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March 16, 2016

Airborne 03.16.16: NASA's Kelly Retires, Fighter Pilot Shortage?, Germanwings

Also: EasyJet, Tecnam Juggernaut, A380neo, Flightstar STC, Meridian Jet Ctr, AAIB, ULA And XCOR Award

NASA astronaut, and one-year crew member Scott Kelly, will retire from the agency, effective April 1. Kelly joined the astronaut corps in 1996 and, with 520 days in space accumulated over four missions, he currently holds the American record for most time spent in space. After retiring, Kelly will continue to participate in the ongoing research related to his one-year mission. He will provide periodic medical samples and support other testing in much the same way that his twin brother, f

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Airborne 03.16.16: NASA's Kelly Retires, Fighter Pilot Shortage?, Germanwings Report

Also: EasyJet, Tecnam Juggernaut, A380neo, Flightstar STC, Meridian Jet Ctr, AAIB, ULA And XCOR Award

 

NASA astronaut, and one-year crew member Scott Kelly, will retire from the agency, effective April 1. Kelly joined the astronaut corps in 1996 and, with 520 days in space accumulated over four missions, he currently holds the American record for most time spent in space. After retiring, Kelly will continue to participate in the ongoing research related to his one-year mission. He will provide periodic medical samples and support other testing in much the same way that his twin brother, former astronaut Mark Kelly, made himself available for NASA’s Twins Study during his brother’s mission. We have been hearing about the shortage of airline pil

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APA Urges Adoption Of Secondary Cockpit Barriers

Supports Legislation In Congress That Would Mandate Such Barriers In Aircraft With More Than 75 Passenger Seats

The Allied Pilots Association (APA), the certified collective bargaining agent for the 15,000 pilots of American Airlines, has expressed strong support for legislation that would require secondary cockpit barriers for larger commercial airliners.

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Major Assembly Begins On Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner

Steady Progress As First Production Fuselage Section Begins Weeks Early

Major assembly of the first Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner is underway, the latest major milestone in the development of the newest member of the super-efficient 787 family. Boeing partner Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. began installing the circular frames into the midforward section of the fuselage on March 14, a full two weeks ahead of schedule.

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Activities To Celebrate Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week Double In 2016

More Than 100 Events Tailored For Women Took Pace On Six Continents This Year

More than 100 activities, twice as many as in 2015, unfolded in Africa, America, Europe, and Oceania during the 6th annual Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week, a global aviation awareness week for girls of any age, founded and managed by the Institute for Women Of Aviation Worldwide (iWOAW).

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Restoration Team Says Columbine II Nearly Ready To Fly

Airplane To Be Headed to Bridgewater, VA Soon

The team working to restore the Lockheed Constellation Columbine II to airworthy condition is nearly ready to ferry the plane back to Bridgewater VA, where the restoration will be completed. But the team also says that the flight won't be just under an airworthiness certificate for a ferry flight. It will be able to make the trip as a certified aircraft.

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ESA ExoMars Probe Has Left The Planet

Mission Is To Solve At Least Some Of The Red Planet's Mysteries

The first of two joint ESA-Roscosmos missions to Mars has begun a seven-month journey to the Red Planet, where it will address unsolved mysteries of the planet’s atmosphere that could indicate present-day geological – or even biological – activity.

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UAL Submits Latest Filing For Flights To Cuba

Emphasizes Choice, Convenience And Access In Proposal

United Airlines has submitted its latest filing to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for authority to begin commercial air service to Cuba from its global gateways in Newark/New York, Houston, Washington and Chicago to Havana’s José Martí International Airport in Cuba.

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FlightSafety's Singapore S-76 Sims Receive FAA Level D Qualification

Includes S-76C+ and S-76C++ FFS Devices

The FAA has qualified FlightSafety International's Sikorsky S-76C+ and S-76C++ simulators located in Singapore to Level D. The facility has also been approved to provide FAA PART 142 training under FlightSafety’s single certificate.

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World ATM Congress 2016 Welcomes Record Attendance, Aviation Technology

For The Fourth Year, Air Traffic Leaders Convene To Plan The Future Of Global Aviation

The fourth annual World ATM Congress concluded last Thursday. As the world's largest air traffic management (ATM) exhibition, the Congress welcomed 7,175 registrants and 225 exhibitors.

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NASA Selects Proposals To Build Better Solar Technologies

Will Be Crucial For Deep Space Missions

NASA’s Game Changing Development (GCD) program has selected four proposals to develop solar array technologies that will aid spacecraft in exploring destinations well beyond low-Earth orbit, including Mars.

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Teamsters Demand NetJets Cease Targeting Dispatchers

Claims Company Threatening Workers Amid Contract Negotiations

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Teamsters Airline Division and Teamsters Local 284 has demanded that NetJets halt a campaign the union calls an unwarranted retaliation against their flight dispatchers for choosing union representation.

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Aero-TV: Versatile PC Simulation - Sky Fantasy Motion Flight Simulator

Adding Motion To Your Home PC Simulator...

 

Any PC flight simulator program can provide a certain level of aviation fantasy. At the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo 2016 held in Sebring, Florida, ANN news editor, Tom Patton, found a company that has enhanced the simulator fantasy by adding motion.

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Aero-TV: Versatile PC Simulation - Sky Fantasy Motion Flight Simulator

Adding Motion To Your Home PC Simulator...

Any PC flight simulator program can provide a certain level of aviation fantasy. At the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo 2016 held in Sebring, Florida, ANN news editor, Tom Patton, found a company that has enhanced the simulator fantasy by adding motion. Dan Bowman, the Manager of Multi-Simulations LLC. said their SkyFantasy simulator is designed to run on older operating systems because there are so many flight and simulator programs that continue to run well on other than the latest systems.

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FAA Administrator Talks Drones At SXSW

Introduces Android Version Of 'B4UFLY' App

FAA Administrator Michael Huerta and Sally French, "The Drone Girl," led a lively panel discussion Monday about the future of small unmanned aircraft at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, TX. The panel included a diverse group of innovative thinkers from industry and government.

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DeLand Airport Welcomes Jana Filip As Sport Aviation Administrator

Airport Will Create A New 'Sport Aviation Village'

Is DeLand airport in central Florida making a play to bring the Sport Aviation Expo from Sebring a bit north? Make what you will of this. Jana Filip, the former director of the Sebring Sport Aviation Expo, has joined the staff of the Deland (FL) Municipal Airport as its new Sport Aviation Administrator.

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NTSB Releases Probable Cause Report In FlightSafety Building Accident

Could Not Determine The Reason For The Left Engine Losing Power, But Found Standard Procedures Were Not Followed

The NTSB has released its probable cause report from an accident in October, 2014 involving a Raytheon Aircraft company B200 that impacted the FlightSafety building in Wichita, KS. Four people were fatally injured in the accident.

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Second CH-53K Helicopter Joins Flight Test Program

Flight Envelope Expanded To 120 Knots On First Aircraft

The second CH-53K helicopter has joined the flight test program and achieved its first flight. In addition the first aircraft into the test program has achieved flight envelope expansion to 120 knots for the U.S. Marine Corps' CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter program.

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AeroSports Update: Red Bull Abu Dhabi Report

Ivanoff Takes First Place As Red Bull Air Race Starts Their 2016 Racing Season

Red Bull Air Race opened their racing season last weekend in Abu Dhabi. Here’s a report from the Red Bull Air Race website that gives us a brief outline of the excitement of the first race of the season.

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NBAA Reiterates Support For Historic Santa Monica Airport

City Appeals Earlier Court Ruling

The NBAA has reasserted its long-standing support for California's historic Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO). The association’s latest expression of support came in connection with oral arguments on an appeal of an earlier court ruling denying on procedural grounds the city's interpretation of the terms of the 1948 document transferring ownership of SMO from the federal government to the city.

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Larsen: ATC Privatization A Major Obstacle To Long Term FAA Bill

House Passes Continuing Resolution For FAA Funding Through Mid-July

Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA), the ranking Democrat on the House Aviation Subcommittee, issued a statement Monday regarding the continuing resolution passed by the House which will keep the FAA operating through July 15.

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Airborne 03.15.16: SpaceX Reuse In 2016?, UK Air Display Safety, New Wright B

Also: Iron Maiden 747, Aero-Calendar, OV-10 Broncos, Italian Eurofighter, NTSB, WASP Tactical Aerostat, WestJet Protecting Pilot?

SpaceX could launch a spacecraft using a previously-flown booster later this year, if all goes according to plan. Speaking in the closing session of the SATELLITE 2016 conference held this week just outside Washington, D.C., SpaceX COO, Gwynne Shotwell, said that the company might launch a recovered rocket first stage sometime this year. The U.K. Air Accident Investigation Branch has published a special report that offers 14 specific recommendations for improv

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (03.16.16)

"The wide array of industry representatives here today underscores that while we may sometimes have different opinions and ideas, we’re all coming from essentially the same place: We all view safety as our top priority." Source: FAA Administrator Michael Huerta, speaking at South by Southwest in Austin, TX.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.16.16): Radar Required

A term displayed on charts and approach plates and included in FDC NOTAMs to alert pilots that segments of either an instrument approach procedure or a route are not navigable because of either the absence or unusability of a NAVAID.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.16.16)

The Rise and Fall of the British Airshow

This editorial was posted last week on the website This is Flight, which says it contains global airshow coverage for enthusiasts, by enthusiasts.

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