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FAA Proposes $533,320 Civil Penalty Against Steele Aviation

Allegedly Conducted Unauthorized Charter Flights

The FAA has proposed a $533,320 civil penalty against Steele Aviation of Beverly Hills, CA for allegedly conducting unauthorized charter flights using pilots who lacked required training.

Altitude Angel Launches UTM Conflict Resolution Service

Calls The System A 'Game Changer' Which Can Prevent Drones And Manned Aircraft Colliding Mid-Flight

Altitude Angel has announced that it will launch the world’s first UTM ‘conflict resolution service’ as an API, and in doing so has taken a huge step towards allowing automated drone flights to become a day-to-day reality.

D-Day C-47s Fly At AirVenture As Last Stop On Normany Anniversary Trip

Crews Recount Their Experiences Crossing The Channel Here At Oshkosh

Strewn between the vintage and warbird sections of AirVenture last week were several C-47s, many of which were resting by signs describing a historic flight they took to France this past June. A C-53 sits among them, painted in invasion stripes and olive drab. This airplane, D-Day Doll, like the others, has returned from Normandy back to the states and is here at AirVenture as the final leg of their commemorative trip.

Airbus: Rapidly Innovating Autonomous UAV Taxi

Prototype eVTOL Aircraft Is Named Vahana

Vahana, in the Hindu religion, is the carrier of a god. Airbus appropriately named its first air mobility prototype for this mythical form of transportation. The initial first users of this exotic transportation will be required to have godly wealth to afford it.

StandardAero Upgrades Learjet 45 With Primus Elite Cockpit

First Such Work To Be Completed On A U.S.-Registered Learjet 45

StandardAero completed its first U.S registered Learjet 45 Honeywell Primus Elite installation at its MRO facility in Augusta Georgia facility, using JetCity’s FAA approved STC.

LMC Completes NASA's Orion Spacecraft Capsule For Artemis 1 Mission

First Flight To The Moon Will Be Unmanned

The goal of humans again walking on the Moon is one giant leap closer. Lockheed Martin has completed building the capsule for NASA's Orion spacecraft. The crew module capsule for the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission to the Moon has been stacked on top of the Orion service module, which was also recently finished.

NBAA Working With FAA To Ensure ADS-B Flight-Tracking Opt-Out Continues

Developing An Opt-Out Solution Based On Providing Operators An Alternate 24-Bit Icao (Mode S Transponder) Code

Given the long-standing recognition by government and industry of the need to maintain in-flight security, NBAA is working with the FAA and other stakeholders to identify the most effective means to ensure that operators continue to have the ability to opt out from having their flights tracked in real time, following a conversation many aircraft will make to new ADS-B technology, starting Jan. 1, 2020.

Airbus Scores First ACH160 Order In Southeast Asia

Order Includes Region's First HCare First Premium Support Package

Airbus Helicopters has secured an ACH160 order from an undisclosed new customer in the Philippines, launching this new model in the Southeast Asia and Pacific region. It will be used for private and business flights within the Philippines archipelago.

Commercial Space Ride Secured For NASA's New Air Pollution Sensor

A Maxar Satellite Will Carry The Instrument Into Orbit In 2022

NASA has secured a host satellite provider and ride into space for an instrument that will dramatically advance our understanding of air quality over North America. Maxar Technologies of Westminster, CO will provide satellite integration, launch and data transmission services for NASA's Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO), an Earth science instrument that will observe air pollution over North America in unprecedented detail from a geostationary orbit.

Company Introduces Flamethrower Kit For Drones

The TF-19 Wasp Integrates With Commercially-Available Drone Platforms

A drone has already been cast as a villain in at least one Hollywood movie, and this device might just take that concept to the next level.

Pilots Go To King Schools For Garmin G5000, Aviation Weather Radar Courses

iLearn, Makes It Easy For Pilots To Take The New Garmin-Produced Courses

Learning to use new avionics systems can be a challenge for pilots. Garmin makes courses available for their customers but delivering them to pilots requires access to the Internet. The King Schools internet learning platform, iLearn, makes it easy for pilots to take the new Garmin-produced G5000 Essentials, G5000 Essential Plus and Aviation Weather Radar 2.0 courses.

Coulson Aviation Inks Deal With Orange County Fire Authority

Establishes First Ever Type 1 HeliTanker Program In The United States

Orange County Fire Authority in partnership with Southern California Edison (SCE) have contracted Coulson Aviation USA to bring its state of the art NVG aerial firefighting program to the United States.

Airborne 07.22.19-OSH19-Day 1 Redux: Slosh-Kosh!, Continental Update, TBM 940

Also: AEA ADS-B Giveaway, Jack Pelton’s Welcome, Extra’s New Aerobat, OSH19-The Week Ahead

Note From The ANN E-I-C (Guy Who Takes The Blame): By the time that you read this, ANN's staff is either on its way home, at home in a semi-comatose state, or has checked in at a home for wayward Aviators for a little rest and therapy. But, as we do each year after Oshkosh, we'll be repeating the amazing week, in sequence, over the next few days so you can catch up on all you might have missed -- as we rest up and get ready for the continuation of our regular news programming on the 8th of August. This is probably the last time we can get away with taking a post-OSH break, so we're going to enjoy it a

Embry-Riddle To Replenish Its Fleet

Will Acquire Aircraft From Textron Aviation And Diamond Aircraft Industries

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s leading aviation and aerospace institution, plans to replace many of its existing aircraft with at least 60 new Cessna Skyhawks as well as four new Diamond DA42-VI aircraft.

UPS Forms Subsidiary And Applies For FAA Certification To Operate Drone Delivery

Subsidiary Named UPS Flight Forward, Inc.

UPS today said it has applied to the FAA for Part 135 certification to operate commercial drone flights in the UPS network under a subsidiary business called UPS Flight Forward, Inc.

Active Winglet Installations Resume For Tamarack Aerospace Group

Tamarack’s Active Winglets Are Now Being Installed On A CitationJet (CJ1) At Their Facility In Sandpoint, Idaho

Tamarack Aerospace announced that it has resumed installations of their Active Winglet system. Tamarack’s Active Winglets are now being installed on a CitationJet (CJ1) at their facility in Sandpoint, Idaho. This is the first installation since the lifting of flight restrictions as a result of the Airworthiness Directive (AD) imposed on the fleet.

Introducing The senseFly eBee X With Agisoft Metashape

Designed For High-Precision Data Acquisition And Processing

Fixed-wing drone manufacturer senseFly has introduced a new limited-time offer which combines the senseFly eBee X—and its highly precise suite of cameras— with intelligent photogrammetry software from Agisoft Metashape.

Brian Foley: Helicopter Sales Hits The Skids

Total Deliveries Have Declined 42 Percent Since 2013

The civil helicopter industry hasn’t caught a break since oil prices sank below $100 per barrel five years ago. Total delivery values of these aircraft have declined 42% from nearly $7 billion in 2013 to just under $4 billion last year, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA). The first quarter of 2019 portends another difficult year, as values plummeted 15% compared to the same period in 2018, from $604 million to $514 million, according to aviation analyst Brian Foley.

Hawaiian Charter Group Wing Spirit Commits To Purchasing 15 HondaJets

Will Provide Luxury Inter-Island Transportation Throughout The Islands

Hawaiian charter group Wing Spirit has purchased a total of 15 HondaJets to support inter-island transportation in the Hawaiian Islands. With the initial deliveries to Wing Spirit taking place earlier this month, the HondaJet Elite became the first light jet to enter service in Hawaii.

Klyde Morris 07.29.19

You've Become A Little Too Predictable, Klyde

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (07.29.19)

“In keeping with Embry-Riddle’s rigorous focus on aviation safety, new aircraft for our fleet were selected following an exhaustive evaluation by a team of experts on both our Prescott, AZ and Daytona Beach, FL campuses.” Source: Dr. P. Barry Butler, president of Embry-Riddle.

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July 29, 2019

Allegedly Conducted Unauthorized Charter Flights

Calls The System A 'Game Changer' Which Can Prevent Drones And Manned Aircraft Colliding Mid-Flight

Crews Recount Their Experiences Crossing The Channel Here At Oshkosh

Prototype eVTOL Aircraft Is Named Vahana

First Such Work To Be Completed On A U.S.-Registered Learjet 45

First Flight To The Moon Will Be Unmanned

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Developing An Opt-Out Solution Based On Providing Operators An Alternate 24-Bit Icao (Mode S Transponder) Code

Order Includes Region's First HCare First Premium Support Package

A Maxar Satellite Will Carry The Instrument Into Orbit In 2022

The TF-19 Wasp Integrates With Commercially-Available Drone Platforms

iLearn, Makes It Easy For Pilots To Take The New Garmin-Produced Courses

Establishes First Ever Type 1 HeliTanker Program In The United States

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Also: AEA ADS-B Giveaway, Jack Pelton’s Welcome, Extra’s New Aerobat, OSH19-The Week Ahead

Will Acquire Aircraft From Textron Aviation And Diamond Aircraft Industries

Subsidiary Named UPS Flight Forward, Inc.

Tamarack’s Active Winglets Are Now Being Installed On A CitationJet (CJ1) At Their Facility In Sandpoint, Idaho

Designed For High-Precision Data Acquisition And Processing

Total Deliveries Have Declined 42 Percent Since 2013

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