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September 14, 2016

Airborne 09.14.16: 'Sully' v NTSB, AN-225 Coming Back?, Airshow Honors

Also: Homebuilt Ops Limitations, GE's 'ATP' Program, OSIRIS-REx, Drone Ordinance, FAA Hiring Experienced Controllers, Textron, Duncan Aviation

Most moviemaking requires some kind of conflict to hold an audience, but some current and former NTSB investigators say that director Clint Eastwood took too much artistic license to create dramatic tension in his movie "Sully" about the "Miracle on the Hudson." According to a report appearing on Quartz online, the movie portrays the NTSB as being adversarial with Sullenberger during its investigation, saying he could have landed the airliner at a nearby airport. However, in simulations conducted by the NTSB, that outcome was only achieved eight out of 15 times, and that did not take the pilot's reaction into account.

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Next-Generation Joint Polar Satellite System-2 Spacecraft On Schedule For 2020 Delivery

Orbital ATK has successfully completed NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Spacecraft Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for JPSS-2, and the Polar Follow-On/JPSS -3 and -4. Built on Orbital ATK’s proven and reliable LEOStar-3TM platform, these spacecraft will host instruments that provide essential operational space-based weather observations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Ultralights Can Provide the Ultimate Experience in Recreational Flying…

ANN assistant news editor, Earl Downs, set out on a mission at EAA AirVenture 2016 to search out some honest-to-goodness real ultralights. His trek took him to the ultralight field on the south end of Wittman Regional Airport that is commonly referred to as, ‘the fun zone’.