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KLA-100 Debuts At Aero Friedrichshafen 2017

Cooperative Development For Vessel Co., Ltd., And Flight Design

There may soon be another low-wing LSA on the market, as Flight Design and South Korean company Vessel Co. jointly announced the KLA-100 aircraft at Aero Friedrichshafen 2017 only a few days after the airplane's first flight.

HondaJet Sets Two Speed Records

Flights Conducted Between The Northeast U.S. And South Florida

A HondaJet has officially secured its first speed records over two recognized courses from Teterboro, New Jersey to Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Boston, Massachusetts to Palm Beach, Florida.

GAMA Hosts Final Day Of Uber Elevate Summit

Uber Elevate Is An Associate Member Of The Association

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) yesterday hosted the final day of the Uber Elevate Summit in Dallas, Texas, along with the second training session about the U.S. government’s Part 23 rule rewrite for the design of small airplanes.

F-35As Deploy To Estonia For The First Time

Two Aircraft And 20 Support Personnel Arrive At Amari Air Base

Two F-35A Lightning II aircraft and about 20 supporting Airmen arrived at Ämari Air Base April 25, 2017, from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England.

Andrew Morris Joins Flightsafety International

Named Director, Commercial Air Transport Simulator Sales

Andrew Morris has joined FlightSafety International as Director, Commercial Air Transport Simulator Sales.

PEMCO Launches B737-700 FlexCombi & Full-Freighter Aircraft Conversion Programs

First Passenger-To-FlexCombi Conversion To Be Started In The Second Quarter Of This Year

Aviation maintenance and engineering company PEMCO World Air Services has launched its Passenger-to-FlexCombi and Passenger-to-Freighter conversion programs for the Boeing Next Generation 737-700 aircraft. The programs will be marketed as B737-700FC (FlexCombi) and B737-700F.

MQ-25 Program Validates Future Mission Control System Through Simulated Test

Demonstrates Capability To Control UAVs From An Aircraft Carrier

The Navy’s MQ-25 program completed its first demonstration representing how the mission control system located aboard the aircraft carrier will control and transmit information to an unmanned air vehicle in the future.

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (04.29.17)

“The program is a collaboration, between Vessel and Flight Design. Our engineering staff has worked closely with the Vessel Engineers to develop the KLA-100 and they will work together to certify the plane in Europe and South Korea.” Source: Matthias Betsch, CEO of Flight Design GmbH.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (04.29.17): Common Point

A significant point over which two or more aircraft will report passing or have reported passing before proceeding on the same or diverging tracks.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.29.17)

Beechcraft Heritage Museum

The Beechcraft Heritage Museum is a distinctly original one-of-a-kind, “living and working” aviation museum that traces the lineage of the Beechcraft family of airplanes.