Thu, Apr 25, 2019
Alphabet's Wing Can Begin Package Delivery In Blacksburg, VA
The FAA has awarded the first air carrier certification to a drone delivery company, Wing Aviation. The certification paved the way for Wing Aviation to begin commercial package delivery in Blacksburg, VA. Wing partnered with the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership and Virginia Tech, as one of the participants in the Transportation Department’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program.
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Thu, Apr 25, 2019
Urge The Agency To 'Immediately Shelve' The Proposal
Nine aviation organizations have written a letter to Ali Bahrami, FAA Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, calling for the agency to shelve its plan to test random urine samples collected during pilot medical exams.
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Thu, Apr 25, 2019
Grand Sky Leads The Industry With Research, Testing And Development Of BVLOS Flights
Grand Sky Business and Aviation Park and Harris Corp. have joined forces to enable the country’s first and largest unmanned aerial system (UAS) airspace to support beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flight operations and UAS Traffic Management (UTM) research.
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Thu, Apr 25, 2019
Plane Reportedly Contacted Powerlines And Went Down In North Carolina
The founder of Bearhawk Aircraft was injured Monday in an accident at Holly Ridge/Topsail Island Airport in North Carolina.
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Thu, Apr 25, 2019
First Airplane, A P2006T Twin, Will Be Delivered In July
Tecnam has announced that ‘Aerotec Pilot School’, Spain’s oldest Authorized Training Organisation (ATO) has selected a range of Tecnam training aircraft to totally upgrade its flight training offering.
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Thu, Apr 25, 2019
First Step In Process To Begin International Service
Allegiant has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation to offer scheduled service between the United States and Mexico.
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Thu, Apr 25, 2019
Authorized To Fly Up To Five Kilometers From A Licensed Pilot Observer
In collaboration with drone engineering and consulting specialists AL Drones and geotechnology company Santiago & Cintra, senseFly has announced that the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) has approved beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights to be carried out in Brazil for the first time in the country’s history, using UAS technology from senseFly.
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Thu, Apr 25, 2019
Also: Miracle Flights, Drone Workforce Solutions, AMA Friends Of The Foundation, XPONENTIAL 2019
The FAA has awarded the first air carrier certification to a drone delivery company, Google’s Wing Aviation. The certification paved the way for Wing Aviation to begin commercial package delivery in Blacksburg, VA. Wing partnered with the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership and Virginia Tech, as one of the participants in the Transportation Department’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program. Wing demonstrated that its operations met the FAA’s rigorous safety requirements to qualify for an air carrier certificate. This is based on extensive data and documentation, as well as thousands of safe flights conducted in Australia over the past several years. A flight time of 12 hours, 7 minutes and 5 seconds was officially recorded by South Korean company MetaVista as it successfully broke the multi rotor UAV World Record of flight time. The MetaVista team u
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Thu, Apr 25, 2019
Also: Gatwick Drone 'Chaos', Fenway Park Foolishness, Utah Legislature, Parrot ANAFI Thermal
AMA has responded to the FAA's NPRM on the Operation of sUAS Over People. Overall, the AMA believes the proposed rulemakings on flying over people and night flying are a step toward opening the airspace for more commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operators. For model aircraft hobbyists, however, they do not anticipate these rules will have a significant impact on their existing guidelines for safe and responsible operation. "...For years, our National Model Aircraft Safety Code has been recognized by Congress, as well as state legislatures, as a safe and effective means of managing the model aircraft community. Our members know where, when and how to fly safely and they do not present a risk to the airspace," the AMA commented. On March 29, 2018, a pilot and passenger departed Thames Aerodrome in N
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