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WAI Announces Pioneer Hall of Fame Inductees For 2017

Will Be Honored At Conference In Orlando, FL In March

Women in Aviation International (WAI) has selected the 2017 inductees into its International Pioneer Hall of Fame. These women will be honored at the 28th annual International Women in Aviation Conference, which will be held March 2-4, 2017, at Disney’s Coronado Spring Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The ceremony will take place at the closing banquet on Saturday, March 4, 2017.

End of an Adventure: Vintage Air Rally Lands In South Africa

Route Covered Some 8,000 Miles From Crete To Cape Town

A group of pilots flying aircraft mainly build in the 1920s and 1930s has landed in Cape Town, South Africa at the end of the Vintage Air Rally.

Development Approved At Dunsfold Aerodrome

Planning Committee Approves 1,800 New Homes At U.K. Airport

A vote by the Waverley Borough planning committee in Surry, U.K. would allow the construction of some 1,800 low-cost homes, as well as a health center, sports facilities, and open public space on the site of the Dunsfold Aerodrome.

Airborne 12.20.16: G600 1st Flt, Aldrin Honors Glenn, EAA Airshow Lineup

Also: Jet Embargo, Aero-Calendar, Trump and BizAv, Part 23 Update, Leonardo-China, ForeFlight Update, Runway Safety

In one of the few, enduring success stories in business aviation, the Gulfstream program continues to develop and innovate new airframes that they seem to have comparatively little trouble selling. Indicative of this fact is the announcement received from Gulfstream Aerospace as the Gulfstream G600 has completed its first flight, officially kicking off the aircraft’s flight-test program. Two additional G600 test aircraft have been inducted into the flight-test center

Airborne 12.19.16: Part 23 Update, CYGNSS Succeeds, Skycatcher Destruction

Also: CYGNSS Launch, Hoover Sabreliner Roll, Mesa Pilots, Bombardier CS300 TC, JetSuiteX, Mil-UAV Spending, CAP Helps Track Santa

Our first report provides a great way to start the new week because a long-awaited day in the GA community has finally arrived. The FAA announced late last week that they have issued a final rule that overhauls the airworthiness standards for small general aviation airplanes. FAA’s new FAR Part 23 rule establishes performance-based standards for airplanes that weigh less than 19,000 pounds with 19 or fewer seats. It also promotes the use of industry cons

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (12.20.16)

“The FAA needs a clear understanding of the risks associated with advanced drone operations and this testing sets the visual baseline that we can measure the level of safety against as we add enabling technologies.” Source: Dr. Allison Ferguson, Director of Aerospace Research for PrecisionHawk.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (12.20.16): Tactical Air Navigation

An ultra-high frequency electronic rho-theta air navigation aid which provides suitably equipped aircraft a continuous indication of bearing and distance to the TACAN station.