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Airborne 10.12.17: Another Airport Scandal, BizJet Forecast, True Blue Power

Also: Drone v Blackhawk, 400th UH-72A, EAA, Wipaire, NBAA@Las Vegas, Airtext, GE Aviation T901

Desert Jet Center has been trying since 2015 to build a new facility at Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Palm Springs, CA, but has run into multiple delays, and now believes the county is actively favoring a competing FBO in what it describes as "cronyism". Desert Jet Center signed a 35-year lease with the Riverside County on October 6, 2015. Almost immediately, the airport manager received a complaint from the competing FBO on the field saying that Desert Jet Center had to make an expensive improvement

Airborne 10.11.17: KSMO Runway Saved?, AIRR Act Mess, PC-24 Update

Also: DJI Privacy Mode, Legend Cub, P2012 Traveller, Universal Avionics, JetBlue/Atlas Air, Max-Viz, SecTrans Travel

A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order halting the shortening of the runway at Santa Monica Airport (KSMO), which was scheduled to begin Monday, October 9th. In his order, Judge Ronald S. Lew, Senior U.S. District Judge, said that the agreement reached between the FAA and the City of Santa Monica violated California law which requires public hearings on such issues. While the California Public Utilities Code does imply "allowance for adoption of settlemen

AMA Drone Report 10.05.17: New FAA Restrictions, Amimon DroneCam, UAS4STEM

Also: Karma Drone 'Follows', Crowdfunding Drone Racing, UAS v Hurricanes, Lost Drone

At the request of U.S. national security and law enforcement agencies, the FAA is using its existing authority under 14 CFR § 99.7 – “Special Security Instructions” – to address concerns about unauthorized drone operations over 10 Department of the Interior (DOI) sites, including the Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore. This is the first time the agency has placed airspace restrictions for unmanned aircraft, or “drones,” over DOI landmarks. The FAA has placed similar airspace re

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (10.12.17)

"We must not allow ourselves to dig in so deeply to our own position that the debate becomes a volley of talking points that we lob past one another. This should be a conversation, not a team sport." Source: FAA Administrator Michael Huerta, speaking about ATC Privatization at NBAA-BACE.