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May 03, 2017

Airborne 05.03.17: Evolutionary Upgrades, John Goglia, UAS Facility Maps

Also: Cleburne Airshow, Gulfstream, GoPro Karma, Rockwell Collins, Dumb Drone Trix, Aireon, Pratt & Whitney

Evolution Aircraft Company has upgraded their product line by adding two additional Turbine models to their lineup of experimental aircraft kits. In addition to adding two models, each Evolution Turbine now comes equipped with the new ETouch Flightdeck Interface that revolutionizes the situational awareness of the pilot. Kevin Eldredge, the President Evolution Aircraft Company explains, “While the EVOT-750 and Lycoming piston model offer a great range of performance, we found that two ad

A Record 130 Middle School And High School Teams Compete In STEM-Based Flying Car Finals

More than 130 local middle school and high school teams competed in Fly Your Ride, a STEM-based flying car competition at the San Diego Air & Space Museum in Balboa Park recently.

Bell Looks To The Future With FCX-001 Vertical Lift Aircraft…

Bell Helicopter took the wraps off a very forward-looking helicopter design at Heli-EXPO 2017 in Dallas, Texas, in March.

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Aero-TV: The Art of the Possible - Bell Helicopter's FCX-001

Bell Looks To The Future With FCX-001 Vertical Lift Aircraft…

Bell Helicopter took the wraps off a very forward-looking helicopter design at Heli-EXPO 2017 in Dallas, Texas, in March. Mitch Snyder, President and CEO of Bell Helicopters, said in his speech while unveiling the FCX-001 that the aircraft represents only a glimpse of what is going on with Bell's Innovation Team. "This isn't a production aircraft reveal," Snyder said, "but rather a 3-D roadmap for the future."

Also: Southwest Ends Overbooking, Aero-Calendar, ALPA, Ground School, Japan Air Commuter, uAvionix, Rolls-Royce

The Cubs are returning to AirVenture in large numbers again in 2017 in celebration of the 80th anniversary of the iconic airplane. On the website cubs2osh.com, organizers of the event say that the mass arrival will take place Sunday morning, July 23 originating from Hartford Municipal Airport (KHXF) in Hartford, WI northeast of Milwaukee. The 2017 80th Cub celebration is in the planning stages, according to the website. Many of the highlights of the 75th will be repeated such as the mass fligh

"Full analysis of the data from today’s flight will, as always, take time; but initial reports from the pilots and from mission control are extremely encouraging." Source: Excerpt from a blog post from Virgin Galactic following the successful feather test of VSS Unity.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.03.17): Flight Termination

The intentional and deliberate process of terminating the flight of a UA in the event of an unrecoverable lost link, loss of control, or other failure that compromises the safety of flight.

Editorial: Toms River Drone Ban Written to Appease One Influential Resident

The website Ocean County Politics writes that the near-complete drone ban passed in Toms River, NJ was hastily put together due to the council’s empathy for Kathy Durante, according to Toms River Councilman Jeffrey R. Carr (Ward 3).