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March 28, 2016

Airborne 03.28.16: New SST?, FAA Forecast, Rolls-Royce 'Perfect TEN'

Also: Ukraine Pilot, Great Lakes, Globalstar Antenna, FlyDubai Pilot, F-35 Program, Female Missileers/B-52 Aircrews, Airline Pilot Accused

A new SST is under development in Colorado that Boom Aerospace says would carry 40 passengers at speeds of 1,260 knots ... and yes, that’s faster than the Concorde. Sir Richard Branson has already signed on for 10 options for the airplanes. The team behind the Boom includes Amazon CEO and founder Blake Scholl, and Michael Reid, who previously worked on the Dreamliner with Boeing. The Spaceship Company is also involved. The FAA has released its a

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Airborne 03.28.16: New SST?, FAA Forecast, Rolls-Royce 'Perfect TEN'

Also: Ukraine Pilot, Great Lakes, Globalstar Antenna, FlyDubai Pilot, F-35 Program, Female Missileers/B-52 Aircrews, Airline Pilot Accused
 
A new SST is under development in Colorado that Boom Aerospace says would carry 40 passengers at speeds of 1,260 knots ... and yes, that’s faster than the Concorde. Sir Richard Branson has already signed on for 10 options for the airplanes. The team behind the Boom includes Amazon CEO and founder Blake Scholl, and Michael Reid, who previously worked on the Dreamliner with Boeing. The Spaceship Company is also involved. The FAA has released its annual Aerospace Forecast Report Fiscal Years 2016 to 2036 that projects a sustained increase in overall air travel and the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, but general a

FAA Certifies Globalstar Antenna For GA Aircraft

Provides In-Flight Voice And Data Connection Services For Part 23 Airplanes

The general aviation market can now, for the first time, access affordable in-flight voice and data services for recreational and business communications.

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CASA Issues Airworthiness Bulletin For Mud Dauber Wasps

Urges Pilots Of Any Aircraft Type To Be Aware Of The Potential Hazard

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) in Australia has issued a safety bulletin warning of the dangers posed by mud dauber wasps nesting in airplanes.

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Transport Canada Certifies Bombardier WAVE Wi-Fi Service

Approval Covers Global 5000 And Global 6000 Aircraft

Transport Canada has granted an STC to Bombardier for its WAVE (Wireless Access Virtually Everywhere) ultra-high-speed in-flight connectivity and productivity solution.

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ISU Welcomes Prof. Dr. Ehrenfreund As Vice-Chancellor

Will Serve In That Capacity For The International Space University For A Three-Year Term

After a unanimous decision from the International Space University (ISU) Board of Trustees, Prof. Dr. Pascale Ehrenfreund accepted the offer to take the function of ISU Vice-Chancellor for the next 3 years initially. After the nomination of Dr. Buzz Aldrin as Chancellor, this diversification fits well in the ISU philosophy both from a gender, as well as from a geographical perspective.

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Duncan Aviation Named Avionica Dealer And Installation Center

Includes FDM Services, Satcom Products

Duncan Aviation was recently named a dealer and installation center for all Avionica products, including flight data management (FDM) services, flight operational quality assurance (FOQA) data and Satcom products in the business aviation segment.

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Airlift Northwest Adds New Plane And Helicopter At Yakima

Expands Services In Yakima And Eastern Washington Communities

Pacific Northwest air medical transport provider Airlift Northwest has announced an expansion of its services and capabilities in Eastern Washington with the addition of a state-of-the-art Pilatus PC-12 turboprop plane and a new helicopter to its Yakima (WA) base at McAllister Field.

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Beechcraft Signs Support Contract For NATO Flight Training

Five-Year Contract With NFTC In Canada

Beechcraft Defense Company recently signed a contract with CAE, to provide service support for the NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC) program. The NFTC program currently operates 23 Beechcraft T-6A aircraft for military flight training.

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Southwest Airlines Named Among Top Employers By Forbes

Second Year For Airline To Be So Recognized

Southwest Airlines Co. has been ranked #13 of the 500 companies on Forbes' List of Best Employers for 2016. This is the second year of the Forbes' List of Best Employers, with Southwest moving up from 18 in 2015.

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Airbus Instruments For James Webb Space Telescope Get Thumbs-Up

Spacecraft Scheduled For Launch In 2018

Near Infrared Spectrograph NIRSpec and Mid-Infrared Instrument MIRI are installed with two other instruments in JWST’s payload module called the Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM). Together, they have just passed with flying colors an extensive series of tests in preparation for their integration on the telescope itself and the launch of JWST in 2018.

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Air Canada To Offer In-flight Wi-Fi Aboard International Flights

Gogo Satellite Connectivity To Be Installed On Long-Range Aircraft

Air Canada will offer satellite connectivity on international flights so customers can email, surf the internet and stream entertainment at broadband speeds while flying anywhere in the world. Already, Air Canada is the only Canadian carrier to offer customers in-flight Wi-Fi connectivity across its entire fleet of narrow-body aircraft in North America.

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Nicolas Chamussy To Become Airbus Group’s New Space Chief

Succeeds François Auque Who Will Stay On With Airbus Group For Another Two Years As An Advisor

The Space Systems unit of Airbus Group SE will be getting new leadership on 1 July 2016 with the appointment of Nicolas Chamussy, 48, as its Executive Vice President.‎

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Prince William Comforts Patient During Rescue Flight

Duke Of Cambridge Traveled With Accident Victim In An Ambulance

Normally, co-pilot Prince William waits in the helicopter during rescue flights while EMTs attend to the person who they have come to transport. But on Tuesday, the Duke of Cambridge got out of the aircraft and went to the side of a man who had been injured by a falling tree branch after flying him to a hospital, reassuring the man as he was placed in a ground ambulance and even riding with him for the last leg of his journey.

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Classic Aero-TV: Heading For Certification - Bendix King's AeroVue

Integrated Flight Deck For The King Air

While at the 2014 NBAA Business Aviation Convention, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, met with the folks at BendixKing to ask about the progress on their new AeroVue product. Kerry Heiss, the BendixKing AeroVue senior product manager brings us up to date on AeroVue while the video gives you a good look at the product in operation.

Classic Aero-TV: Heading For Certification - Bendix King's AeroVue

Integrated Flight Deck For The King Air...

While at the 2014 NBAA Business Aviation Convention, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, met with the folks at BendixKing to ask about the progress on their new AeroVue product. Kerry Heiss, the BendixKing AeroVue senior product manager brings us up to date on AeroVue while the video gives you a good look at the product in operation.

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Klyde Morris (03.28.16)

Klyde Discloses A Little More "Bunker Talk"

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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AeroSports Update: U.S. Coast Guard To Be Honored At AirVenture

Airplanes That Save Lives, Protect Freedom To Participate At Oshkosh This Year

EAA has announced that a century of aircraft used to save lives and protect freedom will be highlighted at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016, as they salute 100 years of U.S. Coast Guard aviation and celebrates its men, women, and aircraft. The Coast Guard has designated EAA AirVenture as one of its official aviation centennial events during 2016.

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Airlander 10 In Final Stages Of Preparation For First Flight

Hybrid Aircraft Nearly Complete After Attachment Of Major Components

The Airlander 10 is almost complete and ready to leave the hangar after a succession of momentous attachments to the hull.

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International Women’s Air & Space Museum Receives Significant Donation

Opens New Exhibit Featuring Women Mission Controllers

The International Women’s Air & Space Museum (IWASM) recently received a donation from former NASA mission controller, Marianne Dyson, who is originally from Canton, Ohio.

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Airborne 03.25.16: WASP/Arlington Update, Hawker Hunter, Chicago NIMBYs

Also: Airlander 10, Barnstorming, April 1st/SnFIP16, Moon Colony, Trike Accident, Tuskegee Airmen, NATCA Safety, Thames Estuary Airport

Here’s a good news story that leads to a perplexing question. The good news is that the U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill that would allow World War Two Women Airforce Service Pilots, known to all of us as the ‘WASPs’, be interned in the Arlington National Cemetery. The perplexing part of the story is that the Pentagon could have allowed this to occur through an administrative action. Instead, it’s taking

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First Operational Tester Takes The King Stallion For A Ride

CH-53K Flown By Marine Corps Pilot In West Palm Beach, FL

Lt. Col. Foster Carlile took his place in Marine Corps aviation history as the first operational tester to fly the CH-53K helicopter Mar. 23 at Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation's Development Flight Center in West Palm Beach.

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Beach Aviation Services To Hold Inaugural 'Salute Our Heroes' Fly-By

Event April 5 To Feature Prominent Retired USAF Officers Who Served At The Former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base

Beach Aviation Services in Horry County, SC will host the inaugural Salute Our Heroes Fly-By event on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Myrtle Beach International Airport’s General Aviation Terminal (MYR).

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (04.28.16): Instrument Approach Procedure

Instrument Approach Procedure A series of predetermined maneuvers for the orderly transfer of an aircraft under instrument flight conditions from the beginning of the initial approach to a landing or to a point from which a landing may be made visually. It is prescribed and approved for a specific airport by competent authority.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.28.16)

Aero Linx: Naval Helicopter Association NHA was founded in 1976 and is incorporated in California as a 501(C)(6) nonprofit professional organization to promote the development and use of naval vertical lift aircraft in the United States Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard; provide a forum whereby persons in these organizations involved with vertical lift aircraft can interact with each other at meetings and conventions; to provide recognition to those persons who have made significant contributions to those purposes. In pursuing these objectives NHA keeps members informed of new developments and accomplishments in vertical lift aircraft.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (04.28.16)

“EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is one of the nation’s preeminent celebrations of flight, and it is a perfect opportunity to showcase 100 years of Coast Guard aviation accomplishments. We’re proud to commemorate our history and achievements in a yearlong series of events, including the induction of the first Coast Guard aircraft into the Smithsonian collection at the Udvar-Hazy Center. Several current fleet aircraft have been painted in historical livery and will be on display at Oshkosh to honor those who have flown ‘into the storm’ for 100 years.” Source: Captain Joe Kimball, chief of Coast Guard Aviation Forces, commenting on the fact that  the Coast Guard has designated EAA AirVentu

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