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December 19, 2016

Airborne 12.19.16: Part 23 Update, CYGNSS Succeeds, Skycatcher Destruction

Also: CYGNSS Launch, Hoover Sabreliner Roll, Mesa Pilots, Bombardier CS300 TC, JetSuiteX, Mil-UAV Spending, CAP Helps Track Santa

Our first report provides a great way to start the new week because a long-awaited day in the GA community has finally arrived. The FAA announced late last week that they have issued a final rule that overhauls the airworthiness standards for small general aviation airplanes. FAA’s new FAR Part 23 rule establishes performance-based standards for airplanes that weigh less than 19,000 pounds with 19 or fewer seats. It also promotes the use of industry cons

Airborne 12.19.16: Part 23 Update, CYGNSS Succeeds, Skycatcher Destruction

Also: CYGNSS Launch, Hoover Sabreliner Roll, Mesa Pilots, Bombardier CS300 TC, JetSuiteX, Mil-UAV Spending, CAP Helps Track Santa

Our first report provides a great way to start the new week because a long-awaited day in the GA community has finally arrived. The FAA announced late last week that they have issued a final rule that overhauls the airworthiness standards for small general aviation airplanes. FAA’s new FAR Part 23 rule establishes performance-based standards for airplanes that weigh less than 19,000 pounds with 19 or fewer seats. It also promotes the use of industry consensus-based compliance methods for specific designs and technologies; a concept that was first introduced to general aviation through the light sport aircraft regulations. It’s a good thing

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CMIG Leasing Takes Delivery Of China’s 100th Helicopter From The Ecureuil family

The H125 Will Be Deployed For Power Line Surveillance, Geographic Surveys And Aerial Videography Missions

CMIG Leasing received a brand new H125 helicopter from Airbus Helicopters in Marignane, France, making it the 100th Ecureuil family helicopter to operate in China’s skies.

Turbine Conversions, LTD. Selects PT6A-21 Engines For Cessna 206 Conversion

Cites Power To Weight Ratio, 3,600 Hour TBO In Making The Selection

A long-term contract has been signed between Turbine Conversions, Ltd. and Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) for the sale of PT6A-21 engines to power the recently announced Cessna 206 turbine conversion.

FAA Approves LifePort For Pilatus PC-12/47, PC-12/47E

Represents An Upgrade To A Legacy Product

The FAA has granted airworthiness approval to Sikorsky subsidiary LifePort for its Patient Loading Utility System (PLUS), for the Pilatus PC-12/47 and PC-12/47E aircraft. The addition of this Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) to LifePort's portfolio extends the PLUS application across multiple Pilatus aircraft platforms.

Safran To Support European NH90 Engines

Signs A 10-Year Contract With NAHEMA

Safran Helicopter Engines has signed a 10-year contract with NAHEMA (NATO Helicopter Management Agency), to support RTM322-powered NH90 operated by the French Army Light Aviation (ALAT) and French Navy. This contract also covers the NH90 operated by Belgian Army and Navy and the Royal Netherlands Armed Forces.

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Airbus Helicopters H130 Finds Favor With Air Medical Operators

Airbus Says Helo Enables EMS Operations To Provide Better Patient Care, Improve Economic Performance

Air medical transport operators are finding the Airbus Helicopters H130 to be an economical, high-performance aircraft that also allows them to provide higher quality care to critically ill and injured patients. With nearly 25 percent more cabin space than other single engine helicopters, the H130 is giving operators the cabin space and patient access of twin-engine helicopters with single-engine helicopter economics.

Pilot Fights Embargo Against Jets At Florida's Lantana Airport

FAA Says Complaint May Have Merit

Lantana Airport (KLNA) in Florida's Palm Beach County has banned jets for 43 years under an agreement reached in 1973 between the FAA and Palm Beach County that gave the county the authority to ban jets from the airport.

Jackson, MS Airport Lawsuit On Hold

Waiting For Either Trial Next Year Or Changes In FAA Rules

A lawsuit that will decide who can appoint members to the Jackson, (MS) Municipal Airport Authority (JMAA) is on hold until its trial date comes up next October, or there is some change made at the FAA.

Italian Customs And Border Protection Acquires Additional AW139s

Aircraft To Perform Maritime Surveillance And Patrol, Maritime And Mountain Reconnaissance, Law Enforcement And Homeland Security

The Italian Customs and Border Protection service (Guardia di Finanza) has signed a contract with Leonardo-Finmeccanica for the acquisition of six additional AW139 intermediate twin helicopters, including integrated logistic support and training for pilots and technicians.

Heathrow Airport Appoints Jacobs To Integrated Design Team

Providing Services To Support Airport’s Sustainable Expansion

Jacobs Engineering Group has been awarded a four-year contract by London’s Heathrow Airport Ltd to provide airport planning and engineering services to support the airport’s sustainable expansion.

Distant Galaxy Churning Out Stars At Remarkable Rate

Observations Made By Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes to show that a recently-discovered galaxy is undergoing an extraordinary boom of stellar construction. The galaxy is 12.7 billion light years from Earth, seen at a critical stage in the evolution of galaxies about a billion years after the Big Bang.

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Germany Receives First Tactical Standard Airbus A400M Airlifter

Aircraft Represents The Sixth A400M In German Service

Airbus Defense and Space has delivered to the German Air Force its first A400M transport aircraft qualified for tactical operations and able to fly in areas subject to military threats.

Gulfstream G600 Takes Flight Ahead Of Schedule

Second And Third G600 Aircraft Delivered To Flight Test

In one of the few, enduring success stories in BizAv, the Gulfstream program continues to develop and innovate new airframes that they seem to have comparatively little trouble selling (at last as compared to much of the rest of the industry). Indicative of this fact is the the announcement just received from Gulfstream Aerospace as the Gulfstream G600 has completed its first flight, officially kicking off the aircraft’s flight-test program. Two additional G600 test aircraft have been inducted into the flight-test center in anticipation of their flights early next year.

Barnstorming: Reclaiming Our Legends (Revisited)

I Was Inspired By Many An Aviation Tale... But Who May Be Inspired By Those You (and Others) May Tell?

By Jim Campbell, ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief One of my greatest joys lies in the telling and retelling of some of my experiences and adventures in aviation. Some are pretty adventurous, and have a high "coolness" factor, though most are simple little ditties about sweet moments in time that could only have been arrived at through some form of aerial intervention...

AeroSports Update: More Performers Announced For EAA AirVenture

Initial AirVenture 2017 Air Show Performers Confirmed, But This Isn’t The End Of The List

Only last week we reported that the U.S. Navy Blue Angels demonstration team had EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017 scheduled on their airshow appearance list. We said at that time to stand by for more information but we didn’t expect it this soon.

FAA, EASA Certify Airbus A321neo With P&W Engines

Paves The Way For First Deliveries Of The PurePower Variant

Following a comprehensive flight test program, the A321neo powered by Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower PW1100G-JM engines has received joint Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the FAA.

Airbus Helicopters Recognizes Air Medical Transport Industry Leaders

Cites Efforts To Improve Safety And Quality Of Service

Airbus Helicopters recognized leaders of the air medical transport industry Tuesday for their efforts to improve safety and quality of service.

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Norway's Statoil Seeks Replacement For Super Puma Fleet

Says It Will Not Resume Flying The Helicopters Even If Restrictions Are Lifted

A worldwide search is underway by the Norwegian state oil company Statoil for a replacement of its fleet of Airbus Super Puma H225 and AS332 L2 helicopters following in light of ongoing restrictions placed on the aircraft by Norway's air safety regulators.

United Launch Alliance Joins StellarXplorers As A Sponsor

Program Seeks To Inspire Students To Pursue STEM Careers

The Air Force Association (AFA) has announced United Launch Alliance (ULA) as the newest sponsor of its StellarXplorers STEM program.

Klyde Morris (12.19.16)

Klyde Is Getting The Hang Of The Aviation Biz...

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

Boeing Begins Digital Flight Deck Upgrades To NATO Fleet

Airborne Warning And Control System Upgrades Improve Efficiency, Cost Savings And Operator Awareness, Boeing Says

Boeing has delivered to NATO the first of fourteen E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft with cockpit upgrades that improve mission-readiness, decrease customer costs and reaffirm Boeing’s overall commitment to the fleet.

Airborne 12.16.16: Amazon Prime Air, Saving Santa Monica, Thunderbird Report

Also: AguaDrone, The KSMO Debacle, King Air 350, Airport Lawsuit, Gray Eagle ER, Southwest-Cuba, Trump Tweets v JSF

Amazon has just announced, and produced an informational video, about their first actual drone delivery of a product. They’re calling the service Amazon Prime Air and they are referring to this first delivery as the initiation of their beta-testing program. They say that Prime Air is a delivery system designed to safely get packages to customers in 30 minutes or less using unmanned aerial vehicles. In their press release, Amazon claims their Prime Air has great potent

Civil Air Patrol To Help NORAD Track Santa

Kids Worldwide Can Listen To Santa’s Journey Via Radio

The public will be able to eavesdrop Dec. 24 as Civil Air Patrol helps the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) track Santa Claus.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (12.19.16): Air Route Traffic Control Control (ARTCC)

Air Route Traffic Control Control (ARTCC) These facilities provide air traffic control service to aircraft operating on IFR flight plans within controlled airspace, principally during the enroute phase of flight. Each ARTCC has a traffic management unit (TMU) that interfaces with the Command Center. When equipment capabilities and controller workload permit, certain advisory/assistance services may be provided to VFR aircraft. There are 20 ARTCCs in the continental U.S.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (12.19.16)

Aero Linx: The National Association of Priest Pilots “It is with paternal satisfaction that the Holy Father views the efforts of the members of the National Association of Priest Pilots to encourage the use of air transportation to obtain ever more abundant spiritual fruits from their sacerdotal ministry and missionary apostolate.” --- The Vatican, September 29, 1964. The National Association of Priest Pilots Purpose: To promote the use of private aircraft as a practical, safe, and efficient tool of the apostolic work of a priest. To cooperate with other aviation and ecclesiastical groups wherever possible in

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (12.19.16)

Aero-News Quote of the Day

“The HF radio systems CAP is using for the Santa Track net are an important resource... During emergency service and disaster relief operations when telephones and Internet may not be working, CAP’s volunteers routinely use radio to report damage assessment, conduct aerial photography and perform other essential missions.” Source: Malcolm Kyser, CAP’s chief of communications, commenting, a bit tongue in cheek, about how the public will be able to eavesdrop Dec. 24 as Civil Air Patrol helps the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) track Santa Claus.

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