Agreement

CAE has won contracts valued at more than $101 million, not including options, to provide a range of training systems and services for defense customers. The contracts add to CAE's third quarter fiscal year 2014 order intake.

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Gaia Spacecraft Enters Its Operational Orbit

Observations To Begin After Instrument Testing And Calibration

ESA’s billion-star surveyor Gaia is now in its operational orbit around a gravitationally stable virtual point in space called ‘L2’, 1.5 million km (930,000 miles) from Earth. Gaia has been travelling towards L2 since 19 December, when, just before dawn local time, it was launched from ESA’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

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AD: Airbus Airplanes

AD NUMBER: 2013-25-06

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Aero-TV: Cutting The Cord -- TrueNorth’s Luxury Stylus Wi-Fi Handset

There Is No Such Thing As TOO MUCH Mobility... Ask TrueNorth

On the first day at the 2013 NBAA conference, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell spoke with Mark Van Berkel, CEO of TrueNorth Avionics. TrueNorth is in the business of providing information and communication services for business travelers aboard executive aircraft.

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Aero-TV: Cutting The Cord -- TrueNorth’s Luxury Stylus Wi-Fi Handset

There Is No Such Thing As TOO MUCH Mobility... Ask TrueNorth

On the first day at the 2013 NBAA conference, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell spoke with Mark Van Berkel, CEO of TrueNorth Avionics. TrueNorth is in the business of providing information and communication services for business travelers aboard executive aircraft. The Luxury Stylus Wi-Fi Handset is an example of airborne avionics that almost goes unnoticed but is indispensable for increasing productivity for executives while traveling. The business traveler is used to simply picking up a phone, or a cell phone, and doing business at any time anywhere. But it’s not that simple w

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SAFE To FAA: Sim Policy Change Will Harm Aviation Safety

Doug Stewart: 'Extra Simulator Training Hours ... (Are) Invaluable'

The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) told the FAA Wednesday that an unexpected change in agency policy on Letters of Authorization (LOAs) for GA flight simulators will harm aviation safety, create a burden on the industry and run counter to the intent of current LOAs.

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Orbital Sciences Launch To Space Station With NASA Research Reset For Thursday

Wednesday Launch Scrubbed Due To High Levels Of Radiation In Space

Orbital Sciences has confirmed it will proceed with a launch attempt from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va. at 1307 EST Thursday, Jan. 9 of its cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station, pending closeout of all remaining prelaunch reviews and tests.

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Navy Helo Down Off Virginia Coast

One Crewmember Unaccounted For In The Accident

A U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter has gone down in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia. Four of the five crewmembers on board the aircraft have been accounted for, and an SAR effort was mounted to locate the fifth.

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Flight Duty Hours Impacted By Severe Winter Weather

ALPA Says Poor Planning By Individual Airlines Should Not Detract From Safety Advancements

The severe winter weather of the past few days across the country has resulted in some lengthy flight delays and cancellations, but ALPA said in a statement that stricter crew rest regulations implemented by the FAA last weekend represent a significant advancement in airline safety.  

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APA Supports American Eagle Pilots In Contract Talks

Asked To Renegotiate Their Contract Ten Days After AA Emerged From Bankruptcy

The president of the Allied Pilots Association (APA), certified collective bargaining agent for the 10,000 pilots of American Airlines, expressed strong support for the pilots at American Eagle Airlines during their contract discussions with American Airlines Group management in a statement released this week.

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US Commitment To ISS Extended Until At Least 2024

Obama Administration 'Hopeful' That International Community Will Follow Suit

As more than 30 heads of space agencies from around the world prepare to gather in Washington January 9-10 for an unprecedented summit on the future of space exploration, the White House issued a news release saying that the Obama Administration has approved an extension of the International Space Station (ISS) until at least 2024.

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AF Helicopter Down In England

Four On Board Pave Hawk Helo Fatally Inured

An Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter went down at about 1800 Greenwich Mean Time Jan. 7 near Salthouse on the Norfolk coast in England.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (01.09.14)

“The FAA should be encouraging better pilot training, not discouraging it. The extra simulator training hours allowed by these LOAs is invaluable.” Source: Doug Stewart, SAFE Executive Director. A proposed FAA policy change would limit pilots to 10 hours of loggable sim time toward an instrument rating.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (01.09.14): High Clouds

These clouds have bases between 16,500 and 45,000 feet in the mid latitudes.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.09.14)

WACO Aircraft Museum

The WACO Aircraft Company of Troy, Ohio was the leading aircraft manufacturer of civilian aircraft in the U. S. from 1928 - 1935. Beginning in 1921 as the Weaver Aircraft Company in Lorain, Ohio, they moved to Troy in 1924 and became the Advance Aircraft Company but kept the WACO logo.

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