AEA has released its third-quarter 2019 Avionics Market Report. In the first nine months of the year, total worldwide business and general aviation avionics sales amounted to $2,287,701,583.05, or more than $2.2 billion as reported by the participating companies.
The figure represented a 14.3% increase in total sales compared to the first nine months of 2018. During the third-quarter months of July, August and September, sales increased 14.9% compared to the same time frame one year ago. Sometimes, members of our own communities are our own worst enemies. A California drone pilot, flying illegally in Las Vegas, NV, lost control of his Phantom 3 only to have the vehicle fly off an imp-act terrain to the side of a runway at busy McCarran International Airport... one of the busiest in the Western USA. Reuben Burciaga was attempting to shoot video of a local downtown Las Vegas landmark, in violation of the regs, when the vehicle departed control, and flew over 2 miles away to KLAS at altitudes as high as 450 feet. Burciaga seemed none too concerned about the safety and legal violations... The NTSB has released its preliminary report from an accident which occurred November 1 involving a Grumman OV-1D participating in the Stuart Airshow. The ATP-rated pilot was
fatally injured when it went down near the approach end of runway 30. According to the report, the pilot was scheduled to perform a 12-minute routine that day. The person who was acting as crew-chief, and whom had accrued about 880 hours in the same make and model airplane during military conflict, reported that the pilot informed him and another individual before departure that no acrobatic maneuvers were to be performed due to the ceiling and wind conditions. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 11.25.19 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Monday, November 25th, 2019... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Sophie Hurlock. Sophie is supported by ANN Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, as well as ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell. This episode covers:
- AEA Unveils Third-Quarter 2019 Avionics Market Report
- Errant Drone Pilot Fined $20K By FAA
- NTSB Releases Preliminary Report From OV-1 Accident In Florida
- AMA Expo East And West Come To An End
- Boeing Releases Statement On SWA 1380 Recommendations
- Air Wisconsin Pilots Approve New Contract
- Tunisair Express Receives First ATR 72-600
- Aero-News Staff Openings Announced
Get Comprehensive, Real-Time, 24/7 coverage of the latest aviation and aerospace stories anytime, at aero-news.net. And be sure to join us again tomorrow, for the next edition of "Airborne Unlimited" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, tomorrow!
© 2019, Aero-News Network, Inc., ALL Rights Reserved.
Classic Aero-TV: Mayman Aerospace Speeder Dazzles Oshkosh Crowds
See All