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ALPA Welcomes FAA’s Tougher Icing Standards For Airliners

Says New Rules Mark Progress, But More Safety Action Is Needed For Winter Operations

The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) is welcoming new FAA rules to expand types of winter conditions in which airliners must be certified to fly safely, but the union says there is still work to be done on the issue.

IAG CEO Will Not Support Gatwick Expansion

Willie Walsh Says Second Runway Does Not Make Business Sense

As the UK Airports Commission inches closer to a decision about airport expansion in London, the CEO of IAG ... the parent company of British Airways ... says there is no business case that supports a second runway at Gatwick Airport.

Boeing Teams With ANA To Improve Operational Efficiency

Optimized Maintenance Program To Apply Advanced Analytics Tools

Boeing and ANA (All Nippon Airways) have announced they are teaming up to implement operational improvements for ANA’s fleet. The improvements are aimed at reducing costs and increasing efficiency of maintenance operations for ANA’s current and future 777 models as part of the Boeing Optimized Maintenance Program (OMP) service.

Gulfstream Implements First Commercial Active Sticks

Active Side Sticks Get The 'All Clear' For Gulfstream G500 And G600

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation has selected BAE Systems to provide active control side sticks for its new G500 and G600 aircraft. This contract marks the first time that this innovative flight technology, which was once reserved for military aircraft, will be implemented on a commercial fleet of planes.

Piper Aircraft, Hanxing Combine To Display Piper Matrix At Airshow China

Event Held November 11-16 In Zhuhai

Piper Aircraft and Hanxing General Aviation Co., Ltd. will be exhibiting a new unpressurized piston-powered Piper Matrix at Airshow China 2014, to be held Nov. 11-16 in Zhuhai. Piper's presence will be located at Booth C1-6 and the Matrix will be on outdoor static display at Hanxing's booth.

Airbus Helicopters Celebrates Successful Cooperation With Indonesia

Delivers Benefits To Military, Parapublic Operators And Industry The relationship between Airbus Helicopters and Indonesia will be highlighted by Airbus at Indo Defence 2014, where this long-term cooperation’s advantages for Indonesian military services, parapublic operators and industry will be celebrated at the exposition in Jakarta.

MedEvac Foundation International Appoints New Board Of Trustees Chairman

Dr. David Thomson Elected To Succeed Dr. Kevin Hutton

During the recent Air Medical Transport Conference in Nashville, TN , the MedEvac Foundation International appointed David Thomson, MS, MD, MPA, FACEP, CMTE as Chair of the Board of Trustees. He was elected by the Board of his peers to lead the Foundation during a time of rapid growth.

Trimble Claims Faster Flight Planning, Performance Gains For UAVs

Company's Offers Access Aerial Imaging Field Software

Trimble has unveiled the latest enhancements to its Trimble Access Aerial Imaging 2.0 application ... a software tool used with the Trimble Tablet Rugged PC for planning aerial missions, performing pre-flight checks, and monitoring flights for the Trimble UX5 Aerial Imaging Rover.

Amerijet Partners With 3 Relief Organizations In Reno

Boys & Girls Clubs, Food Bank Of Northern Nevada, Children's Cabinet All To Benefit

Global cargo transportation provider Amerijet International, Inc. is partnering with three nonprofit organizations in Reno.

NASA Armstrong Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of LLRV First Flight

The 'Flying Bedstead' Trained Astronauts For Lunar Landing

Before the Apollo astronauts landed on the moon, they first had to practice on Earth. A colloquium at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center on Oct. 29 marked the 50th anniversary of the first flight of a most unusual vehicle that was used to train the first humans to visit another world – the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle, or LLRV.

Last Flyable CH-21 Donated To Arkansas Air Museum

Aircraft Had Been Restored By Donor's Father, A Vietnam-Era Pilot

After Max Hall retired from the Army as a helicopter pilot serving in Vietnam, he bought the bones of a 1956 CH-21, and over the years, restored the aircraft to an airworthy condition.

UAV Market Forecast To Top $10.5 Billion By 2020

New Research Indicates More Than Seven Percent Annual Growth

A new report forecasts that the UAV market is estimated to be $6.7 billion in 2014, and is expected to register a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 7.73%, to reach $10.573 billion by 2020. The major challenges faced by the UAV market are due to air traffic management, and lack of regulatory policies and procedural issues.

Aero-TV: A Truly Unique Twin - The Discovery 201

Novel Needs Require Novel Airframe Solutions

One of the most unusual airplanes spotted by ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell at the AOPA Aviation Summit 2013 was Discovery Aviation’s model 201. It’s a twin-engine airplane that certainly qualifies to be described as “unique.” Jim sat down with Rick Cunliffe, the President and CEO of Discovery Aviation, to get the background on their model 201. Cunliffe refers to the 201 as an aviation version of an SUV. It’s a high wing, strut braced, twin-engine airplane with a fuselage specifically designed to accept odd cargo. The aft fuselage is actually a boom that supports the

Hart Gives Final Scheduled Daily Media Briefing On SS2 Accident From Mojave

Analysis Of Data Will Likely Take 12 Months Or More

Acting NTSB Chair Christopher Hart gave his final daily media briefing on the accident involving SpaceShipTwo Monday night.

FAA Issues Final Rule Updating Aircraft Icing Standards

Rule Sets New Icing Standards For New Transport Airplanes

The FAA has issued a final rule that broadens the coverage of its icing certification standards. The updated standards require U.S. manufacturers to show that transport airplanes can operate safely in freezing drizzle or freezing rain, conditions that constitute the icing environment known as “supercooled large drops” (SLD). The standard also includes ice crystal weather conditions as well.

U.S. Support For ISS To Continue Through 2024

International Space Station Agency Heads Hold Joint Meeting In Paris

The heads of the International Space Station (ISS) agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States met in Paris, France, on Nov. 4, 2014.

F-35C Completes First Arrested Landing Aboard An Aircraft Carrier

Important Milestone In Initial At-Sea Development Testing

The Navy made aviation history Monday as an F-35C Lightning II carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter conducted its first arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier off the coast of San Diego.

Safari Helicopters To Offer Superior Air Parts XP-360 Engine

Will Be A Factory Option For The Safari 400 Kit Helicopter

Safari Helicopters has selected Superior Air Parts' 180-horsepower XP-360 Engine as an option for its Safari 400, two-place, kit helicopter.

AeroSports Update: All Civil Certified Pilots Start Training In The Same Place

Obtaining A Pilot Certificate For Recreational Flying Can Be Challenging, Fun, And Exciting, But It Can Also Be A Little Confusing When Starting Out

It doesn’t matter what sort of pilot certificates you’re after, be it a sport pilot or an airline transport pilot, everybody starts in the same place for training. At some point every civil pilot started out as a student pilot.

Martin Aircraft IPO Underway

Initial Share Price Set At $0.50 Australian Or $0.55 New Zealand

Martin Aircraft Company ... developer of the Martin Jetpack ... has gone public. The company announced Tuesday that the IPO offer for Martin Aircraft is now open.

Airborne 11.03.14: SpaceShipTwo, Santa Monica Airport, Special Quicksilver

Also: P-40 Landing Gear Failure, AVW: Breaking The Sound Barrier, Aeromobil 3.0, Wright Brothers Master Pilots

While it is WAY too early to name a specific probable cause for the accident that befell SpaceShipTwo, evidence has revealed a series of worrisome clues that seem to indicate that SpaceShipTwo may have undergone an uncommanded wing feathering sequence at a speed in excess of Mach One. Wing feathering requires two primary actions... the first is to activate the wing feathering system, usually done at 1.4 Mach and, this time, done a bit earlier at about 1.0... the other is to actuate the wing feather seq