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May 20, 2016

Airborne 05.20.16: NATA: User Fee Folly, SpaceX Update, AMA Scholarships

Also: Cropduster Tragedy, ANN/Airborne Team Update, FAA SAIB, Gulfstream G650ER, Drone Market Growth, Gripen E, American Airlines

The FAA recently released a study of scheduled and non-scheduled air operators which was mandated by Congress as part of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012. According to the report, there are 2,155 charter operators utilizing 10,655 aircraft. Seventy percent of charter fleet is helicopters and piston or turboprop airplanes. Charter aircraft serve more than 3,000 airports, and most charter establishments average 19 employees, have one or two aircraft

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Classic Aero-TV: Very High Tech Product Development: How Aerosonic Brought OASIS to Market

Insight Into Avionics Product Development...

In this video we visit with Scott Kempshall, the Vice President of Technology/Product Development at Aerosonic. Kempshall first responds to a question about the development of their OASIS standby instrument system. He points out that product development cannot be based on technology alone. Their products are produced based on the market demand; in other words, what it is that the customer wants. From this point of view they then developed the product making it as flexible as possible for changes and modifications as the market changes.

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Classic Aero-TV: High Tech Development: How Aerosonic Brought OASIS to Market

Insight Into Avionics Product Development...

In this video we visit with Scott Kempshall, the Vice President of Technology/Product Development at Aerosonic. Kempshall first responds to a question about the development of their OASIS standby instrument system. He points out that product development cannot be based on technology alone. Their products are produced based on the market demand; in other words, what it is that the customer wants. From this point of view they then developed the product making it as flexible as possible for changes and modifications as the market changes.

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Klyde Morris 05.20.16

Perhaps The Secretary Might Find A New Career As A Voice Actor After The Election ... If Needed

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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Airborne 05.19.16: Diamond Dart-450 1st Flt, TH-119, Drone Detection

Also: TARC 2016, XPrize, $200,000 FAA Fine, Anti-Icing, ALPA v Norwegian, FAA SAFO, Advent eABS

Earlier this week, the turbine powered Diamond DART-450 took off for its first flight. The DART-450 is claimed to be the first all-carbon-fiber tandem, 2-seat civilian and military trainer with sidestick control and a pneumatic ejection seats. By the way, DART is the acronym for, ‘Diamond Aircraft Reconnaissance Trainer.’ The plus-seven and minus-five-G aerobatic airplane has a maximum takeoff power of 500 horsepower provided by its AI-450S turboprop engine and 5-bladed MT propelle

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (05.20.16)

“Unfortunately, the Obama administration, year after year, woefully under budgets the very programs that will get us to Mars. At the same time, the administration continues to push plans for an unjustified Asteroid Retrieval Mission." Source: House science committee chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX).

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.20.16): Non-Restrictive Routing (NRR)

Portions of a proposed route of flight where a user can flight plan the most advantageous flight path with no requirement to make reference to ground−based NAVAIDs.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.20.16)

deHavilland Caribou and Buffalo Web Site

This site is dedicated to all the flight and maintenance crews who flew or are now flying these great aircraft. Photos, history, specifications and more.

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