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February 27, 2012

ANN Special Feature: Icing, or Stalls? - 02.27.12

ANN's Paul Plack talks with CFI Bob Miller of Over The Airwaves, who wonders, how many accidents blamed on icing are actually stalls?

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GA-ASI Successfully Tests Due Regard Radar Aboard Manned Aircraft

Supports Sense-and-Avoid Architecture, Sets Stage for Unmanned Aircraft Tests

UAS and radar system manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has successfully demonstrated an early prototype of its Due Regard Radar on a manned aircraft. The Due Regard Radar is a company-funded system that supports GA-ASI’s overall radar-based airborne sense-and-avoid architecture for its Predator B UAS.

Patent Based On Company's Argus One Lighter-Than-Air UAV

A patent application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty ("PCT") for an airship design and a method of controlling the airship has been filed by lighter-than-air ("LTA") UAV developer World Surveillance Group. The patent, based on the company's Argus One UAV, was filed to protect its intellectual property in the unique airship design that is the foundation of the Company's UAV research and development program.

Aircraft Manufacturers To Be Offered To Private Investors

The State Privatization Program for 2012-2014 in Ukraine stipulates the decrease of the share of the state-owned sector in Ukrainian economy until it reaches 25-30 percent of the GDP. Ukrainian law on the respective Program has recently gone into effect and the estimated income from the sale of national companies to domestic and foreign investors over three years is estimated at $5 to $7.5 billion (U.S.).

None Of The Aircraft's Occupants Were Injured

In a scene vaguely reminiscent of one of those comedy movie classics where a car falls apart just after arriving at its destination or finishing the car chase ... a dramatic video out of Brazil shows a rescue helicopter literally shaking its self apart after landing.