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November 09, 2016

Airborne 11.09.16: NIMBY Defeat, MU-2 Training, World Air Games

Also: Sikorsky X2, Tecnam’s P2010, Lancair, G500 Training, Airbus Heli Jobs, UND Pipers, First LM-100J

New York’s East Hampton Airport gets a reprieve from the town’s adoption of noise and access restrictions at the airport when a U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the federal Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 continues to apply. In other words, the federal act trumps the town’s restrictions. The ruling, which sets an important precedent for airports nationwide, holds that Airport Noise and Capacity act continues to apply to the airport, despite the town’s stated intent to no longer accept federal Airport Improvement Program grants. Because of the unique flying characteristics of the Mitsubishi MU-2 twin-turboprop corporate airplane, the FA

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Mars One Going Public At Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Deal Valued At About $96 Million

Mars One, which aims to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars, now has a agreement to list its commercial arm Mars One Ventures at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange through a takeover by Innovative Finance AG.

Marks Second Underway Recovery Test For The Ship

Amphibious transport dock USS San Diego (LPD 22) successfully completed recovery operations of the NASA Orion crew module Nov. 1. The Underway Recovery Test-5 (URT-5) is part of a U.S. government interagency effort to safely retrieve the Orion crew module which is capable of carrying humans into deep space.