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Boeing Still Besting Airbus In Overall Orders

But Airbus Is Closing The Gap On Market Share

Boeing is still the leader in overall orders for airliners, but rival Airbus is closing the gap, according to recent reports.

ALC Announces Sale Of 25 Embraer Aircraft To Nordic Aviation Capital

Air Lease Corporation Focusing On Mainline Jet Aircraft Operations

Air Lease Corporation has announced an agreement to sell 25 of its Embraer E190 and E175 aircraft in its fleet to Nordic Aviation Capital A/S (“NAC”). These Embraer aircraft have served ALC’s customers well, fulfilling regional passenger traffic demand.

Colorado Heli-Ops Secures VA approval

Unveils Training Options For Veterans And Civil Flight Training

Colorado Heli-Ops has announced the formation of a new industry partnership with nearby Morgan Community College, developing an educational program that will allow students to achieve an Associate's Degree while earning their pilot certificates.

Ready To Receive: B-52s Touch Down In England

Aircraft Deployed To RAF Fairford For Bilateral Training Exercises

With the sharp screech of rubber meeting asphalt, two B-52 Stratofortress bombers from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, touched down June 2 at Royal Air Force Fairford.

Dassault Systèmes, Airbus Group Extend Collaboration To Additive Manufacturing

3DEXPERIENCE Platform At The Core Of Aircraft Programs Integrating Design, Simulation And Production

Following a two-year comprehensive benchmarking process, Dassault Systèmes and Airbus Group are extending the use of the Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform to its additive manufacturing programs integrating design, simulation and production.

Boeing Awards $200 M In Space Contracts To Small Businesses

Supplier Partners Will Provide Products And Services To The International Space Station

Boeing has awarded $200 million in contracts to small businesses for work on the International Space Station (ISS). Boeing is NASA’s prime contractor for the ISS.

Kentucky Governor Makes Tandem Skydive

Jumped With The U.S. Army Golden Knights

The top elected official in the state of Kentucky took a big drop Wednesday ... but not in the polls. He participated in a tandem skydive with the U.S. Army Golden Knights.

Pilot Of Plane Reported Stolen From Midland Fatally Injured

Impacted A Cement Plant Silo In West Texas

A Cessna 150 that was reported stolen from the Midland, TX airport crashed into a cement plant silo in west Texas June 1, resulting in the fatal injury of the pilot.

Canadian Pilot Makes Emergency Landing On A Glacier

Took A Wrong Turn Up A Narrow Canyon And Could Not Climb Out

This is one of those stories that could have had a much different, and tragic ending. An 81-year-old pilot with two passengers on board was flying from Pitt Meadows to Whistler in Canada Sunday morning when he made a wrong turn into a mountain valley and found himself unable to turn the airplane around.

FAA Approves BendixKing WiFi On Many Business Airplanes

Approval Reduces Paperwork, Streamlines Installation Of AeroWave In-Flight Internet

BendixKing has received FAA approval for the installation of its AeroWave 100 in-flight internet product on broad list of popular general aviation airframes. An approved model list (AML) supplemental type certificate (STC) approval is now available for popular turboprop and turbine airframes.

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Airborne 06.10.16: Boeing v Airbus, Are Drones 'Aircraft?', Aviators Model Code

Also: Sun ‘N Fun Numbers, Barnstorming, F-16s Collide, Atlanta Airport Manager, Samoan Shuttle, Embraer Sale, True Blue Power

In the competition between the two airline aircraft supplier giants, Boeing and Airbus, reports indicate that Boeing is still the leader in overall orders for airliners, but Airbus is closing the gap. In a report from Reuters, Airbus took orders for 83 aircraft in May, but remains behind Boeing for overall orders for the year. At the same time, Airbus narrowed the market share gap, albeit slightly, by getting 38 percent of the net orders for airliners for th

Aero-TV: Avidyne’s IFD100 For iPad: A Powerful New Tool For Flight Management

Add IFD Capability To Your Cockpit…

While at Sun ‘n Fun 2016, ANN News Editor, Tom Patton, talked with Avidyne about their new IFD100 for iPad. Tom talked with Tom Harper, the Director of Marketing for the Avidyne Corporation to get the scoop on this new app. During the demonstration, Harper is using an iPad Pro, but he says it can be used on a regular iPad or an iPad mini.

NBAA Joins Call For House To Pass FAA Reauthorization

Bolen Says Now Is Not The Time To Debate ATC Privatization And Stall The Bill

The NBAA has joined with a host of other aviation associations in sending a letter to U.S. House leaders urging them to pass a broadly supported bipartisan bill to reauthorize the FAA “that can find its way to the president’s desk” before the agency’s current funding extension expires next month.

Ohio Funds Planned For Wright Brothers’ Factory Project

Appropriation Of $1 million Will Work To Preserve Historic Buildings On Factory Site

The Ohio General Assembly has approved $1 million to save the Wright Brothers’ Factory for a national park site, Ohio House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger announced Wednesday in a news conference in front of the historic factory buildings that included several Dayton-area lawmakers.

Boeing, Hainan Airlines Celebrate Delivery Of Airlines' 1st 787-9 Dreamliner

Carrier To Become The First In China To Operate 787-8 And 787-9 Variants

Boeing and Hainan Airlines this week celebrated the delivery of the carrier's first 787-9 Dreamliner. Hainan becomes China's first operator of both the 787-8 and 787-9 variants of the Dreamliner family.

FAA Applauds Decade Of Success Working On Alternative Jet Fuels

CAAFI Recently Celebrated Its 10th Anniversary

The Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) recently celebrated its 10th anniversary working toward sustainable jet fuels. The FAA helped found the coalition a decade ago to promote the development and deployment of alternative jet fuels that sustainably reduce lifecycle carbon emissions and local pollution around airports.

AeroSports Update: Flying Into AirVenture-Part 3: Between Ripon & Fisk

Practicing Your Pilot Skills Prior To Arrival Relieves The Tension, Adds To The Fun, And Increases Safety

This is the third of a 6-part series by Earl Downs that we hope will help pilots who have never flown into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh and landed at Wittman Regional Airport. The remaining parts of our “how to” series will be published every Friday over the next 3 weeks.

Musk Narrows Timeframe For First Flight Of Refurbished Booster

Posts On Twitter That The Rocket Might Fly In September Or October

Among his many talents, Elon Musk can work Social Media. The SpaceX Founder on Wednesday Tweeted that the booster that had carried the Thaicom 8 communications satellite into orbit and then landed safely on a floating barge in the Atlantic Ocean is now safely back in the company's hangar with the three other Falcon 9s that have been recovered.

Klyde Morris 06.10.16

Klyde Knows Redundancy Is Important In Any Space-Related Venture

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Airborne 06.09.16: Mooney Ovation Ultra, Commercial Moon Mission, Rebate Details

Also: AIP Experiment, Embraer Jet Accident, CO Heli-Ops, Hartzell, Eastern Flight 980, Hubble

Mooney Aircraft says their first Ovation Ultra airplane made its initial test flight last weekend. The flight was made out of Kerrville Municipal Airport with Mooney Chief Test Pilot, Mike Miles, at the controls. The flight lasted for about one hour. The Ovation Ultra test airplane is a fully FAA conforming certification aircraft. Miles reported that performance and handling were excellent. The airplane will continue test flights as it progresses through the certification process. The first priv

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (06.10.16)

“Through final approval of Ohio house bill 390, the Wright brothers’ factory project is planned to receive an appropriation of $1 million to allow us to preserve the Wright brothers’ factory for the future use of the National Park Service.” Source: Ohio State Rep. Jeff Rezabek, R-Clayton.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.10.16): Domestic Airspace

Airspace which overlies the continental land mass of the United States plus Hawaii and U.S. possessions. Domestic airspace extends to 12 miles offshore.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.10.16)

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But Airbus Is Closing The Gap On Market Share

Air Lease Corporation Focusing On Mainline Jet Aircraft Operations

Unveils Training Options For Veterans And Civil Flight Training

Aircraft Deployed To RAF Fairford For Bilateral Training Exercises

3DEXPERIENCE Platform At The Core Of Aircraft Programs Integrating Design, Simulation And Production

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Supplier Partners Will Provide Products And Services To The International Space Station

Jumped With The U.S. Army Golden Knights

Impacted A Cement Plant Silo In West Texas

Took A Wrong Turn Up A Narrow Canyon And Could Not Climb Out

Approval Reduces Paperwork, Streamlines Installation Of AeroWave In-Flight Internet

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Also: Sun ‘N Fun Numbers, Barnstorming, F-16s Collide, Atlanta Airport Manager, Samoan Shuttle, Embraer Sale, True Blue Power

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Bolen Says Now Is Not The Time To Debate ATC Privatization And Stall The Bill

Appropriation Of $1 million Will Work To Preserve Historic Buildings On Factory Site

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Carrier To Become The First In China To Operate 787-8 And 787-9 Variants

CAAFI Recently Celebrated Its 10th Anniversary

Practicing Your Pilot Skills Prior To Arrival Relieves The Tension, Adds To The Fun, And Increases Safety

Posts On Twitter That The Rocket Might Fly In September Or October

Klyde Knows Redundancy Is Important In Any Space-Related Venture

Also: AIP Experiment, Embraer Jet Accident, CO Heli-Ops, Hartzell, Eastern Flight 980, Hubble

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