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January 25, 2017

Airborne 01.25.17: FAI World Glider Champ's, Cessna Pilot Centers Grow, Fuel Taxes

Also: Fighter Jet VidGames, Swift Fuels, SpaceX Resupply, FAA Approves, Tiltrotor Test Rig, Emirates, United Mess

A hard-fought two-week battle in Australian skies saw three new Gliding World Champions win gold medals. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale Gliding World Champions were crowned last Sunday, bringing the competition to a close. Russell Cheetham from Great Britain took gold in the Open Class, scraping ahead of defending FAI World Champion Michael Sommer. France’s Killian Walbrou took gold in the hotly contested 18 Meter Class. Textron Aviation has announced its Cessna Pilot Center network added 24 new partners in 2016, including five international flight schools in Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Germany an

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Musk Confirms Looming Retirement Of Current Variant Of Falcon 9

Will Shift To Block 5 Rockets And Falcon Heavy

The planned January 30 launch of a Falcon 9 rocket may be one of the last missions to utilize an expendable booster, according to SpaceX founder Elon Musk.

Harris-Built Imager And Ground System Increase Resolution And Speed

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released the first image taken by Harris Corporation’s Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) aboard their next-generation weather satellite. The image taken from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-16 (GOES-16) is of Earth’s full western hemisphere with detailed cloud and water features.

According To Zerotech, Everyone Should Have a Drone with Them and Dobby Makes It Easy…

While at the Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas in January 2017, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell decided to dip into some of the details of a drone named Dobby. Jim met up with Echo, who is the Director of Communications for a company named Zerotech. Jim noted that fold-up drones are popular but this one is a little unusual.