Will Assume A Position In Academia Early Next Year
John S. Pistole, the Transportation Security Administration’s longest serving administrator, today announced his retirement from public service, effective Dec. 31, 2014, following more than 31 years in the federal government, including four and a half years at TSA and 26 years at the FBI.
Chinese Automotive Company Will Purchase 50 Aircraft Of Various Models
Beijing Automotive Industrial Corporation (BAIC) of China has signed a multi-year contract for the purchase of 50 AgustaWestland helicopters of various models, including AW139, AW169 and AW189. Deliveries are scheduled to start in mid-2015 and continue through to 2019.
Certification For The Engines Expected Before The End Of This Year
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) will provide PurePower PW800 engines to power the new Gulfstream G500 and G600 business jets, which launched Tuesday at Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.'s Georgia headquarters.
GE Capital Aviation Services has announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Milestone Aviation Group, the Dublin-based helicopter lessor, for $1.775 billion.
MD Helicopters has been awarded a contract to build and deliver a specially equipped MD 500E helicopter to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) Aviation Unit.
Dr. Doug Butzier Had Been Running As A Libertarian
An emergency room physician running for a U.S. Senate seat in Iowa as a Libertarian has been fatally injured in an aviation accident near Dubuque Regional Airport.
EU 'Closely Watching' As Party To Open Skies Agreement
In what is being called an "unprecedented" move, the European Commission requested an urgent meeting between the European Union and the United States to discuss Norwegian Air International's pending application for a foreign air carrier permit before the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Asks FAA To Prevent States From Creating Their Own Laws Regulating UAVs
A U.S.-based international law firm has petitioned the FAA requesting that any Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued by the FAA addressing small unmanned aircraft systems ("sUAS") include a regulation that expressly preempts state and local regulation of sUAS including design, sale, distribution, use, or operation. Small UAS are defined as those that weigh less than 55 lbs. and typically fly no more than 400 ft. above ground level.
Devices To Be Installed On Airline's Boeing Next-Generation 737-800s
Luxair Luxembourg Airlines has ordered Split Scimitar Winglets from Aviation Partners Boeing for its Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 aircraft. APB's newest program is the culmination of a five-year design effort using the latest computational fluid dynamic technology to redefine the aerodynamics of the Blended Winglet into an all-new Split Scimitar Winglet.
EASA has published a Notice of Proposed Amendment to its Certification Specifications for Standard Changes & Standard Repairs (CS-STAN) that is intended to allow a simpler process for the design and embodiment of some changes and repairs when applicable to certain aircraft (airplanes up to 12,500 pounds MTOM, rotorcraft up to 7,000 pounds MTOM, and most sailplanes, balloons and airships).
Crew Of B-26G Marauder Shot Down Near Seffern, Germany In 1944
Three U.S. servicemen, missing from World War II, have been accounted for and their remains are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
Also: Midland AirSho Will Stay In Midland, Sandel Int'l Heli Ops, X-37B Returns???, Washington DC WWII Overflight
Welcome to Airborne's 300th regularly scheduled episode! Yesterday, Gulfstream Aerospace introduced an all-new family of business jets: the Gulfstream G500 and G600. The two new aircraft optimize speed, wide-cabin comfort and efficiency with advanced safety features. The FAA has successfully restored full air traffic operations at the Chicago En Route Center in Aurora, Illinois. Pete McLeod of Canada was declared the winner of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship stop in Las Vegas on Sunday after heavy winds forced the cancellation of t
Rep. Bill Shuster To Highlight General Opening Session
United States Congressman William "Bill" Shuster (R-9-PA) will be a keynote speaker for the Opening General Session of the 2014 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA2014) in Orlando, FL.
Becomes Planemaker's Largest Single Order By Number Of Aircraft
India’s IndiGo Airline and its Co-Founders, Rakesh Gangwal and Rahul Bhatia, Group Managing Director of InterGlobe, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 250 firm A320neo Family aircraft. The agreement will become Airbus’ single largest order by number of aircraft.
FY2014 Saw 32 Percent Reduction In 'Class A' Aviation Accidents
In most jobs, breaking or losing a piece of equipment doesn’t cost American taxpayers millions of dollars; however, in the Air Force, operating aviation assets safely not only saves money, time and resources but also the lives of Airmen.
You're Either Part Of The Solution Or Part Of The Particulate
Hang around long enough and it occurs to you that the notion of progress and innovation as a continuum is nonsense. Time doesn’t flow, it ticks, and between these punctuations of insight and process changing invention there are periods of inertia so long that they morph from convention to paradigm to ritual. Over time the ritual becomes golem, a lumbering, poorly defined servant too ugly to love and too big and imposing to ignore.
FAA Says Their Notice Of The Cancellation Of AC 91-57, Special Rule For Model Aircraft, Was Posted In Error
AeroSports Update published the story of the cancellation of AC 91-57 on Tuesday. This information was furnished by the issuance of an FAA memo and by the removal of the Advisory Circular from the FAA website. It appears that verifying information put out by the FAA only works if the FAA is accurate. In this case, they were not.
New Fee Schedule Includes Resident Airplanes, Boosts Cost Of Night Landings
National Air Transportation Association (NATA) President and CEO Thomas L. Hendricks has written to the Town of Islip, NY, requesting it drop recently imposed landing fees on aircraft based at Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP). The Town of Islip imposed landing fees on all aircraft effective September 1, 2014, and for the first time made them applicable to "based" aircraft. In addition, the new fee schedule established even higher rates for night landings.
“Flying is a 'by the book' or 'buy the farm' type of business.” Source: Air Force Maj. Gen. Kurt Neubauer, the Air Force chief of safety and the AFSEC commander.
A deposit of interlocking crystals formed by direct sublimation on objects, usually those of small diameter freely exposed to the air, such as tree branches, plants, wires, poles, etc.
A nonprofit flying club based based at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center located at the Atlantic City International Airport (KACY). The club currently owns and operates a Piper Archer.