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June 02, 2015

Airborne 06.02.15: FAA Hiring Under Scrutiny, AL Airbus Parts, Perlan II To OSH

Also: Last Flying Avro Vulcan, Aero-Calendar 06.02.15, Solara 50 Setback, GoPro Quadcopter, 727 To Fanshawe, QF-4 Phantom, A Drone In The Hand...

Fourteen members of Congress led by House Aviation Subcommittee chair Frank LoBiondo have sent a letter to FAA Administrator Michael Huerta demanding that he respond to allegations of cheating and other issues with the FAA's new procedure for hiring air traffic controllers. The first major assemblies for Airbus airplanes to be manufactured in Mobile, Alabama will arrive on in mid-June, according to Congressman Bradley Byrne. A local television station reports t

Singer Tried To Pluck UAV Out Of The Air During A Concert

A UAV being used to get video of an Enrique Iglesias concert Saturday in Tijuana, Mexico injured the singer when he grabbed it out of the air to turn it around to see the audience.

The Revolutionary HondaJet Is Getting Closer To Being A Deliverable Product

When the Honda Company first broke into the U.S. market in the 1960s with their motor scooters, their sales slogan was, “You meet the nicest people on a Honda.” While at NBAA2014 ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell checks on Honda’s progress with their unique corporate jet. Perhaps their slogan should be updated to, “You meet the nicest people flying in a Honda.”

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Airborne 06.01.15: Solar Impulse 2, A400M 'Assembly Issues', FAA v Pilot Fitness

Also: Section 333 Exemption, NPRM To Ease RVSM, FAA Fines 3, Angelina Jolie, AEA Educational Foundation, FAA Issues SAIB

The 6 day and night exploration flight of the all-electric Solar Impulse-two commenced from Nanjing, China to Hawaii on Saturday, but after about 36 hours of flight, bad weather has forced the Pilot André Borschberg to return to Nagoya, Japan until weather improves. The flight had progressed to apoint east of Japan when flight controllers determined that the weather window to reach Hawaii had closed. The team said in a statement, "The cold front is too dangerous to cross, so we have de

"A significant homeland security priority of mine is building more preclearance capacity at airports overseas. We have this now in 15 airports. I am pleased that we are seeking negotiations with ten new airports in nine countries." Source: DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson.