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March 24, 2015

Surprise!!! FAA Streamlines UAS COAs for Section 333

Under Pressure, The FAA Seems To Be Escalating UAV Interests

With Congress, the media and the entire UAV industry breathing down their necks, the FAA has 'established an interim policy to speed up airspace authorizations for certain commercial unmanned aircraft (UAS) operators who obtain Section 333 exemptions. The new policy helps bridge the gap between the past process, which evaluated every UAS operation individually, and future operations after we publish a final version of the proposed small UAS rule.'

Airborne 03.24.15: New Daher HQ, AEA2015 Prep!, 'Smart Transponder'

Also: Aero-Calendar, NTSB Looks At Parasailing, Commercial UAV Waivers Streamlined, Marenco Swisshelicopter, Predator B Record, U.S. Naval Test Pilot School

Daher has formally opened the new location for its Airplane Business Unit’s U.S. headquarters at Pompano Beach, Florida. The grand opening ceremony attracted more than 300 attendees and brought approximately 30 TBM family aircraft to Pompano Beach Airpark, coinciding with the TBM Owners and Pilots Association Safety seminar. The staff of the Aero-News Network is hard at work in preparation for its LIVE EVENT Coverage of the 58th Annual AEA Internation

Airborne 03.24.15: New Daher HQ, AEA2015 Prep!, 'Smart Transponder'

Also: Aero-Calendar, NTSB Looks At Parasailing, Commercial UAV Waivers Streamlined, Marenco Swisshelicopter, Predator B Record, U.S. Naval Test Pilot School

Daher has formally opened the new location for its Airplane Business Unit’s U.S. headquarters at Pompano Beach, Florida. The grand opening ceremony attracted more than 300 attendees and brought approximately 30 TBM family aircraft to Pompano Beach Airpark, coinciding with the TBM Owners and Pilots Association Safety seminar. The staff of the Aero-News Network is hard at work in preparation for its LIVE EVENT Coverage of the 58th Annual AEA International Convention and Trade Show, coming up next month in Dallas, TX, this April 8th through the 11th. InFlight Labs says it is in development of a series of Tamper-proof smar

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Aero-News Alert! - Germanwings A320 Down In Southern France

Officials Say The Accident Was Not Survivable

A Germanwings A320 on a flight from Barcelona, Spain to Dusseldorf in Germany has gone down in the mountainous region of southern France carrying 142 passengers and six crew. French officials say there are no survivors from the accident.

USAF Releases Requirements For T-X Program

New Airplane Will Be The Future Replacement For The T-38 Jet

Air Force officials have released requirements for the T-X trainer aircraft family of systems that will replace the T-38 Talon.

First Passenger Flight Using China-Made Aviation Biofuel Completed

Boeing, Hainan Airlines, Sinopec Committed To Reduce Aviation's Carbon Emissions

A Chinese airline has flown that country's first passenger flight with sustainable aviation biofuel, a key environmental milestone for China's commercial aviation industry.

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Air Force Finds Error In GPS Software

Accuracy Of GPS Signals Not Affected, USAF Says

The U.S. Air Force has uncovered an apparent glitch in the ground-based software for some of Boeing's GPS satellites, though the Air Force Space Command said that the problem was not affecting the accuracy of the signal coming from the IIF spacecraft.

Daher Opens New U.S. Headquarters And Service Center For Operations

Latest Facility Is Located In Pompano Beach, FL

Daher has formally opened the new location for its Airplane Business Unit’s U.S. headquarters at Pompano Beach, Florida with a ribbon cutting ceremony presided by company Chairman & CEO Patrick Daher and City Mayor Lamar Fisher.

Sikorsky Opens First S-76 Customer Support Center In Southeast Asia

Appoints Mycopter Aviation Services To Support The Aircraft

Sikorsky has appointed Mycopter Aviation Services to become the first Sikorsky-authorized Customer Support Center (CSC) in Southeast Asia for Sikorsky’s S-76 line of medium-size commercial helicopters. Operating from Mycopter’s facility at Subang Airport, Malaysia, the CSC will bring Sikorsky-qualified maintenance services to a region where operators currently fly almost 50 S-76 aircraft, and where customers will have an opportunity to flight-test the latest model, the S-76D helicopter.

Strike Fighter Squadron 14 Changes Command

Cmdr. Corey L. Pritchard Now Leads The Unit

The "Tophatters" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 held a change of command ceremony March 20 at Naval Air Station Lemoore.

Bell Helicopter Delivers Bell 412EP To Nishi Nippon Airlines

Sale And Delivery Are The First Conducted Through Bell Helicopter's New Japan Office

A Bell 412EP has been delivered to Nishi Nippon Airlines Co., Ltd. The sale and delivery are the first conducted through Bell Helicopter’s new office in Tokyo. A delivery ceremony was held at the customer’s facility near the Fukuoka airport.

Operation IceBridge Debuts Its Seventh Arctic Campaign

First Flight Completed Last Week, Different Aircraft Involved This Year

NASA's Operation IceBridge, an airborne survey of polar ice, successfully completed its first Greenland research flight of 2015 on March 19, thus launching its seventh Arctic campaign. This year's science flights over Arctic sea and land ice will continue until May 22.

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Afghan Air Force Receives Six MD 530F Armed Helos

Initial Wave Of Armed MD 530F Cayuse Warrior Scout Attack Helicopters Will Deliver Enhanced Fire Capability

MD Helicopters has delivered the first six (6) armed MD 530F Cayuse Warrior Scout Attack Helicopters to the Afghan Air Force in Kabul, Afghanistan.

UK AAIB Withholds Flight Data Recorder Information From Police

Says Pilots Might Cover Up Mistakes For Fear They Would Be Made Public

The U.K. Air Accidents Investigation Branch has refused to release information from the Flight Data Recorder of a helicopter involved in a fatal accident in 2013 to Scottish police. Fourteen people survived the accident, while four were fatally injured.

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Aero-TV: Homer Holb’s Genius Lives On - Kolb Aircraft’s Time Tested SportPlanes

One Of The TRUE Classics Of The Ultralight Movement Continues To Fly Into The Future

Just in case you think ultralights are a thing of the past, ANN’s News Editor Tom Patton, attended the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida earlier this year to show you that they’re still around. One of the earliest producers of ultralights, Kolb Aircraft, was at Sebring to show off their ultralight legal 103 Firefly.

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Aero-TV: Homer Holb’s Genius Lives On - Kolb Aircraft’s Time Tested SportPlanes

One Of The TRUE Classics Of The Ultralight Movement Continues To Fly Into The Future

Just in case you think ultralights are a thing of the past, ANN’s News Editor Tom Patton, attended the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida earlier this year to show you that they’re still around. One of the earliest producers of ultralights, Kolb Aircraft, was at Sebring to show off their ultralight legal 103 Firefly. Tom meets up with Bryan Melborn the Owner and CEO of the Kolb Aircraft Company. Kolb has been around since the 1970s, and Melborn took over the company in the late 80s. He says that the recrea

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House Committee Hearing To Examine Air Traffic Control Reform

Committee Chair Says Goals Have Not Been Achieved In 30 Years Of Efforts

A hearing Tuesday of the Aviation Subcommittee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), will examine options for reforming air traffic control (ATC) operations in the U.S. transportation system.

ANN/Aero-TV FAQs: Submitting Stories for AEA 2015

A Note To Our Viewers And Industry Partners

The Airborne and Aero-TV video crews are extremely honored to bring you exciting video coverage from the Annual AEA Convention and Tradeshow once more. Given our incredible experience in previous years, we are thrilled to be returning to the event with the opportunity to showcase our talented team of video journalists with more in-depth, high-quality video coverage than ever before as well as even more LIVE Coverage of the most pivotal moments of this year's event! With the continued escalation in our Aero-TV/Airborne LIVE Aero-Streaming broadcasting format, which has been ongoing for most of the last decade, we hope to continue be not only the most dynamic source of video covera

FAA Plans To Streamline Commercial UAV Waivers Process

New Procedures Would Issue Blanket Waivers For Multiple Aircraft, Sources Say

The FAA is said to be looking at revisions to its procedures for granting waivers to commercial UAV operators in an effort to make it easier for the aircraft to be used.

Campaign Established To Stop HR 476

Says Bill Discriminates Against Veterans Who Wish To Become Professional Pilots

A letter-writing campaign has been mounted by an ad-hoc group which hopes to defeat HR 476, which the organization spearheading the effort says discriminates against Veterans wishing to use their benefits to become professional pilots.

AeroSports Update: NTSB Looks At Parasailing

Parasailing Is Technically Not An Aviation Activity, But The NTSB Issued A Report Of Its Special Investigation Of Recreational Parasailing

Skydiving and paragliding are recognized as aviation sports. They are regulated by the FAA, and industry associations also add safety to these operations. On the other hand, parasailing is a completely different recreational activity. The special NTSB investigation of this activity seems to indicate some real problems.

Airbus Celebrates Delivery Of Its 9,000th Aircraft

A321 For Fast-Growing Vietnamese Carrier VietJetAir

Airbus has celebrated the delivery of its 9000th aircraft at a ceremony in Hamburg, Germany on 20th March 2015. The aircraft is the first A321 to be delivered to Vietnamese carrier VietJetAir and will join the carrier’s all-Airbus A320 Family fleet flying on its fast-growing Asia-Pacific network.

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Airborne 03.23.15: Amazon Gets UAV OK, 10K ADS-B Equipped A/C, CS100 FTV5 Flies!

Also: White House UAV Update, AVW: Glider Looping, Rockwell Collins, UAV v News Helis, ERAU Award, Leonov's Spacewalk Remembered

The FAA has issued an experimental airworthiness certificate to an Amazon Logistics unmanned aircraft design that the company will use for research and development and crew training. Much like any experimental airworthiness certificate, it comes with some restrictions. All flight operations must be conducted at 400 feet or below during daylight hours in visual meteorological conditions. The UAS must always remain within visual line-of-sight of the pilot and observer, and the pilot act

Garmin G3X Touch Now Supports Connext Cockpit

Wireless Environment Now Available For Experimental, LSA Airplanes

Garmin's Connext wireless cockpit ecosystem is now supported by the G3X Touch. Customers who have incorporated G3X Touch into their experimental amateur-built or light sport aircraft (LSA), can now take advantage of wireless connectivity between select compatible Garmin avionics and Garmin Pilot on an iPad/iPhone and certain Android mobile devices.

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (03.24.15)

"If passed, HR 476 Prohibits VA from including flight training fees in the in-state tuition and fees at public institutions of higher education (IHEs) that are covered by post-9/11 veterans' educational assistance." Source: Website urging the defeat of HR 476, the "GI Bill Education Quality Enhancement Act of 2015".

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.24.15): Final Monitor Controller

Air Traffic Control Specialist assigned to radar monitor the flight path of aircraft during simultaneous parallel (approach courses spaced less than 9000 feet/9200 feet above 5000 feet) and simultaneous close parallel approach operations.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.24.15)

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