There's A Lot To Like On ANN's Latest Social Media Site

We all know how important Social Media is to a lot of people, particularly those under 30. We also know how important those folks are to the future of aviation. In so many forums and at so many events, we talk about how to attract the next generation of pilots, mechanics, and enthusiasts to our industry, and social media is certainly critical to getting the message out to those who practically live online.

"The members of the Academy of Model Aeronautics have operated unmanned aircraft (model aircraft) in the national airspace for decades and have set the example for operating small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) in a safe and harmonious fashion.” Source: Statement from AMA President Bob Brown.

Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System: An airborne collision avoidance system based on radar beacon signals which operates independent of ground-based equipment.

FAA Office of Airport Planning and Programming

The Office of Airport Planning and Programming is responsible for national airport planning, environmental and social requirements, airport grants, property transfers, and passenger facility charges.

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PRODUCT: Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH (Eurocopter) Model MBB-BK 117 C-2 helicopters with a jettisonable sliding door (door) installed.

AD NUMBER: 2014-05-09

PRODUCT: Certain Boeing Model 777-200 and -300 series airplanes.

Despite An Admitted Lack Of Official Policy, FAA Fights For Its Unofficial Stance

In the aftermath of the story ANN broke about the NTSB's reversal of the fines and actions taken against drone operator, Raphael "Trappy" Pirker, there was the potential that the FAA would not take this defeat quietly... and it hasn't. Despite a drone policy that has been roundly criticized across the nation (and elsewhere), the FAA has decided to fight for its unofficial policy and attempt to stem the tide of what are expected to be thousands of drone, in all shapes and sizes, coming into our airspace in the coming years.

Missing B777 Creates Int'l Anxiety Over Potential Cause Of Aircraft Loss

There is little evidence to suggest what have occurred to a missing Boeing 777-200 that disappeared from enroute monitoring about two hours into a flight to Beijing. Crewed by an exceptionally experienced 18,000 hour Captain and a 2000+ FO, MH370's has created a disappearance offers little explanation as to why an aircraft suddenly vanished with no warnings or alerts from the flight crew or the aircraft systems.

Klyde's Had Enough Of The Insta-Pundits...

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

Once On The Budget Chopping Block, Program Has Been Given A New Lease On Life

After a veritable rollercoaster of developments affecting the Auburn University Aviation Program over the past year, including the threatened closure of Alabama's only collegiate-level aviation school, supporters cheered when the Aviation Accreditation Board International (AABI) re-accredited the school's resurgent aviation management curriculum last month.