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Airborne 12.30.16: Delta Drops 787s, Zenith Building At Sebring, Drone Shooting

Also: Coyote Fence?, Barnstorming 2017, TSA ID Nonsense, Piers Sellers, Legacy 450, Air Ambulance, WestJet Pilots

It looks like Boeing has taken a bit of a hit as Delta Air Lines has reached an agreement with the airplane builder to cancel an order placed for 18 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft that Delta assumed in 2008 as part of its merger with Northwest Airlines. While specific terms of the agreement are not disclosed, Delta will continue to take delivery of new 737-900ER aircraft through 2019 as two orders totaling 120 of the narrowbody jets are fulfilled. For the first time, Zenith Aircraft Com

Aero-TV: Insights On Flight Training 2016 - Redbird's Roger Sharp (Part2)

When A Potential Customer Talks With A Flight Instructor, the First Contact Can Make or Break the Deal..

First off, if you haven’t watched part 1, go back and watch that one before watching part 2. Roger Sharp is the Director of Training for Redbird Flight Simulation and in these two videos we see his presentation at the Redbird Migration 2016 meeting. Roger’s presentation is fun to listen to and informative. He has a way presenting the subject of flight instructor competency in ways that you may not have thought of before.

Klyde Morris 12.30.16

It's A Classic Case Of 'That's My Story, And I'm Sticking To It', Klyde

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

Airborne 12.29.16: AMA Drone Report!, Skydiving Santas, Female Afghan Pilot

Also: USAF Contract, AMA Expo West, JetSuiteX @KSMO, F-35 Costs, Wedding Drone, FAA Civil Penalties, Flight Attendant

The Aero-News Network is pleased to announce the first in a series of novel aviation news programming initiatives, via a partnership with the Academy of Model Aeronautics, which we all know as the AMA. Through this new partnership and initiative, we are creating what we call the ‘AMA Drone Report’. It will be produced by the Aero-News Network, which is the first 24/7, 365, real-time online news service, now entering its third decade of daily news production. The fast-pa

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (12.30.16)

“The FAA’s approval of this COA is a major step forward for North Dakota and the UAS industry in general because UAS will have to be able to fly beyond the line of sight in order to operate concurrently with piloted aircraft in the National Air Space.” Source: U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-ND).