Passes Key Certification Milestone To Allow A 14,000 lbs. MTOW

The FAA has accepted Ikhana Aircraft Services G-1 Issue Paper outlining Ikhana’s approach for certifying their RWMI DHC-6-300HG/-400HG Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) as a Standard Commuter Category STC.

Two Of Four Aircraft On Order Delivered During Avalon Airshow 

Sikorsky has delivered two S-92 helicopters to Bond Helicopters Australia at the 2015 Avalon Airshow. Bond Helicopters Australia will operate a total of four S-92 helicopters, the first of its kind in this Australian fleet.

Hellenic Air Force F-16C Solo Jet Team To Participate In Annual Airshow

Greece has confirmed that its F-16C solo jet demonstration team Zeus will make its UK debut at this summer's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.

Satellite Set For Launch By Ariane 5 In April

The THOR 7 satellite for Arianespace’s first Ariane 5 mission in 2015 has arrived in French Guiana, marking the start of payload preparations for this dual-passenger flight from the Spaceport – which is scheduled for an April liftoff.

Part Of The Team Searching For Clues Into World War II Bomber Crash Site

Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) Archaeologist Dr. George Schwarz was joined by more than 45 volunteers from nearly a dozen organizations wading through dense vegetation and sifting through Florida sand Feb. 18-20 in the hopes of finding more clues to a Navy aircraft crash that happened more than seven decades ago.

First Manned Commercial Suborbital Research Program Graduates Have Mission To Study Global Climate

Project PoSSUM, a non-profit suborbital research project devoted to the study of our upper atmosphere, announced Monday that it had graduated its first class of Scientist-Astronauts. The PoSSUM Scientist-Astronaut Qualification Program, designed by former NASA astronaut instructors and hosted by the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL provides its candidates with the skills required to effectively conduct research on commercial space vehicles as part of an international research campaign dedicated to the study of global climate.

First UAS Business And Aviation Park Expected To Create Local And National Economic Advantages

Grand Sky, which is being promoted as America's first Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) business and aviation park, is now open and taking applications for build-to-suit site tenancy.

To Be Developed For Rocket And Missile Propulsion, Other Applications

Aerojet Rocketdyne has been awarded a contract to research and develop environmentally sustainable monopropellants and gas generators for rocket and missile propulsion and Divert Attitude Control Systems.

Honoree Is Ms. Nancy Miller Livingston Stratford

International helicopter pilot organization, Twirly Birds, has announced the 2015 recipient of the prestigious Les Morris award as Ms. Nancy Miller Livingston Stratford. Nancy received her helicopter rating in 1947 after having been an airplane pilot since 1940.

Will Discontinue Precision Systems Manufacturing, Build Aviation Services

AAR has agreed to sell its Telair Cargo Group to TransDigm for a purchase price of $725 million in cash, subject to adjustments. The Telair Cargo Group is comprised of Telair International, Telair U.S., and Nordisk Aviation Products. AAR will report its Telair Cargo Group as discontinued operations beginning in the third quarter of FY 2015 and the sale is expected to close in the fourth quarter ending May 31, 2015, subject to regulatory approval.