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November 14, 2017

Airborne-Unmanned 11.14.17: Drone Registration, AT&T's Flying COW, Pilot Charged

Also: Boeing Completes Acquisition, Drones For LAFD, DJI Seeks Transport Canada’s Help, Uber and NASA

A defense authorization bill that includes a return to civilian drone registration has been approved by a House/Senate conference committee, and is expected to be passed by both chambers and signed by President Trump. The language is included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2018. It would again require the registration of drones weighing more than about half a pound with the federal government. AUVSI president and CEO Brian Wynne has expressed support for the policy, saying a drone re

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Homemade 'Iron Man' Suit Inventor Sets Guinness Record

Flew Over 32 MPH In The Contraption

The man who created a homemade "Iron Man" suit for himself is now the proud owner of a Guinness World Record for "fastest speed in a body-controlled jet-engine powered suit."

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U.K. Airport Cancels 2018 Airshow

Officials At Durham Tees Valley Airport Said They Are Unable To Cover Costs Of The Event

When the Skylive Airshow returned to Durham Tees Valley Airport (DVTA) near Darlington in the northeastern portion of the U.K. in 2016 following a 26-year hiatus, organizers signed a five-year contract for the show.

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Barnstorming: Lessons to Be Learned

We Should Be So Much Better Than This…

I’ve been putting off a number of things that I want to discuss as ANN, my staff, and my family tries to make a leap forward so that all our collective lives might be made better and so that we might have a far more positive effect on the future of the aviation world. I WILL get to all that in the coming days… I promise... because try as I might to find a way to relieve myself of the burdens I’ve taken on, I simply can not do anything less than try to be a part of cure to what ails the aviation world.  

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Airborne-Unmanned 11.07.17: Enlisted RPA Pilots, FAI Drone Races, Bridge Video

Also: FAA Drone Integration, Drone Food Delivery, Indian UAV Regs, Optionally-Piloted UH-1H

Noncommissioned and senior noncommissioned officers interested in transferring to the Air Force’s newest enlisted aviation Air Force Specialty Code have until Nov. 15, 2017, to submit their applications to meet the next selection board. More than 800 applicants applied for the program last year. “This is an opportunity for active-duty Airmen in the ranks of staff sergeant-select through senior master sergeants who meet and complete the application requirements to be considered for the 1U1X1, Enlisted

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (11.14.17)

"Traffic growth in the Middle East is expected to grow at 5.6 percent annually during the next 20 years." Source: Randy Tinseth, vice president of Marketing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, on the release of the company's Current Market Outlook for the Middle East.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (11.14.17): Thrust Line

An imaginary line passing through the center of the propeller hub, perpendicular to the plane of the propeller rotation.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (11.14.17)

Death, Taxes and Airspace

Pilots and aviation lobby groups are up in arms right now about the potential privatization of Air Traffic Control, and rightly so. Unfortunately, these same groups have been much quieter about another government-led aviation disaster, one that has happened right under our noses.

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