EAA Maintains 'Collaborative' Relationship Despite Recent FAA Mis-Steps

Despite recent FAA mis-steps, the EAA is maintaining its strategies in dealing with the FAA. This, despite such issues as the FAA's recent refusal to agree to EAA's request for an extension to the time-limited deadline for the Remote ID proposal (which has ponderous implications for all of aviation... manned and unmanned), as well as various certification bottlenecks brought on by all the political pressure over the B737Max mess (more the blame of our shoot-first and ask questions later political climate), the EAA is maintaining their plan to collaborate and cooperate, where possible, with the FAA. EAA welcomed high-level FAA staff to Oshkosh this week for the 16th annual EAA/

Nearly 20 Exhibitors Have Pulled Out Over Medical Fears

Boeing says it will still highlight its 'broad range of commercial and defense products, services and technologies at the 2020 Singapore Airshow, which runs February 11-16 at the Changi Exhibition Center.' “With 60% of the world’s population, the Asia-Pacific region is the largest commercial aviation market in the world. The region continues to demand more single- and twin-aisle airplanes for replacement and growth, along with commercial and defense services,” said Skip Boyce, president, Boeing Southeast Asia. “The Singapore Airshow provides a great opportunity for Boeing to build on our 70-year presence in the region and strengthen relationships with our customers, su

State Senate Bill 7135 And Assembly Bill 9053 Would Eliminate The AJA

NBAA is encouraging its New York members to make their voices heard against proposals in the state legislature that, if enacted, would eliminate the Aviation Jobs Act (AJA) that has driven key aviation investment across the Empire State. Enacted as part of the 2015 state budget, the AJA made New York competitive with surrounding states that had already enacted similar sales-and-use tax exemptions to grow aviation business. Despite these positives, however, New York State Senate Bill 7135 and Assembly Bill 9053 would eliminate the AJA, cutting jobs and jeopardizing investments made to the state’s aviation industry.

Is There Anyone In Aviation Who Didn't LOVE That Program?

Actor Robert Conrad, known to virtually anyone in the aviation world for playing legendary Marine Aviator Pappy Boyington in the TV series, Baa Baa Black Sheep, has gone west. Born Conrad Robert Falk, in Chicago, Illinois, Conrad passed away in Malibu, CA, on February 8 at the age of 84. He was the father of 8 children. Featuring extraordinary footage of a number of real-life F4U Corsairs, the series ran from 1976-1978 and had a healthy run in syndication for many years afterward. Somewhat ficitionalized ('Highly' according to our many conversations with the late Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington), the series became a major hit among aviators of all walks and backgrounds, and Conrad's portrayal was

CJP Partners with The Bob Hoover Legacy Foundation

Despite having received a wealth of prestigious honors including the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Trophy, and enshrinement in National Aviation Hall of Fame, Bob Hoover’s most significant contribution to the aviation community was the importance he placed on serving as an example and mentor to future aviators. In partnership with Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and Citation Jet Pilots Association, the Bob Hoover Legacy Foundation presents the annual Bob Hoover Presidential Scholarship

A 'Gazillion' Miles From Home, Over 40 Years After Launch

Mission operators report that Voyager 2 continues to be stable and that communications between Earth and the spacecraft are good. The spacecraft has resumed taking science data, and the science teams are now evaluating the health of the instruments following their brief shutoff. Engineers for NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft are working to return the mission to normal operating conditions after one of the spacecraft's autonomous fault protection routines was triggered. Multiple fault protection routines were programmed into both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 in order to allow the spacecraft to automatically take actions to protect themselves if potentially harmful circumstances arise. At NASA's Jet Pr

Wreckage Located In Remote Northern Georgia A winter storm and the associated weather may be implicated in a Saturday accident that brought down a Cessna Citation down after a flight that saw highly variable altitude and heading deviations in the moments prior to impact. The Citation took off from Atlanta Regional Airport-Falcon Field in Peachtree City, GA, shortly before 1000, local time. The conditions at the time featured what locals called a rare and heavy North Georgia snowfall. The jet's wreckage has been located in remote terrain in Gordon County, GA... several miles away from improved roadways and access. A Sheriff's bulletin noted that, "Gordon County Sheriff Mitch Ralston has announced that the wreckage of a plane that has been missing sin

The CMV-22B Will Undergo Fleet Delivery In 2021

The Navy accepted the first CMV-22B Osprey this week, with fleet delivery to follow in 2021. The government-industry team celebrated the acceptance milestone during a reveal ceremony Feb. 7 at Bell’s Assembly Center in Amarillo, Tx. The delivery milestone comes after only four years of design, production and first flight. “There is nothing more important than delivering capabilities to the Fleet with speed,” said James F. Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition. “I am proud how the program and industry team have leveraged non-traditional approaches such as using existing MV-22 testing data to shrink the time in the CMV-22 acquisition c

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“We are extremely concerned about these attempts to remove a key driver for aviation investment across New York. NBAA worked for many years to secure passage of this pro-growth legislation, and the time for our industry to make our voices heard to preserve it is now.” Source: Scott O’Brien, NBAA senior director for government affairs, commenting on NBAA's encouragement of its New York members to make their voices heard against proposals in the state legislature that, if enacted, would eliminate the Aviation Jobs Act (AJA) that has driven key aviation investment across the Empire State.