Also: NTSB On B17 Fire, A-10 Thunderbolt On Aero-TV, Park Service Bans UAVs, EAA Ultralight Day
EASA certification marks an important milestone for Robinson, as two-thirds of the company’s sales have historically come from foreign customers. With certification finally in place, Robinson says it can deliver its current backlog of European orders and focus on strengthening its presence in the European market. Good news for iPad users. You can now improve your “Heads-Down-Display” with the updated iFlightPlanner for iPad version-2.1. Features were added as a direct result of pilot feedback received at Lakeland last month; namely recently issued ATC routes for faster flight planning, range rings, extended runway centerlines, pages from the FAA's printed Airport/Facility Directories and an all-new aircraft location icon. Boeing is redesigning the cockpits of the 777X and 737 MAX as copies of the Dreamliner cockpit, and said it will ask the FAA for common pilot type certification in the 777-300ER, 777X, and the 787. If granted, it would allow pilots to move between the airplanes with as little as five days of additional training. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 05.07.14 is chock full of info in this thrice-weekly news period ending Wednesday, May 7th, 2014... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:
Robinson R66 Receives EASA Certification
iFlightPlanner For iPad v2.1 Is 'Cleared As Filed!'
Boeing Hangs Future On 787-9, 777X, 737 MAX
NTSB Releases Probable Cause Report From B-17 Fire
Classic Aero-TV: A-10 Thunderbolt
Park Service Bans UAVs At Yosemite
Ultralight Day Coming To EAA's Pioneer Airport June 14
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