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Airborne 09.01.16: SpaceX Accident, AMA Exemption, FAA v Lithium, Viking Engine

Also: Kespry Drone, Upcoming AIPs!, Gogo Promotes, Enlisted RPA Pilots, Boeing Exec to Sukhoi, Yuneec Update, Return Robot Competition

While there’s a lot of buzz about the new FAR 107 regulations regarding non-recreational operation of small unmanned aerial systems, the Academy of Model Aeronautics is telling their members that this new regulation probably does not apply to them. While this new federal rule applies to many sUAS operators, the AMA says in a blog post that its members flying under the AMA safety program for recreational operations are not affected by FAR 107, which

Aero-TV: Service & Support Guidelines - The Care and Feeding of a Rotax Engine

Rotax Supports Their Engines With Training, Information, And Rapid Parts Service…

Anyone who is even slightly familiar with sport aviation and home built experimental aircraft has heard of the name Rotax when it comes to engines. However, they are different from the engines that we are used to in general aviation aircraft in the United States. While at EAA AirVenture 2016, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, talked with the experts at Rotax to find out where information about the engines and maintenance is available.

Airborne 08.31.16: SpaceX To Relaunch Booster, Flaris Jet, Caravan Move

Also: ALPA On Small UAS, 2016 AMA Expo, Mars Simulation, Airlines Fined, Helicopter Ban, Floatplane Dog Rescue, Co-Pilot Arrested

Many experts claim that buying a late-model “pre-owned car” is a better value than buying a new one. Could it be that the same holds true for launching a satellite on a late-model “flight-proven rocket booster?” A satellite, which will be in a geostationary orbit and expand SES’s capabilities across Latin America, is scheduled for launch in the 4th quarter of this year. SES-10 will be the first-ever satellite to launch on a SpaceX

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (09.01.16)

“Having been the first commercial satellite operator to launch with SpaceX back in 2013, we are excited to once again be the first customer to launch on SpaceX's first ever mission using a flight-proven rocket.” Source: Martin Halliwell, Chief Technology Officer at SES.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (09.01.16): Air Route Traffic Control Center

A facility established to provide air traffic control service to aircraft operating on IFR flight plans within controlled airspace and principally during the enroute phase of flight.