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January 24, 2017

Airborne 01.24.17: AMA Drone Report Debut, B-17F Memphis Belle, Miracle Flights

Also: Female Human-Powered Flt, KSC Remembrance, Aero-Calendar, Drone Airflow, Falcon 9 Reuse, Dragonplate, Lockheed Martin

Famed baseball pitcher, Dizzy Dean, once said “It ain’t bragging if you can do it.” Well, our first AMA/ANN Drone Report has debuted, and we are proud of the results - We did it! The Academy of Model Aeronautics, better known as the AMA, has been around since 1936 which makes it one of aviation’s oldest and longest running aviation membership organizations. Now, AMA and ANN have now joined forces to create regular video programming to bring you the latest news in recreational drone aviation, and it’s called the AMA/ANN Drone report. Here’s a great story for those who like to remember our he

The Daher FACT Program Encourages Private TBM Owners to Improve Utilization through Charter Flying…

If there was ever a place to find out about what’s going on in the world of business aviation, the place to be was the Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) held in November 2016. That’s exactly where ANN News Editor, Tom Patton, had the opportunity to find out about a program that Daher has come up with to allow owners of their TBM line of aircraft to be more productive.

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Aero-TV: Daher FACT - Building A Charter Business Around Your TBM

The Daher FACT Program Encourages Private TBM Owners to Improve Utilization through Charter Flying…

Also: DJI Phantom 4, SpaceX Launch Vid, BasicMed AC, Rolls-Royce, Next F-35A Base, UAV Perched Ldg, K-MAX A proposed new compliance pathway for Parts Manufacturer Approval for manufacturing of low risk safety-enhancing avionics and other low risk equipment emerged during a January 17 meeting in Oshkosh between EAA, top FAA officials, and aviation industry members. This alternate approach would be based on a tiered system that provides different methods to show a compliant quality system and varied levels of oversight, based on the level of risk associated with the specific equipment being certified. A for

"One of the great things about Boeing South Carolina is that our teammates already have a voice, and their ideas, concerns and feedback have driven many changes for the better, and continue to do so today." Source: Joan Robinson-Berry, Boeing South Carolina vice president and general manager. The IAM is again calling for a vote to organize machinists at Boeing's South Carolina campus.

When used in conjunction with altitude assignments, means that ATC has offered the pilot the option of starting climb or descent whenever he/she wishes and conducting the climb or descent at any rate he/she wishes.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.24.17)

SpaceX Launch with Ben and Van

What better place to watch the SpaceX return to flight than from a vantage point about 8,500 feet above the ground. That's what these YouTubers did when SpaceX launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base January 14.