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September 24, 2018

Airborne 09.24.18: FAA ReAuth Update, Record Flight, Maggie Taraska Returns

Also: Cathay Pacific Mispaints, Orion's First Service Module, FAA Fly Safe-LOC, Neutron Star

In the wee hours of the start of the weekend a new version of the FAA Reauthorization bill was published... and the news is mixed. The 1200 page document was released September 22nd at 0040ET... to initially mixed reviews. Some initial notes show that this five year bill does not include the draconian Privatization effort that has been aggressively fought by nearly everyone in aviation and the onerous ATC fees levied on EAA and other venues have been dropped. There is also some additional language in support of

Airborne 09.24.18: FAA ReAuth Update, Record Flight, Maggie Taraska Returns

Also: Cathay Pacific Mispaints, Orion's First Service Module, FAA Fly Safe-LOC, Neutron Star

In the wee hours of the start of the weekend a new version of the FAA Reauthorization bill was published... and the news is mixed. The 1200 page document was released September 22nd at 0040ET... to initially mixed reviews. Some initial notes show that this five year bill does not include the draconian Privatization effort that has been aggressively fought by nearly everyone in aviation and the onerous ATC fees levied on EAA and other venues have been dropped. There is also some additional language in support of the Pilot’s Bill of Rights. GA groups are analyzing the 1200 page doc now. And the news for model aviation may be dire... On September 24, 2013, Canadian pilot Alexis Reiche

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House And Senate Committee Leaders Announce Agreement On Long-Term FAA Bill

Legislation Also Includes Reauthorization And Reforms For TSA And NTSB

House and Senate Committee leaders late last week announced that they have reached a bipartisan final agreement on legislation that provides long-term stability and critical reforms to the FAA and transforms federal disaster programs to better prepare communities for disaster. The agreement also includes a reauthorizations and reforms of the TSA and the NTSB.

Royal Thai Air Force Expands Fleet With Additional H225M Order

New Purchase Brings RTAF’s H225M Fleet To 12 Units

Airbus Helicopters has secured an additional order of four H225M (previously known as EC725) multirole utility helicopters from the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF), as part of the fleet strengthening program. This follow-on order will bring the RTAF’s H225M fleet to 12 units by 2021.

Air Lease Corporation Delivers Boeing 787-9 Aircraft To Air New Zealand

Comes From ALC's Order Book With Boeing

Air Lease Corporation has delivered a new Boeing 787-9 aircraft on long-term lease to Air New Zealand from ALC’s order book with Boeing.

CHC Australia Awarded New Helicopter Services Contract

Will Provide Passenger Services To Four Customers From Mid-2019

CHC Helicopter has been awarded a ground-breaking helicopter services contract by Woodside and other operators in the North West Shelf and North West Cape regions, providing passenger transfer flights, medical evacuation and search and rescue services for four customers from bases in Australia’s Pilbara region.

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USAF Announces Selection Of GPS III Follow-On Contract

Total Value Of The Agreement Rises To $7.2 Billion

The U.S. Air Force announced selection of Lockheed Martin for a fixed-price-type production contract for 22 GPS III Follow-On satellites with a total estimated contract value up to $7.2 billion.

Redkite-I Wide-Area Sensor Passes Final Flight Test Aboard Integrator UAS

Lightweight, Airborne Imaging System Now Transitions To Official Product Offered By Insitu

The Redkite-I, a wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) system designed for the Insitu Integrator unmanned aircraft system (UAS) developed by Logos Technologies, successfully completed its final flight test during the last week of August at the Insitu flight test facilities in Boardman, OR.

Florida County Will Use Drones To Track Alzheimer's Patients

State Grant Will Fund A Pilot Program In Orange County, FL

Florida State Senator Linda Stewart has announced that a state grant valued at $75,000 has been secured for a pilot program to use drones to keep tabs on adults with Alzheimer's disease.

Inmarsat, Panasonic Avionics Enter Into Landmark Strategic Agreement

Collaboration For Commercial Aviation Brings Together Two Global Leaders In In-Flight Connectivity

Inmarsat and Panasonic Avionics Corporation have agreed a strategic collaboration, for an initial ten-year period, that enables them to combine their highly complementary market leading services to offer broadband in-flight connectivity ("IFC") paired with high-value solutions and services to customers in the commercial aviation industry worldwide.

GE Expands Footprint In Malaysia With Aviation And IT Initiatives

GE Aviation To Invest $80 Million In MRO Facility In Subang

GE Chairman & CEO John Flannery has reaffirmed the company’s continued commitment to Malaysia with a major $80 million investment in GE Engine Services Malaysia (GEESM). Alongside this renewed commitment to the GEESM facility, GE also announced the establishment of the Global IT Service Desk, located at its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.

StandardAero Cuts Ribbon On New Cincinnati Component Repair Facility

Will Hire 200-300 New Employees To Meet Growing Customer Demands

StandardAero Component Services recently cut the ribbon on a new 206,000 sq. ft. repair facility, directly adjacent to its current 236,000 sq. ft. component repair facility in Cincinnati, nearly doubling its capacity to accommodate rapid growth in customer demands during 2018 and beyond.

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Garmin Announces Availability Of Navigation Databases For South America

Can Be Included In The Newly-Expanded Americas OnePak

Garmin has added a new navigation database information for South America, now available in the newly-expanded Americas OnePak, which offers coverage in North, Central and South America and provides database updates across all Garmin avionics and a portable in a single aircraft.

OOPS! Cathay Pacific Mispaints New 777

Social Media Has A Bit Of Fun At The Airline's Expense

When Cathay Pacific's lates 777 was delivered, there was a glaring error in the plane's livery. "Pacific" was spelled without the "F".

ESA chooses Thales To Support Data Processing From Sentinel 2A And 2B Satellites

Unprecedented Data Volumes To Be Processed In Record Time To Serve Planet Surveillance And Protection

Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between Thales and Leonardo, have announced that it has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide operations, maintenance and upgrade services for the Payload Data Ground Segment (PDGS) supporting the Sentinel 2A and 2B Earth observation satellites. The service contract is worth $34 million for the period from May 2018 to December 2021. It is being carried out for the European Commission as part of the Copernicus program, in particular the ground segment subsystem of the Copernicus Space Component (CSC).

FAA Fly Safe: Preventing Loss Of Control Accidents

Timely Reminders As Fall Flying Season Gets Underway

The FAA and the GA community’s national #FlySafe campaign helps educate GA pilots about the best practices to calculate and predict aircraft performance and to operate within established aircraft limitations.

JetBlue And Airbus Take To The Sky Using Renewable Jet Fuel

The Delivery Flight Of JetBlue’s Newest A321 Aircraft Becomes The Airline’s First-Ever Flight Powered By Renewable Jet Fuel Blend

JetBlue has received its latest A321 aircraft from Airbus’ U.S. A320 Family production facility in Mobile, AL this week. The acceptance flight followed by JetBlue’s scheduled ferry flight, which took place on September 20, marks JetBlue’s first-ever flights fueled with renewable jet fuel blend. The fuel for these flights, provided by Airbus and certified by Air BP, consists of 15.5 percent renewable jet fuel blended with traditional jet fuel.

Fortress UAV Launches Fortress UAV Protect

A Preventative Maintenance Program For Multiple Drone Models

Fortress UAV, a leading provider of drone repair services, announces the launch of Fortress UAV Protect - a new drone preventative maintenance program. Fortress UAV Protect is a nose-to-tail preventative maintenance service that rivals those of manned aircraft maintenance services.

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Global UAV Receives Authorization For BVLOS Drone Flight Testing

Flights Will Be Conducted At UAS Test Range In Foremost, Alberta

Transport Canada has authorized Global UAV Technologies' wholly owned subsidiary Pioneer Aerial Surveys to conduct Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations with the NOVAerial Procyon 800E at the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) test range located in Foremost, Alberta.

FAI Marks Five Years Since Alexis Reichert Set Record

Established World Record For Human-Powered Flight By A Woman

On September 24, 2013, Canadian pilot Alexis Reichert set a new female world record for flight duration in a human-powered rotorcraft by staying airborne for 53 seconds in the Atlas Human-Powered Helicopter.

Klyde Morris (09.24.18)

Klyde Makes His Apologies To Mr. Lindbergh...

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

Wings Over The Rockies Air & Space Museum Welcomes Above And Beyond Exhibition

World-Class Aerospace Exhibit To Open Saturday, September 29th

Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum (Wings) is pleased to announce the opening of Above and Beyond, the ultimate interactive flight exhibition, on Saturday, September 29th, 2018.

Airborne 09.21.18: Paul Allen's MonsterPlane, Reno Air Races, Diamond Doubles

Also: Aviators Indicted, Hartzell Appointment, World's First 777, ASTM Parachutes For Drones

Stratolaunch Systems founder Paul Allen has put his mark on the fuselage of the enormous airplane being flight tested as a horizontal launch system. Allen tweeted photos this week of the Stratolauncher, being built by Scaled Composites, emblazoned with "Stratolaunch: A Paul G. Allen Company" on the left fuselage. While there had been hopes of flight testing the airplane this summer, there are still three taxi tests on the schedule, delaying the first flight of the aircraft into the fall at the earliest. The resu

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (09.24.18): OROCA

OROCA An off-route altitude which provides obstruction clearance with a 1,000 foot buffer in nonmountainous terrain areas and a 2,000 foot buffer in designated mountainous areas within the United States. This altitude may not provide signal coverage from ground-based navigational aids, air traffic control radar, or communications coverage.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (09.24.18)

Aero Linx: The Globe Swift / Temco Swift Homepage The birthplace of the Swift was Ft. Worth, TX, in early 1940. The very first low wing, two-place retractable gear aircraft called "The Swift" was built as what would be called today a "homebuilt," by Mr. R.S. "Pop" Johnson of Ft. Worth. Mr. Johnson was reputed to have taken the trial delivery of a Culver Cadet, measured its vital organs and returned it to Culver, no purchase. Then he built himself an aircraft and began looking for a financier and builder. Mr. Johnson contacted Mr. John Kennedy of Ft. Worth. Mr. Kennedy was president and founder of Globe Medicine Company and Globe Aircraft Company. Known locally as a financier, entrepreneur and an all

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (09.24.18)

"The FAA and industry are working together to prevent Loss of Control (LOC) accidents and save lives. You can help make a difference by joining our #Fly Safe campaign. Every month on FAA.gov, we provide pilots with Loss of Control solutions developed by a team of experts — some of which are already reducing risk... I hope you will join us in this effort and spread the word. Follow #FlySafe on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. I know that we can reduce these accidents by working together as a community." Source: Acting FAA Administrator Daniel Elwell, in comments made as part of the FAA and the GA community’s national #FlySafe campaign. This effort helps educate GA pilots about the best practices to calculate and predict ai

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