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All News

June 02, 2019

Airborne 05.31.19: Sebring 2020 Cancelled, Red Bull Shutdown, D-Day Squadron

Also: Gogo 5G Network, Guardian 400 World Demo Tour, Tavares Seaplane Base, Fake Drone Collision

And.... another one bites the dust. Just as the shock of the Red Bull racing announcement about their withdrawal was starting to wear off, we have news of another long-time aviation event hitting the deck. Sebring Regional Airport in Sebring, FL will no longer host its Aviation Expo in January, but has offered little explanation for the move. Anecdotally, attendance by exhibitors and visitors had been falling for some time, and there has been serious competition in the space from Deland, FL, which began putt

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Two Seventh-Graders Are Imagining The Future Of Flight

Swiss Students Propose Electric Airliner Concept To Airbus

New technologies, such as electrification, are increasingly disrupting traditional aircraft design. Two middle-school students are proving that imagination and curiosity are the most important prerequisites for imagining the future of flight.

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African States Achieving More Sustainable Development

Collaborative Progress On Civil Aviation Targets Credited As A Factor

Opening the Sixth ICAO Africa (AFI) Aviation Week in Kampala last week, ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu stressed how ongoing aviation safety, security, and capacity improvements all across Africa are maximizing air transport’s role as a catalyst for socio-economic development in the region.

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Canada Announces Four Finalists For The Sky's The Limit Challenge

Each Finalist Will Receive $2 Million (Canadian) To Develop His Or Her Solution

Reducing pollution from aviation will create a more competitive and sustainable industry and is critical for building a low-carbon economy. Creating cleaner fuels are central to those efforts.

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ANA Group To Open New State-Of-The-Art Training Center

'ANA Blue Base' Will House Operational And Hospitality Training For Diverse ANA Professionals

ANA Holdings has announced the opening of its new training center, ANA Blue Base (ABB), located near Haneda Airport in Tokyo. Construction concluded in March 2019 and allowed for partial operation from April 15, 2019. ANA HD plans for the facility to be both fully operational and open to the public by June 2020.

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Airbus Helicopters To Manufacture Components In Hungary

Hungarian Government Selects Gyula For New Facility

Airbus Helicopters and the Hungarian Government have selected the town of Gyula in the Békés County as the site for a new aerospace enterprise in Hungary. Gyula is located in the country’s eastern region. The new installation will be purpose-built for the program, and will be the core of an emerging Hungarian aeronautics cluster.

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Comet Provides New Clues to Origins Of Earth's Oceans

Water From Comets May Share Common Origin With Our Seas

The mystery of why Earth has so much water, allowing our “blue marble” to support an astounding array of life, is clearer with new research into comets. Comets are like snowballs of rock, dust, ice, and other frozen chemicals that vaporize as they get closer to the Sun, producing the tails seen in images. A new study reveals that the water in many comets may share a common origin with Earth’s oceans, reinforcing the idea that comets played a key role in bringing water to our planet billions of years ago.

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Jessica Naor Named Chief Operating Officer Of GrandView Aviation

A Nine Year Veteran Of The Firm, Naor Will Lead The Company's Market Expansion

GrandView Aviation, one of the most active light jet charter operators in the US, has named longterm head of marketing and sales, Jessica Naor, as Chief Operating Officer. 

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Viasat Delivers 18-Inch Ka-band In-Flight Connectivity Antenna System

Designed For Government And Business Aviation Customers

Viasat has announced the availability of its new Ka-band Global Aero Terminal (GAT-5518) to provide in-flight connectivity (IFC) services on government and business aviation aircraft — from government-focused Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and fixed-wing military platforms to VIP business and corporate jets. The compact terminal delivers the industry's highest data rates for an 18 inch antenna, providing the highest forward link capacity (to the aircraft)  and highest return link capacity (from the aircraft) to perform high-bandwidth applications such as advanced video streaming services.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.02.19): Low Approach

Low Approach An approach over an airport or runway following an instrument approach or a VFR approach including the go-around maneuver where the pilot intentionally does not make contact with the runway.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.02.19)

Aero Linx: Igor I. Sikorsky Historical Archives The mission of the Igor I. Sikorsky Historical Archives is to acquire, manage,protect and make accessible to qualified persons for research and educational purposes, historical documents and memorabilia associated with Igor I. Sikorsky, his life and his careers in aviation, and the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, as well as related predecessor companies.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (06.02.19)

“We have identified a vast reservoir of Earth-like water in the outer reaches of the solar system. Water was crucial for the development of life as we know it. We not only want to understand how Earth’s water was delivered, but also if this process could work in other planetary systems.” Source: Darek Lis, a scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, California, and lead author of a study noting that many more comets than previously thought could have delivered water to Earth. The findings were published in Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters.

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