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Airborne 04.30.15: ECA Condemns 'Pay-To-Fly', Sun Country, UAV Pilot Tased

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We often hear about airline pilots wanting higher wages, but here’s a case where the airlines require the pilots to pay them for the privilege of flying their airplanes. There is a growing trend in Europe that requires young pilots to pay an airline for flying its aircraft and passengers. The European Cockpit Association strongly denounces what they call an unacceptable practice used by airlines and intermediary agencies in Europe, and calls upon EU decision-makers to ban such “Pay-t

NASA, Boeing ecoDemonstrator 757 Plane Visiting Shreveport For Bug Research

Will Test Non-Stick Coatings On Wings To Reduce Insect Residue

NASA will test non-stick wing coatings designed to minimize insect residue and help reduce aircraft fuel consumption during flights in Shreveport, Louisiana during the next two weeks.

Classic Aero-TV: Historically Unique -- Marlin Horst's Exquisite Fairchild 71

Exotic Rebuild Reveals Aerial Work Of Art

During EAA AirVenture 2014, ANN's Michael Maya Charles took the time to get a history lesson about a great airplane from days gone by. By 1929 aviation was being recognized for its ability to transport people and cargo to areas that were extremely hard to get to. This led the Fairchild Company to come up with a single engine transport plane known as the Fairchild 71. ANN's roving reporter met up with Marlin Horst who was responsible for the restoration of one of these classic Fairchild's. In this video, Horst recounts the massive project of first locating an airplane as

Airborne 04.29.15: AMA Responds To NPRM, Johnny Kazian Goes West, Solar Impulse2

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The Academy of Model Aeronautics has published its response to the FAA’s notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the regulating of small unmanned aerial systems, also known as sUAS. The AMA website leads into their response with the following statement: “The Academy believes that the FAA must address and adjudicate the 33,000 plus comments to its interpretation of the Special Rule for Model Aircraft and resolve the issues and concerns presented before moving forward in finaliz