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February 07, 2019

AMA Drone Report 02.07.19: Super Bowl Drones, TN UAV Regs, Yuneec Expands H520

Also: Gatwick Incident $$$, Jumping Drone, AMA Membership Meeting, Aero-TV: DJI’s Mightiest Mavic

During Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta on Feb. 3, 2019, Intel Corporation partnered with the NFL to create the first-ever live drone light show during a Super Bowl Halftime Show And let’s face it, if you read the reviews, this year’s Half-Time activities needed all the help they could get. As Maroon 5 began the song “She Will Be Loved,” 150 enhanced Intel Shooting Star drones floated up and over the field in a choreographed performance to the music to form the words “ONE

AMA Drone Report 02.07.19: Super Bowl Drones, TN UAV Regs, Yuneec Expands H520

Also: Gatwick Incident $$$, Jumping Drone, AMA Membership Meeting, Aero-TV: DJI’s Mightiest Mavic

During Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta on Feb. 3, 2019, Intel Corporation partnered with the NFL to create the first-ever live drone light show during a Super Bowl Halftime Show And let’s face it, if you read the reviews, this year’s Half-Time activities needed all the help they could get. As Maroon 5 began the song “She Will Be Loved,” 150 enhanced Intel Shooting Star drones floated up and over the field in a choreographed performance to the music to form the words “ONE” and “LOVE.” Intel enhanced the Intel Shooting Star drones specifically for the Super Bowl Halftime Show to emulate the experience of floating lanterns. H

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NBAA Announces Recipients of 2019 Leadership Conference Scholarships

Covers Expenses For The Event Being Held Next Week In Texas

The NBAA’s Business Aviation Management Committee (BAMC) has selected six individuals as recipients of 2019 Leadership Conference Scholarships. Each scholarship includes a value equivalent to $2,000 to cover expenses associated with attendance at NBAA’s 2019 Leadership Conference, taking place Feb. 12-14 in Austin, TX.

A Dual-Passenger Success For Arianespace

Ariane 5 Delivers On Arianespace’s First Launch Of The Year

Arianespace opened its 2019 mission activity by successfully orbiting a pair of telecommunications spacecraft – Saudi Geostationary Satellite 1/Hellas Sat 4 (HS-4/SGS-1) and GSAT-31 – using the company’s workhorse Ariane 5 launch vehicle.

Sinclair College's UAS Training And Certification Center Partners With senseFly

Ohio School Becomes Swiss Company's Primary North American Partner

Through a recently announced partnership, Sinclair Community College’s National UAS Training and Certification Center in Dayton, OH will become the primary North American partner of senseFly, providing standardized OEM training platforms for senseFly’s clients, in an effort to complement direct training and training through authorized senseFly distribution partners.

Suzanne Gillen Named NASA Associate Administrator For Legislative Affairs

Comes To The Agency From Maxar Technologies

Suzanne Gillen has been named NASA’s associate administrator for the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs.

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NBEC Makes First Test Flights For U.K. National BVLOS Experimentation Corridor

Flights Take Place At Cranfield Airport Near Milton Keynes

The first test flights to establish the principles for the National Beyond visual line of sight Experimentation Corridor (NBEC) have successfully taken place at Cranfield Airport near Milton Keynes northwest of London. NBEC is a collaboration between Cranfield University and Blue Bear Systems Research Ltd that aims to create an experimentation corridor that will enable drones and unmanned aircraft to fly in the same airspace as manned aircraft.

U.S. Air National Guard's ISR Aircraft Due For Avionics Refresh

Elbit Systems Of America Subsidiary Awarded Contract For The Work

M7 Aerospace LLC, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems of America, has been awarded an initial $5 million order on a sub-contract from Support Systems Associates to provide an avionics refresh for the U.S. Air National Guard's premier fixed-wing aircraft used for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance operations – the RC-26B. If all options are ordered, the total sub-contract would be valued at $22 million. M7 Aerospace will complete the work by 2021 out of its San Antonio, Texas facility.

Bombardier Sells Nine CRJ900 Aircraft To Chorus Aviation

Jazz Aviation LP To Be The First Canadian Operator Of The ATMOSPHÈRE Cabin

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has announced that a subsidiary of Chorus Aviation has finalized a firm purchase agreement for nine CRJ900 aircraft. These aircraft will be operated by Jazz Aviation LP, a subsidiary of Chorus Aviation, under the Air Canada Express banner, making them the first Canadian operator of the new ATMOSPHÈRE cabin for CRJ Series regional jets.

Air Force Academy Professor Leads New DOD Hypersonic Research Institute

Dr. Ross Cummings Appointed Director Of The Program

Chuck Yeager broke the speed of sound in 1947, and the Air Force has never looked back. The Air Force partnered with NASA to develop and test the X-15, a hypersonic, rocket-powered aircraft in the late 1950s and most of the 1960s. A great deal of human capital and money was invested in making the leap from supersonic to hypersonic -- the potential to travel at five times the speed of sound or more than 3,000 mph.

Southwest Airlines, Teamsters Reach Tentative Agreement For Flight Sim Techs

Deal Reached Before The Amendable Contract Date

Southwest Airlines and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) have reached a Tentative Agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement for the carrier's Flight Simulator Technicians.

Flying Smart, LTD Becomes Newest Piper Dealer

Will Support Aircraft Sales In France, Belgium, Luxembourg And Monaco

Piper Aircraft has signed an agreement with FLYING Smart to become the exclusive Piper Dealer for France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Monaco. With a sales office located at Le Touquet airport (LFAT), FLYING Smart is ideally situated to support aircraft owners and pilots throughout the region.

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SteelCloud Technology To Secure USAF Aircraft Simulator Program

ConfigOS Software Expands Coverage For Automating Weapon System STIG Compliance

SteelCloud has received a license award for its ConfigOS software to be used to automate STIG compliance and remediation for another USAF aircraft simulator program. The company's patented STIG remediation and compliance software was licensed to harden the Microsoft Windows application stacks unique to this major simulator program and to accelerate RMF accreditation and ATO deliverables.

Avflight Expands Into Canada At Winnipeg International

Marks The Company's First Venture Into Canada

Avflight Corporation expanded its chain of FBOs by transitioning Kelly Western Jet Center at Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (CYWG) to Avflight Winnipeg on January 30, 2019. This marks the company’s first venture into Canada and brings the chain’s total to 21 full-service FBOs across North America and Europe.

Airports Welcome Trump Commitment to Modernize Aging Infrastructure

Remains A Top Priority For The President In SOTU Speech

Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA), the trade association representing commercial service airports in the United States and Canada, welcomed President Donald J. Trump's continued commitment to infrastructure in his State of the Union Address. “We applaud President Trump for making America’s aging infrastructure a top national priority and support his call for bipartisan legislation to invest in vital national infrastructure projects,” said ACI-NA president and CEO Kevin M. Burke.

Aircraft Electronics Technicians Gain New Pathway To Repairman Certificate

ASTM International Helps Simplify The The Application Process

The FAA recently recognized the National Center for Aerospace and Transportation Technologies (NCATT) Aircraft Electronics Technician (AET) certification as equivalent to formal training when determining eligibility for a repairman certificate.This action helps simplify the application process for repairman certification, strengthening efforts to recruit and retain avionics technicians in this innovative and fast-growing industry.

Southwest Airlines Completes First Validation Flight To Hawaii

Routes From The U.S. West Coast Could Be Available As Early As March

Southwest Airlines has completed its first validation flight between California and Hawaii. The flight was conducted with a Boeing 737-800 with no passengers on board on Tuesday. The plane landed at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.

Airbus Helicopters And Helisim Break Ground On Expanded U.S. Training Center

Addition Of New Simulation Center Offers One-Stop Training Solution For Airbus Customers In The Americas

Airbus Helicopters Inc. and Helisim broke ground Tuesday on a new, state-of-the-art helicopter pilot and maintenance crew training center in Grand Prairie, TX.

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AMA Drone Report 01.31.19: No Drone Super Bowl, Flightwave Tiltpod, Newark Hoax?

Also: DJI Provides Details, Rover Team, BIG Russian Okhotnik, Aero-TV: Camp AMA

The FAA will establish airspace restrictions affecting UAS operations January 31 to February 3, 2019 centered on Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA due to pre-Super Bowl and Super Bowl activity. NOTAMs will be issued depicting a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) with all UAS aircraft flight operations prohibited during Specific times. UAS operations are authorized within the defined SSI airspace if in compliance with published requirements. The FAA recommends that all aircraft operators check NOTAMs OFTEN for mandatory ai

Black Wings Exhibit Returns To The National Model Aviation Museum

Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Open Through March In Muncie, IN

The National Model Aviation Museum in Muncie, Indiana, is again hosting Black Wings: American Dreams of Flight, a Smithsonian traveling exhibition, in celebration of Black History Month, and running through March. The exhibit was also open in February 2018 at the Muncie museum and many enjoyed learning more about the history of African-Americans in aviation.

New Report Forecasts Global Renewable Aviation Fuel Market, Size & Share To 2024

Largest Demand Expected In The Asia-Pacific Region

The "Renewable Aviation Fuel Market Outlook, Size, Share - Segmented by Pathways, Application, and Geography - Growth, Trends, and Forecast (2019 - 2024)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com.

Air Canada Pilots Association Elects New Chair Of Governing Council

Captain Mike McKay Begins A Three-Year Term

The Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA), Canada's single largest pilot group, yesterday elected Captain Mike McKay as Chair at a Special Meeting of its Master Elected Council (MEC) in Toronto. The three-year term will run from April 1, 2019 until March 31, 2022. Captain McKay replaces Captain Matt Hogan, who became MEC Chair following a March 2018 by-election to serve the balance of his predecessor's term.

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (02.07.19)

“We applaud President Trump for making America’s aging infrastructure a top national priority and support his call for bipartisan legislation to invest in vital national infrastructure projects. Airports are an essential component of our nation’s transportation infrastructure, but we are at risk of falling behind." Source: ACI-NA president and CEO Kevin M. Burke.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (02.07.19): Closed Traffic

Successive operations involving takeoffs and landings or low approaches where the aircraft does not exit the traffic pattern.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (02.07.19)

The National Coalition for Aviation Education (NCAE)

The National Coalition for Aviation Education is a membership organization that was formed in 1993 when the founding member groups signed a formal charter and established a partnership with the FAA.

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