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March 27, 2019

Secretary Of The Air Force: We Will Rebuild Offutt AFB

Base Devastated By Flooding

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson met with Offutt Air Force Base leadership and elected officials March 22 to discuss rebuilding efforts for the base following recent flooding.

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Drone Trains Its Eyes On Flood Waters To Improve Forecasts

NOAA Employs Griffon Outlaw G2E UAS To Document Flooding In Mississippi

As the Yalobusha River rose around Greenwood, Mississippi, during a major rainstorm in late February, scientists from the Northern Gulf Institute at Mississippi State University deployed a small unmanned plane that took high-resolution images of rising waters and beamed them back in real time to NOAA weather forecasters.

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NASA Updates Spacewalk Assignments

Crew Installing Lithium-Ion Batteries For One Pair Of The Station's Solar Arrays, Redundant Power Path For Canadarm2

With the first in a series of three spacewalks successfully completed at the International Space Station, NASA has updated astronaut assignments for the remaining two spacewalks.

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PrecisionHawk Helps History Hunt For Buried Treasure In The Philippine Jungle

LiDAR-Equipped Aircraft Employed By History Channel In Search For Lost Gold

In a remote region of the Philippines lies a mystery as deep as the jungle it inhabits. Legend has it that, in 1945, Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita buried billions worth of stolen treasure in tunnels deep within the jungle, leaving behind only a series of mysterious symbols.

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US MDA and Boeing Complete Historic Missile Defense Test

Two Interceptors On One Target Validate GMD System Improvements

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and Boeing have for the first time launched two Ground-based Midcourse Defense system interceptors to destroy a threat-representative target, validating the fielded system protects the United States from intercontinental ballistic missiles.

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Hartzell Propeller Names JJ Frigge EVP And General Manager

Will Be The Company's Business Leader With A Focus On Long-Term Strategy

Hartzell Propeller has named JJ Frigge as Executive Vice President and General Manager. In his expanded role, he will be the company's business leader with a focus on long-term strategy.

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Corrosion Relief For Gulfstream G280 Operators

Quiet Technology Aerospace Receives FAA STC Approval

Quiet Technology Aerospace (QTA) has received STC (Supplemental Type Certificate) #ST04444AT approval for its sixth airframe specific carbon fiber engine inlet replacement barrel. This STC offers a terminating solution for Gulfstream G280 operators over the plaguing issue of engine Inlet Cowl inner barrel corrosion on the Honeywell HTF7250G engine inlets.

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BA Flight Flies To Wrong Destination

Incorrectly Filed Flight Plan Directed The Airplane To Scotland Rather Than Germany

A paperwork error sent a British Airways flight on a 525-mile trip to Edinburgh, Scotland rather than its intended destination of Düsseldorf, Germany Monday.

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Exomars Landing Platform Arrives In Europe With A Name

‘Kazachok’ Was Developed By The Roscosmos

The platform destined to land on the Red Planet as part of the next ExoMars mission has arrived in Europe for final assembly and testing – and been given a name. An announcement was made by the Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos of its new name: ‘Kazachok’.

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GA-ASI Breaks Ground On New Hangar In El Mirage

Expects 125 Employees To Be Based At The New Facility

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has broken ground on a new hangar being built in El Mirage, CA. The new facility in the high desert of southern California will be close to 150,000 square feet and be used to house and test GA-ASI’s latest Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) variant, the MQ-9B SkyGuardian.

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AD: International Aero Engines Turbofan Engine

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PRODUCT: Certain International Aero Engines (IAE) PW1133G-JM, PW1133GA-JM, PW1130G-JM, PW1127G-JM, PW1127GAJM, PW1127G1-JM, PW1124G-JM, PW1124G1-JM, and PW1122G-JM turbofan engines.

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AD: Pratt & Whitney Division Turbofan Engines

AD NUMBER: 2019-06-02

PRODUCT: Certain Pratt & Whitney Division (PW) PW4158 turbofan engines.

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The Eleventh Year of LIVE Coverage of the AEA Convention Continues Wednesday!

New Technologies, Expert Coverage, and CREATIVE Programming Distinguish This 11th Anniversary Event

On Wednesday, March 27th, the second LIVE Interview program will commence at 1130PT. The day’s interviews will concentrate on recent avionics issues and discussions, AEA’s annual update on the National and International political scene, the AEA Scholarship program and other industry issues. As always, all the interviews, features, the entire NPI and all other AEA coverage will be available via YouTube, Vimeo, and other resources, in perpetuity, and may be used/embedded/and linked by AEA members/exhibitors in good standing. The portal, (which is already online with an active countdown cl

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DOT To Form Special Committee To Review FAA’s Aircraft Certification Process

Will Be Composed Of Individuals Representing A Diverse Group Of Stakeholders In The Aviation Industry

The U.S. DOT has announced the establishment of an expert Special Committee to review the procedures of the FAA for the certification of new aircraft, including the Boeing 737 MAX. Air Force General (Ret.) Darren McDew, former head of the U.S. Transportation Command, and Captain Lee Moak, former President of the Air Line Pilots Association, have agreed to serve as the interim co-chairs of the Special Committee pending the appointment of other members.

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SWAPA Welcomes Formation Of DOT SOCAC

Committee Will Evaluate FAA's Aircraft Certification Process

The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA) expressed support for the Special Committee to review the FAA's aircraft certification process announced this afternoon by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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Consumer, Taxpayer And Air Traveler Advocates: No Airport Tax Increases

House Committee Considering Increase In Passenger Facility Charge

Airlines for America (A4A), along with representatives from Travelers United, Americans for Tax Reform and The Global Business Travel Association joined together Monday at an event in Washington, D.C. to urge Congress to reject any effort to raise the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC), or airport tax, unnecessarily.

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FAA Approves StandardAero’s Embraer STC For SmartSky 4G LTE Aircraft Systems

First Approval For Installation On ERJ135/140/145 Airlines, Legacy 600/650 Bizjets

Through its Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) from the FAA, StandardAero has been awarded the first Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for multiple Embraer aircraft models. The maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider and SmartSky installation and distribution partner now can complete SmartSky 4G LTE installations on the Embraer series for airlines and the Legacy 600/650 aircraft models common in business aviation.

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Astronics Introduces New Ambient Lighting For Aircraft Cabins

Industry’s Most Flexible, Consistently Colored Wash Lighting Highlights Cabin And Seat Elements

Astronics Corporation, a provider of advanced technologies for global aerospace, defense, and other mission-critical industries, introduced the new Nuancia RGBW Strip Lights to provide flexible illumination options for aircraft seats and cabins. With this system, aircraft manufacturers and airlines can program mood-lighting systems to accommodate more than 16 million colors, create preset color scenarios, and present color changes.

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Gogo Business Aviation Announces Top Dealers For 2018

Names The 'Business Aviation 51,000 Five' Companies

Gogo Business Aviation has named the organizations to receive the company’s highest dealer honor for 2018 – the Gogo Business Aviation 51,000 Five. The award recognizes the highest-performing organizations in the company’s global dealer and distributor network, as chosen by the Gogo Business Aviation executive team.

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FAA Certifies G3X Touch For Single-Engine Piston Aircraft

Provides New Scalable, Entry-Level Integrated Flight Displays For Nearly 500 Certified Aircraft

The FAA has granted Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for the installation of G3X Touch in nearly 500 certified single-engine piston aircraft, which is supported by Garmin’s expansive dealer network and its award-winning aviation support team. The G3X Touch offers a variety of scalable panel configurations and a superior feature set that includes wireless connectivity and synthetic vision as standard, as well as options such as display redundancy, advanced autopilot compatibility, engine monitoring and more.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (03.27.19)

“Safety is the number one priority of the Department, and this review by leading outside experts will help determine if improvements can be made to the FAA aircraft certification process.” Source: Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.27.19): Slipping Turn

An uncoordinated turn in which the aircraft is banked too much for the rate of turn, so the horizontal lift component is greater than the centrifugal force, pulling the aircraft toward the inside of the turn.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.27.19)

National Balloon Museum

The National Balloon Museum came to be in Indianola, IA because of its association with the early days of the National Hot Air Balloon Championships beginning in 1970.

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