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January 09, 2016

Boeing Achieves Record Commercial Airplanes Deliveries In 2015

Year's Accomplishments Include First 737 MAX Rollout, 777X Firm Design Configuration

Boeing reports that it delivered 762 commercial airplanes in 2015, 39 more than the previous year and most ever for the company as it enters its centennial year.

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New Software Announced For 3DR UAVs

Multipoint Cable Cam, Follow With Free Look Coming This Spring

UAV manufacturer 3DR has new software coming for its Solo drone sometime this spring. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, 3DR said its coming software update will include Multipoint cable cam and Follow with Free Look, which extends the platform’s four existing Smart Shots.

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FAA Proposes $417,500 Civil Penalty Against FedEx

Says Shipper Failed To Rebalance Stabilizer Tab Control On A 727 Freighter

The FAA has proposed a $417,500 civil penalty against FedEx of Memphis, TN for allegedly operating an aircraft that was not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations.

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NASA Astronauts Get Advance Look At CST-100 Starliner Trainers

Systems Will Prepare Crews For First Manned Commercial Space Flights To ISS

Two of the four NASA astronauts training to fly Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft recently tried some of the systems that will prepare them for flights to the International Space Station.

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Congressman Pompeo: FAA Should Ditch Air Traffic Control User Fee Plan

Says User Fees Would Adversely Affect General Aviation

Congressman Mike Pompeo (R-KS) says that the FAA should scrap a plan to impose user fees for air traffic control, because those fees for a privatized system would hurt GA should they be imposed.

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Gone West: RAF Director Reade Genzlinger

Fatally Injured In An Aircraft Accident Monday

The Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) is deeply saddened to report that RAF Director, and friend Reade Genzlinger was fatally injured in an aircraft accident near the Alpine, Wyoming airport on January 4th.

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CAFE Foundation In Dispute With Former President

Claims Brien Seeley Tried To Inappropriately Use Foundation's Program

The CAFE Foundation is in something of a dispute with its former president, who resigned from the organization's board in October of last year.

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Legal Challenge To UAV Registration Rule Likely To Succeed, Experts Say

Cite FAA Modernization And Reform Act Of 2012

A legal challenge to the FAA's new UAV registration rule filed by a Maryland attorney who is also a recreational drone operator has a good chance to succeed, according to some analysts.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (01.09.16)

“We have been learning about the spacecraft displays through slideshows. It’s great to finally see what we are actually going to train on.” Source: Astronaut Eric Boe.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (01.09.16): Precision Approach Procedure

A standard instrument approach procedure in which an electronic glideslope/or other type of glidepath is provided ; e.g., ILS, PAR, and GLS.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.09.16)

Aviation Diesel Engines

With more and more manufacturers installing Diesel engines in their airplanes, it seemed to be an appropriate time to go back and look at the concept of the aviation diesel engine

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