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February 26, 2018

Airborne 02.26.18: Avidyne, Pilot Pension Restoration, USCG Rescues

Also: Bell Helicopter Rebrands, HondaJet 2017, PAZ Radar Satellite, Airlines Oppose Airport Tax

Avidyne Corporation has received FAA STC approval of their IFD Series of FMS/GPS/NAV/COM systems for installation in Robinson Helicopters. This STC covers the IFD540 and IFD440 FMS/GPS/NAV/COMs as well as the IFD510 and IFD410 FMS/GPS standalone navigators, and allows for easy slide-in-replacement installations in Robinson helicopters that currently have legacy GNS navigators. This STC also covers green installations as well. Two pilots' unions are working to have the pensions restored for members flying for

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Free 'Meet A Tuskegee Airman' Live Online Event February 28

Webinar Being Organized By The Red Tail Squadron Of The CAF

The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron is holding a live webinar and conference call with Tuskegee Airman pilot Dr. Harold Brown, Wednesday, February 28 at 1900 EST. CAF Red Tail Squadron Leader Doug Rozendaal will lead the event.

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Klyde Morris (02.26.18)

Klyde.... Master Conspriacy Theorist!

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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Airborne 02.23.18: Textron Nixes TTx, GAMA $Billing$, Bronco II

Also: Airliner Evacuation, Tuskegee Airman Event, Sikorsky Combat Rescue Helicopter, FreeFlight Txp Integration

Textron Aviation has apparently ended production of the Cessna TTx airplane, though the company has not officially confirmed or denied that it has made the move -- or even responded to our questions. ANN became aware of the situation following an email from a reader saying that all information about the airplane had been removed from the company's website, which a quick check on the Internet confirmed. The scrubbing has been thorough, with a search of "TTx" on the company website returning no

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (02.26.18)

Aero Linx: Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA) With some 3,700 members who fly passengers and cargo around the world on Air Canada and Air Canada rouge, Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA) is the largest single pilot association in Canada, and serves a diverse and engaged membership via its headquarters near Toronto’s Pearson Airport, and through regional representatives across pilot bases in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (02.26.18): Runway In Use/ActiveRunway/Duty Runway

Runway In Use/ActiveRunway/Duty Runway Any runway or runways currently being used for takeoff or landing. When multiple runways are used, they are all considered active runways. In the metering sense, a selectable adapted item which specifies the landing runway configuration or direction of traffic flow. The adapted optimum flight plan from each transition fix to the vertex is determined by the runway configuration for arrival metering processing purposes.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (02.26.18)

“We have nearly $6 billion in unobligated funding in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund that could be utilized for airport infrastructure. Airlines are committed to making capital improvements in infrastructure alongside our well-funded airport partners, and we respectfully ask for your commitment to solutions that do not involve unnecessary tax increases on the traveling public.” Source: Excerpted from a letter sent by the CEOs of major passenger airline carriers, who are also A4A Board of Directors members -- and apparently think they don't need to spend more money at a time when they are recording record profits.

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