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June 01, 2016

Airborne 06.01.16: End Of The Legacy, Enstrom TH-180, XCOR Setbacks

Also: Valdez STOL, AMA President Bob Brown, CA UAV Ban, Fighter Pilots, EASA Action Plan, French ATC Strike, Counter-UAV Tech

For those who are involved in the homebuilt airplane movement, this announcement from Lancair closes a chapter with a popular kit-built airplane. Lancair has announced that it will no longer be offering "Legacy" kits after 15 years of production. In a post on the company's website, Lancair said that the final kit will be a retractable Lancair Legacy "Reno Race Version." According to Lancair, Closing down the Legacy production line was a "tough but necessary decision." Enstrom helicopter

Airborne 06.01.16: End Of The Legacy, Enstrom TH-180, XCOR Setbacks

Also: Valdez STOL, AMA President Bob Brown, CA UAV Ban, Fighter Pilots, EASA Action Plan, French ATC Strike, Counter-UAV Tech

For those who are involved in the homebuilt airplane movement, this announcement from Lancair closes a chapter with a popular kit-built airplane. Lancair has announced that it will no longer be offering "Legacy" kits after 15 years of production. In a post on the company's website, Lancair said that the final kit will be a retractable Lancair Legacy "Reno Race Version." According to Lancair, Closing down the Legacy production line was a "tough but necessary decision." Enstrom helicopter has now continue flight testing of their TH-180 helicopter that is intended for the training market. The testing is being resumed with the se

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Search Underway For Pilot Missing In Kentucky

Kentucky State Patrol, CAP Involved In Search

The Civil Air Patrol and Kentucky State Patrol are actively searching for pilot Robert C. Dalzell Jr., 70, who went missing with his airplane Monday on a cross-country flight.

Aircrew EASA Action Plan Conference Set For June

Focus Is On Agency's Action Plan Following Germanwings Flight 9525 Accident

EASA is organizing a conference for June 15-16 in Cologne, Germany to update the aviation community on the implementation of the Agency’s Action Plan with regards to the follow-up of the Germanwings Flight 9525 accident. At the Conference, EASA will also present in detail the concrete regulatory proposals and other measures that the Agency will issue in the second half of 2016.

British Counter-UAV Technology Selected By FAA For US Airport Trials

AUDS To Be Tested As Part Of The Agency's Pathfinder Program

A fully integrated detect-track-disrupt-defeat Anti-UAV Defense System (AUDS) - developed by a trio of British companies including Blighter Surveillance Systems, Chess Dynamics and Enterprise Control Systems, and integrated/supported in North America by Liteye Systems Inc. - has been selected by the FAA for evaluation at US airports as part of its Pathfinder Program.

Cathay Pacific Airways Becomes New A350 XWB Operator

Sixth Airline To Fly The Latest Airbus Airplane

Cathay Pacific Airways has become the sixth airline to operate the Airbus A350 XWB. The airline’s first aircraft featuring the carrier’s new livery has arrived at its home base in Hong Kong.

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Boeing And USAF Adjust KC-46 Tanker Schedule

Formal Production Decision Moved Back Two Months

The U.S. Air Force is moving its formal production decision on the KC-46 tanker program - known as Milestone C - from June 2016 to August 2016 to allow additional time to implement the solution to a refueling boom loads issue identified during flight testing earlier this year, according to Boeing.

NASA Telescopes Find Clues For How Giant Black Holes Formed So Quickly

Researchers Combined Data From Chandra Observatory, Hubble

Using data from NASA’s Great Observatories, astronomers have found the best evidence yet for cosmic seeds in the early universe that should grow into supermassive black holes.

Norway Updates Preliminary Information From H225 Accident

Thirteen On Board Were Fatally Injured, Three Possible Scenarios Under Consideration

The Norwegian Accident Investigation Board has updated its preliminary report from an accident involving an Airbus Helicopters H225 in which the Main Rotor Head (MRH) and mast suddenly detached from the aircraft enroute from the Gullfaks B oil rig to Bergen Airport Flesland. The helicopter impacted on a small island east of Turøy. All 13 people on board were fatally injured.

Teamster Airline Mechanics, Piedmont Airlines Reach Tentative Agreement

Agreement Provides Signing Bonus, Wage Increases Over Life of Contract

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Teamsters Airline Division and Teamsters Locals 210, 355 and 776 have reached a tentative agreement on a five-year contract for approximately 300 Piedmont Airlines mechanics.

Airbus Launches Fifth 'Fly Your Ideas' Global Student Challenge

Inspiring Today’s Generation To Build Tomorrow’s Sustainable Aviation

For the fifth time, Airbus challenges students worldwide to innovate for the future of aviation by launching the latest Fly Your Ideas competition.

Discovery Air Defense Fighter Pilots Achieve Career Milestones

Two Pilots Surpass 3,000 Hours In Alpha Jets

Discovery Air Defense Services Inc ("DA Defense"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Discovery Air Inc., recently celebrated significant pilot flight hour milestones on the company's Alpha Jet, A-4N Skyhawk, and Westwind aircraft.

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Three Groups Vie For DARPA Contract

Goal Is To Launch Satellites Into Orbit Ten Times In Ten Days

DARPA has announced a deadline for selecting the team that will have an opportunity to design a spacecraft that will be able to deliver satellites to orbit 10 times in 10 days.

Kendall: F-35 Program Shows Continuing Progress In All Aspects

Update Given During Conference Call Following F-35 CEO Roundtable

The F-35 Lightning II program is on track and demonstrating "continuing progress in all aspects," Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, said May 24.

Viking Announces First Russian Twin Otter Factory Endorsed Service Center

AeroGeo Joins The Twin Otter Series 400 Support Network

Viking Air Limited of Victoria, BC, Canada has appointed AeroGeo of Krasnoyarsk, Russia as the first Russian-based Factory Endorsed Service Center (“FESC”) to join the Twin Otter Series 400 and legacy de Havilland support network.

Aero-TV: Updating Avidyne's IFD540 & 550 - Dynamic SynViz on Your GPS/NavCom

Exploring A “New Category” of Avionics…

It would seem logical to ask what a GPS NAV/COM radio has to do with the attitude of the airplane or synthetic vision, and that’s the question ANN News Editor, Tom Patton, sought the answer to when he talked with Tom Harper, the Director of Marketing for the Avidyne Corporation. This conversation took place at Sun ‘n Fun 2016.

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Airborne 05.31.16: Falcon 9 ThreePeat, P-47 Down, ISS 'Taxi Service' Ending

Also: FIFI Returns, Aero-Calendar, UAV Downing, MIA Vietnam Airman Found, Deer Jet, Pan Am Academy, UAV/Drone Pro Course

On Friday afternoon of last week, SpaceX did it again. After a successful launch of their Falcon Nine rocket carrying a Thaicom 8 communications satellite, they successfully returned the booster to a platform floating on the ocean. SpaceX has now demonstrated their ability to do this three consecutive times within the last 2 months. According to reports, the satellite was carried to its geostationary transfer orbit which required the first stage to perform a series of

Aero-TV: Updating Avidyne's IFD540 & 550 - Dynamic SynViz on Your GPS/NavCom

Exploring A “New Category” of Avionics…

It would seem logical to ask what a GPS NAV/COM radio has to do with the attitude of the airplane or synthetic vision, and that’s the question ANN News Editor, Tom Patton, sought the answer to when he talked with Tom Harper, the Director of Marketing for the Avidyne Corporation. This conversation took place at Sun ‘n Fun 2016.

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Lancair Announces The End Of The 'Legacy'

Company Says Ending Production Is A 'Necessary Decision'

Lancair has announced that it will no longer be offering "Legacy" kits after 15 years of production.

Barnstorming: How Is It???

Looking Over Just A Few More Of the Questions Raised By The Icon Aircraft Fiasco

News/Analysis/Commentary by Jim Campbell, ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief How is it that a company like Icon Aircraft, which has yet to produce a single airplane delivered to a real-live customer, can 'slow down production' and have much of the aero-media report it just that way? How is it that a company like Icon Aircraft can blow through 85 million dollars, that we know of, without producing a single real delivery of a production airplane and have it reported as a 'temporary setback?' How is it that...

XCOR Idles Workers From Lynx Program

Work On The Spacecraft Has Been Suspended

XCOR has suspended work on the Lynx spacecraft and idled many of its employees working on suborbital spaceplane.

California Lawmakers Revive Statewide UAV Ban Legislation

Measure Approved By The State Senate Public Safety Committee

A California legislator has revived her efforts to put some kind of statewide ban on UAVs despite the objections of the industry and many users.

Blue Origin Plans Parachute Failure Test On Next Flight

Will Intentionally Fail Crew Capsule Parachute Following Suborbital Flight

The next flight of Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft will have a problem. They're sure. It's planned.

AeroSports Update: Valdez STOL - Breeden Wins Again

The Valdez Short Field Takeoff And Landing Contest Is Sort Of Like Golf…The Lowest Score Wins

The actual Valdez, Alaska competition occurred last month but that was not your only chance to see it. EAA reminds us that the popular flight competitions and demonstrations will be featured once again at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this year. Several Valdez competitors, including Breeden, will showcase their aircraft in competitions similar to those held at Valdez.

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MRJ's FTA-2 Completes First Flight

Second Test Aircraft In The MRJ Program

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) today conducted the first flight of the second flight test aircraft (FTA-2) of the MRJ (Mitsubishi Regional Jet), their next-generation regional jet.

French Air Traffic Controllers Set To Strike Over The Weekend

May Cause Domestic And International Flight Cancellations

Air traffic controllers in France are set to strike over the weekend, which may lead to the cancellation of domestic and international flights to and from French airports.

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (06.01.16)

"We have come to a point where a significant investment will be necessary to continue the production and after 15 years we feel it is time for something new." Source: Announcement on the Lancair website explaining the end of production of the Legacy airplane.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.01.16): Cockpit Display of Traffic Information (CDTI)

The display and user interface for information about air traffic within approximately 80 miles.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.01.16)

Ponca City News Spotlights Earl Downs

It's always fun when the local media highlights one of our own.

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