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December 18, 2012

AUVSI Calls For Quick Confirmation Of Huerta

UAS Advocacy Group Says Permanent Leadership Is Needed

The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) President & CEO Michael Toscano says the U.S. Senate should expeditiously vote to confirm Michael Huerta as the administrator of the FAA. Huerta has been serving as the acting administrator for over a year.

Authorization For UND Covers FreeFlight Systems 1201 WAAS GPS Sensor Installed With 1090 Out Mode S Transponder

The FAA has granted a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) to the University Of North Dakota for the first rule-compliant 1090 MHz Extended Squitter ADS-B Out solution for Hawker Beechcraft C90A aircraft. The STC covers FreeFlight Systems model 1201 WAAS GPS sensor as the high-integrity position source installed with a 1090 MHz ADS-B Out solution provided by FreeFlight Systems.

Bantam Series ASC-II Composite Propeller Selected For The Aircraft

Hartzell has been chosen as the propeller supplier for Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems’ Firebird Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV). The Firebird will be the first production aircraft outfitted with Hartzell’s new Bantam series ASC-II composite propeller.

Range Of Simulators For Eurocopter Pilots

Three new simulators developed by Elite Simulation Solutions have been introduced by the company. Elite designs and manufactures flight simulators powered by PCs.

Latest In A Line Of Avionics To Be Provided For Sikorsky Helos

Sikorsky's newly-certified S-76D helicopter is equipped with the LCR-100 attitude and heading reference system (AHRS) built by Northrop Grumman Corporation. The LCR-100 is a standard component of the Thales TopDeck avionics suite on the new medium-sized, twin-engine helicopter. Northrop Grumman provided both the LCR-92 and LCR-100 fibre-optic AHRS on earlier versions of the S-76 helicopter platform.

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Airborne 12.18.12: AOPA Docs Raise Questions, Rivera Crash 'Problematic', Cessna 206 SAIB

Also: Aspen SAIB, Qatar 787s, Fiscal Cliff Diving, XGPS170, Mistaken 100LL

After some questionable delays, ANN finally got a look at the annual IRS 990 report that non-profit organizations like AOPA have to file every year. Despite the fact that AOPA claims that salaries are declining at what they unabashedly call the most powerful voice for general aviation, the ratio of top salaries to the amounts taken in by the association are kinda worrisome. The investigation into the crash of a Lear 25 that killed Latin-American celebrity Jenni Rivera and six others has taken several interesting turns. First, the Los Angeles Times reports the company that owned the plane had been accused of falsifying records about airplanes they had bought and sold in the past. All this... and MORE in to

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Aero-TV: Redbird's Roger Sharp (Part 2) -- Transforming the Art and Craft of Flight Instruction

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Aviation has been undergoing some rough years... and the future is, as yet, quite uncertain. There are few facets of the aviation world more uncertain, though, than that of the flight training industry and community. Years of "...that's the way we've always done it," have created a serious culture clash among those who feel the old ways are the good ways, and those who feel that its time for something "completely different."