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All News

September 28, 2017

Airborne 09.28.17: Airbus BLADE, Unmanned Hover-Taxi, San Juan Air Services

Also: A-10 Demo Team, AEA, AUVSI Novus, Avidyne SAIB, Raisbeck STC, Boeing-Turkey, NASA Marshall SFC

Airbus’ A340 laminar-flow “BLADE” test demonstrator aircraft, an A340-300, has made its successful maiden flight for the Clean Sky “Blade” project. The aircraft, dubbed “Flight Lab”, took off from the Tarbes aerodrome in southern France at local time 11:00, and after a series of successful tests it landed at Airbus’ facilities in Toulouse Blagnac. The overall flight time was 3 hours and 38 minutes. ‘BLADE’ stands for “Breakthrough Laminar

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AMA Drone Report 09.28.17: Singer Decision, 4H Drone Racing, Hover-Taxi

Also: AMA Comments On Singer, Blackhawk v Drone, Tiny Whoop Goes To Playas, FAA Extension

The legal system continues to recraft the potential regulatory landscape for UAS. In a rush to try to control something they likely don't understand very well, the city of Newton, MA passed a law last December that banned drone flights below 400 feet over private and public property without the consent of the land owner, and required local registration. Now, though, that law has been overturned by a federal judge in Massachusetts, thanks to the efforts of a  physician and inventor living in Newton, Dr. Michael

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Airborne 09.27.17: CA Skydiving Bill, KSMO Destruction Sked, Drone v Blackhawk

Also: ALPA v Norwegian, Quad-Rotor Odyssey, Betsy DeVos, Pilot Busted, Pence Plane, Airport Fails, Associated Air Center

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill, which passed unanimously in both houses of the state legislature, that will hold skydiving companies liable for injuries or deaths if they use ‘uncertified’ instructors to lead tandem jumps. The legislation was proposed by Assemblywoman Susan Talamantes Eggman after an accident at the Lodi Skydiving Center in August of last year in which an 18-year-old student and a 25-year-old instructor were both fatally injured after a

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AMA Drone Report 09.21.17: AMA Expo West, Parrot Mambo, No Drone Pot Delivery

Also: Drone Injury Study, Cook County-IL, Northeastern Drone Society, Propel Star Wars Drones, GA UAS Integration

One of the pinnacle model aviation events of the year is coming up and we wanted to make sure that you marked your schedule to be in Ontario, CA, right after the first of the year for the 2018 AMA Expo West. It will be the 20th annual rendition of the event and, as usual, it will feature the latest products in  radio-controlled model aviation, demonstrations, interactive displays, and exploration of the intricacies of flying model airplanes, helicopters, rockets, gliders, and -- of cour

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (09.28.17)

“The U.S. values its relationships with Canada, but even our closest allies must play by the rules.” Source: U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, on the preliminary finding of inappropriate subsidies used by Bombardier for its C Series aircraft.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (09.28.17): Floating Waypoints

Floating waypoints represent airspace fixes at a point in space not directly associated with a conventional airway. In many cases, they may be established for such purposes as ATC metering fixes, holding points, RNAV-direct routing, gateway waypoints, STAR origination points leaving the en route structure, and SID terminating points joining the en route structure.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (09.28.17)

Aviation Oddities: Unusual Attempts to Fly

In the quest for flight, some pretty crazy looking aircraft designs and "flying machines" have taken wing...or not. Here is a video tribute to the spirit of innovation in aviation.

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