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February 09, 2019

House Aviation Subcommittee Chair Reacts To 'Green New Deal'

One Of The Plan's Proposers Says A Goal Is To Make Aviation 'Unnecessary'

Freshman Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) made headlines Thursday with the introduction of what she calls a "Green New Deal". Among the planks in the platform, which insiders say is unlikely to ever be debated in Congress in its current form, is to make air travel unnecessary.

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Drone Security Technologies To Be Demonstrated In Utah

Fortem Technologies To Showcase DroneHunter And Fortem SkyDome Safety And Security Solutions At State Capitol Building

Fortem Technologies, an airspace awareness, safety and security company based in Pleasant Grove, Utah, will demonstrate essential urban air mobility infrastructure to provide needed services, protect citizen privacy, and ensure their safety. The event will be held at the Utah State Capitol at Aerospace Day On The Hill. This fourth annual event, presented by the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED), will take place on Monday, February 11, 2019.

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Gogo AVANCE L5 Now Flying On 500th Business Jet

Milestone Reached In Just 16 Months From First Installation

Gogo Business Aviation announces that its most robust and highest-performing system – Gogo AVANCETM L5 – has been installed and is now flying on 500 business jets. It took just 16 months to achieve the milestone from the date of the first installation – one of the fastest adoption rates of any inflight connectivity system for business aviation.

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VistaJet Advances Business Aviation Flight Safety

Integrates Advanced Flight Risk Assessment System

Global business aviation company VistaJet has announced a further step in advancing its flight operations software with the adoption of Osprey Flight Solutions data-led risk assessment technology.

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Hurricane Hunters Fly 'Atmospheric Rivers'

Will Help Forecast Flooding On The West Coast

In November 2018, California experienced one of its most destructive fires with more than 150,000 acres burned, 18,000 homes destroyed, over 80 deaths, and with the winter rainfall season ahead, heavy rain can bring flooding and mudslides.

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Mitchell Airport Drops 'General' From Its Name

Now Known As Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport

The airport named for General Billy Mitchell, who was a strong advocate for the use of aircraft during WWI and later became the United States Director of Military Aeronautics, has undergone a small, but some may find significant, rebranding.

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GKN Fokker And LM Aeronautics Collaborating On Future F-35 Long Term Agreement

Will Manufacture Flaperons, Inflight Opening Doors (IFOD), And Electrical Wiring And Interconnection Systems (EWIS) For The Aircraft

At the roll-out event of the first operational Dutch F-35 in Fort Worth, Texas USA both GKN Fokker and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics confirmed via a protocol document the continuation of GKN Fokker’s efforts on F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter specific to the manufacturing of Flaperons, Inflight Opening Doors (IFOD), Arresting Gear, and Electrical Wiring and Interconnection Systems (EWIS) content. Production will take place at GKN Fokker’s sites in The Netherlands and Turkey with delivery taking place over the next five years.

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ESA Places Spotlight On Space Station Science

European Research Ongoing In Columbus Space Lab

Though all ESA astronauts are back on Earth, European science on the International Space Station is ongoing. Explore a few experiments underway right now in celebration of science at ESA.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (02.09.19)

"I am not yet ready to support the new Green New Deal resolution. It is difficult to support the resolution right now when one of the lead sponsors says one of the intentions is to make air travel unnecessary." Source: Congressman Rick Larsen (D-WA), chair of the House Transportation Committee Aviation Subcommittee.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (02.09.19): Conditions Not Monitored

When an airport operator cannot monitor the condition of the movement area or airfield surface area, this information is issued as a NOTAM.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (02.09.19)

FAA AD Database

While many of the FAA's ADs appear on Aero-News, we can't cover them all. If you have a question about an AD on your airplane, you can consult the official FAA Airworthiness Directive database. T

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