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WAI Welcomes Three New Board Members

Two Current Members Re-Elected To Three-Year Terms

Three new board members were voted in by WAI members at the association’s annual membership meeting held during its annual conference. Voting included reelecting two current board members for another three-year term.

Airborne 05.19.15: G500 1st Flight, Lockheed Martin DUATS, Diesel Skylane Nixed

Also: Valdez STOL, P&WC's PW307D, Aero-Calendar, ALPA, NATA on ATC Reform, NASA Goddard Innovator, Larry Flynn Retirement

The Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation has announced that their all-new Gulfstream G500 successfully completed its first flight yesterday. The G500 is part of Gulfstream's new family of clean-sheet aircraft, the G500 and G600, and the first of the two to begin flight tests. The FAA has selected Lockheed Martin to provide online flight service tools to the general aviation community, helping them to plan and navigate the national airspace safely. Under the DUATS-II contract, Lockheed Martin

Airborne 05.18.15: 'Throw n Shoot' UAVs?, McCain v Russian Rockets, AirVenture15

Also: First Diesel Sportsman TWTT, AVW: Close Air Support, Another White House UAV, Frontier CEO, TSA Patdowns, NASA/AUVSI, Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator

It appears that the ultimate selfie camera has been invented. A company has introduced a camera on a quadcopter platform it says is the world's first "throw-and-shoot" device. Called Lily, the quadcopter will follow a person wearing a GPS tracking device and automatically focus its camera on the person wearing it, and shoot HD stills or videos. The device and its carrying case are both waterproof allowing operations under wet conditions. When defense and

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (05.19.15)

“We are particularly concerned by Business Roundtable’s corporatization proposal – what we view as a classic example of logrolling.” Source: NATA president and CEO Thomas Hendricks, in remarks sent to the Senate Commerce Committee in advance of a hearing on ATC reform.