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All News

February 26, 2016

Airborne 02.26.16: Star Wars v Drones, EasyVFR Update, Honeywell Rejected

Also: CAP's 75th!, Good Aero-Neighbors, HeliTrak R22 Autopilot, Lithium A/L Ban, New KS AvDirector, VFA-113/NAS Lemoore, DJI Care

The filming of the new Star Wars movie is as secret as a military operation, maybe more so, and anyone using a drone to spy on the operation might find themselves in a, “Drone War,” of their own. Some of the scenes for the movie are being filmed in Croatia in the tourist town of Dubrovnik, according to the tech site Blastr. They relay a report from the Croatian Star Wars site MosCroatia that the sets for ‘Star Wars Episode-8’ could be p

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Aero-TV: Scion SA-400 Jackal - An Optionally Piloted Rotorcraft

Full-sized Helicopter Performance With The Safety Of A UAS...

ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell attended the 2014 convention of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and talked with Jim Sampson, the test pilot and Chairman of the Board of Scion UAS. The video opens with Jim standing in front of their optionally piloted SA-400 helicopter. According to Sampson they designed it as an optionally manned aircraft to allow it to operate in the national airspace system.

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Counting Down! ANN's Infamous April 1st Edition's Just Around The Corner!

Get YOUR Wacky Ideas In NOW!

ANN E-I-C Note: Folks... we gotta warn you... this WILL be our best April 1st Edition yet and based on all the nonsense we've had to endure in 2015-2016 (which we are duty-bound to lampoon), we certainly have good reason for that... so if you have any ideas of your own as to how to heighten the insanity, this is your LAST CHANCE. I kid you not,,, as I look over all the stories we've already prepped, we are going to cause serious keyboard damage as people snort their soft drinks all over the place when they start reading this year's edition. This IS OUR BEST YET! As always... NO ONE IS SAFE. We're going to have some fun with EVERYONE...

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Klyde Morris 02.26.16

There's A Cloud Inside Every Silver Lining, Klyde

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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Airborne 02.25.16: DA62 Certified, Avro Arrow Revival?, Orbital ATK Delivers!

Also: AirVenture16, SnF16 Innovation, AIRR Delays, Muilenburg Elected, Piper In SEA, EAA And SSA, VHA STC

The light twin market in the U.S. now has another choice as the FAA has certified Diamond’s new seven-place DA62 twin, clearing the way for U.S. customer deliveries. The Diamond DA62 is joining their family of light twin aircraft alongside its already certified model DA42. A Canadian citizen who is obviously a fan of the Avro Arrow airplane has established a petition on the website, change.org, in hopes of convincing the Canadian government to revive the plane. The petition was

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (02.26.16)

“Based on the comments about a ‘micro’ classification submitted as part of the small UAS proposed rule, the FAA will pursue a flexible, performance-based regulatory framework that addresses potential hazards instead of a classification defined primarily by weight and speed." Source: FAA Administrator Michael Huerta.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (02.26.16): Cruise

Used in an ATC clearance to authorize a pilot to conduct flight at any altitude from the minimum IFR altitude up to and including the altitude specified in the clearance.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (02.26.16)

Aircraft Specs

Need some performance data on a General Aviation airplane made within the last 40 years or so? Aircraft Performance Database website is for you. You can search by manufacturer or search directly by model.

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