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Airborne 04.15.16: Solar Impulse Ready, UAV Shot Down-Again, Gulfstream G500/G60

Also: Global Congressman, Innovative Disruption, Teamsters Lawsuit, Wings Club, Horizon Air, LoPresti Aviation, Bizjet Sales Forecast

Swiss pioneers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg are ready to resume their attempt to achieve the first Round-The-World Solar Flight with Solar Impulse 2, which is the first solar powered airplane capable of flying day and night on electric power only. On July 3, last year, Borschberg landed Solar Impulse 2 in Hawaii after a flight of five days and nights over 5,300 miles from Japan. During this flight, the airplane suffered battery damage due t

Shooting At A UAV Is A Federal Crime, But So Far, No Prosecution

Most Recent Shooting Occurred In Norfork, AR Last Month

The FAA officially treats UAVs like any other aircraft when it comes to someone taking shots at one. It's a very bad no-no ... literally a federal crime.

Classic Aero-TV: Eurocopter Eyes The Future - ‘X' Programs & More

Innovative Concepts From Eurocopter...

This time our ANN video crews caught up with Dr. Lutz Bertling, the President and CEO of Eurocopter as he was making a presentation describing Eurocopter products and their marketing plans. Their X program is showing some new and exciting steps forward. One of these is the hybrid helicopter that combines a lift rotor with forward thrust engines and a lifting wing.

Klyde Morris 04.15.16

Sports IS All About Tradition, Klyde

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Airborne 04.14.16: Drone Laws, Aerobatic Access, Gogo Pricing

Also: More TSA?, IMC Clubs, GPS Interference, Chinese Gulfstreams, GE9X, Singapore Airlines, Universal Avionics

A small, bipartisan group of U.S. Senators is looking to make minor changes in language included in the FAA reauthorization bill that would allow local officials to have some limited capability to regulate drone operations. But major changes to the bill's language is not expected, according to a report from The Hill newspaper. The bill as it is currently written would not allow local governments to enact laws related to the design, manufacture, testing, licensing, registration,