Goal Is To Enhances Position In Global Test And Evaluation

QinetiQ has acquired Meggitt Defence Systems Limited and Meggitt Holdings Canada Inc. (together “Meggitt Target Systems”) from Meggitt for £57.5 million (approx. $71 million) on a cash-free, debt-free basis.

Incessant Complaints and Legal Attacks Result In Serious Fees and Judgement Against NIMBYs

Kimberly Gibbs and her acolytes hate Colorado-based Mile-Hi Skydiving... that's the only reasonable assumption one might make after reviewing the hundreds of complaints, attacks, falsehoods, and accusations made by her small band of "Citizens for Quiet Skies' in their years-long effort to shut the business down. In their zeal to accuse MHS of every NIMBY crime under the sun, Gibbs and her cohorts instigated a number of legal actions, as well as complaints and outright interference in the Skydiving company's business dealings with the airport, and the city of Longmont CO, among others. Calling themselves "Citizens for Quiet Skies", the group has fallen on hard times

Receive Improvements in Scheduling, Benefits And Pay

More than six years after contract negotiations began, Kalitta Air pilots ratified a new contract with the airline on Tuesday, Dec. 20. The contract is a major victory for pilots and their families, and will bring about significant improvements in job security, scheduling, benefits and pay.

AMA Inspires Youth Participation In Model Flying, Which Continues To Provide Exciting Challenges

It can accurately be said that all aspects of Aerospace endeavors started with experimentation through model aircraft. The story goes that the Wright Brothers first became interested in flight by playing with a simple vertical lift toy, and it’s well known that rocketry started small and grew to what it is today. Model aircraft continue to intrigue us, and more than a few model aircraft flyers have become pilots and even major contributors to aerospace progress.

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Has Been Taken By Eminent Domain For Area 51

After owning the Groom Mine for 130 years, the Sheahan family is in danger of losing it to the federal government because of its proximity to Area 51.

Will Continue To Offer The CMA-6800 Display

DAC International, a subsidiary of Aero Precision Holdings LP, has extended an existing agreement for the distribution of the Esterline CMA-6800 Display.

Middle Marker A marker beacon that defines a point along the glideslope of an ILS normally located at or near the point of decision height (ILS Category I). It is keyed to transmit alternate dots and dashes, with the alternate dots and dashes keyed at the rate of 95 dot/dash combinations per minute on a 1300 Hz tone, which is received aurally and visually by compatible airborne equipment.

Aero Linx: Air Canada Pilots Association The Air Canada Pilots Association represents the largest group of professional airline pilots in Canada. With some 3,300 members who fly passengers and cargo around the world on Air Canada and Air Canada rouge, ACPA serves a diverse and engaged membership via its headquarters near Toronto’s Pearson Airport, and through regional representatives across pilot bases in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver. ACPA strives to be a leader in advancing our profession and aviation safety. We aim to serve and support our member pilots’ professional interests in all that we do, with all stakeholders.

"This past year is not likely to go down as one of our favorites... though it had a lot of exciting aspects to it that are worth noting for the future. In hundreds of episodes, Airborne featured the most noteworthy and newsworthy stories in aviation and aerospace, good and bad, hopeful and depressing... ranging from the exciting launch of great new airplanes, and some deplorably atrocious scandals, to the rise of a number of aviation companies/persons and the loss of the some of the most beloved." Source: ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, commenting as he seeks opinions and input on what were the most important or noteworthy stories of 2016.