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All News

May 09, 2015

GAMA Releases Disappointing 1Q/15 Sales Report

Just When You Thought Things Were Going To Get Better... They Don't

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has published first quarter 2015 aircraft shipment results. The general aviation industry shipped 678 aircraft in the first three months of the year for a total value of $5.3 billion -- a stunning disappointment. "The first-quarter numbers show that, while our industry has been gaining traction over the past few years, we face some renewed headwinds in several regions of the world, including Asia, parts of Europe, and Latin America," said GAMA President and CEO Pete Bunce.

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FAA To Re-Evaluate Method For Measuring Effects Of Aircraft Noise

Multi-Year Effort Intended To Update Science Of Noise And Its Impact On Communities

The FAA will soon begin work on the next step in a multi-year effort to update the scientific evidence on the relationship between aircraft noise exposure and its effects on communities around airports.

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First Female F-35 Pilot Begins Training Flights

Lt. Col. Christine Mau Has Completed First Training Sortie

The Department of Defense welcomed its first female F-35 Lightning II pilot at Florida's Eglin AFB May 5.Lt. Col. Christine Mau, the 33rd Fighter Wing Operations Group deputy commander, completed her first training flight in the single-seat fifth-generation fighter following 14 virtual training missions in the full mission simulator at the F-35 Academic Training Center.  

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Textron Aviation Hosts Inaugural Joint Customer Conference

Sessions Open To Beechcraft, Cessna And Hawker Owners

Textron Aviation welcomed more than 500 Beechcraft, Cessna and Hawker aircraft operators together for the first time at the Textron Aviation Customer Conference last week in Wichita. This was the first joint customer conference since the Beechcraft, Cessna and Hawker brands combined last year.

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Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Orders New MD 530F Helicopter

LVMPD Aviation Unit Will Welcome A New Helicopter In October 2015

MD Helicopters has announced today a new contract to manufacture and deliver a custom-configured MD 530F helicopter for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Aviation Unit. Acquisition of the MD 530F, the preferred helicopter for airborne law enforcement missions in hot and high environments, was approved by Metro’s Fiscal Affairs Committee on April 27.

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CHEF Homeschoolers Win Third GAMA/Build A Plane STEM Competition

Four Students, A Teacher And A Chaperone Will Travel To Arlington, WA In June

The CHEF Homeschoolers in Cuba City, Wisconsin have won the third Aviation Design Challenge to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) knowledge among U.S. high school students sponsored by GAMA and Build A Plane.

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Larry Williams Joins Terrafugia Board Of Directors

Previously CEO Of BRS Aerospace

Larry Williams Has joined the Terrafugia Board of Directors, effective immediately. With over three decades of aviation experience, Mr. Williams' expertise is in occupant protection through the integration and commercialization of emergency recovery systems across a multitude of applications. 

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BHI H60 Helicopters Achieves FAA Type Certificate

Allows UH-60A Black Hawk Commercial Operations

The FAA recently issued a groundbreaking restricted-category type certification to BHI H60 Helicopters, allowing commercial operation of Sikorsky UH-60A helicopters for firefighting and special operations.

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Hot Air Balloon Manufacturing To Resume In Oswestry

U.K. High-Tech Company Returning To Its Roots

It has been twelve years since Per Lindstrand left mainstream balloon building, selling his share in the company which bore his name, to create Lindstrand Technologies. This high-tech company concentrated on the research and development of lighter-than-air fabric engineering.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (05.09.15)

"It wasn't until I was taxiing to the runway that it really struck me that I was on my own in the jet." Source: Lt. Col. Christine Mau, describing her first actual training flight in an F-35.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.09.15): Block Altitude

A block of altitudes assigned by ATC to allow altitude deviations; for example, Maintain block altitude 9 to 11 thousand.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.09.15)

The Ejection Site

The goal is to educate and entertain people of all interests with details on one of the most interesting fields of engineering. Egress systems are nearly unique in the world of technology as they are intended to exist for extended periods and then at need perform an extremely complex and often precise series of events to save a person's life.

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