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August 10, 2019

Airborne 08.09.19: First G600 Delivery, Mars Rover, 747 Art Exhibit

Also: RAF Typhoons Scrambled, Drone Racing League, V-22 Facility, HondaJet APMG

General Dynamics has completed the first customer delivery of the all-new Gulfstream G600. The milestone follows the aircraft receiving FAA type and production certificates on June 28. A US customer took delivery of the aircraft at Gulfstream's headquarters in Savannah, Georgia. The G600 received both FAA type and production certificates on June 28, 2019. The aircraft entered service after a design and test program that included flying nearly 100,000 hours in the company's labs and more than 3,200 hours of flying in the

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HAPSMobile Receives High Altitude Authorization For 'HAWK30'

Will Fly The Drone In The Stratosphere Above The Hawaiian Island Of Lanai

SoftBank Corp. subsidiary HAPSMobile has received a COA2 (Certificate of Authorization) from the FAA to fly “HAWK30,” a solar-powered unmanned aircraft assembled in April 2019 to provide a stratospheric telecommunications platform system, in the stratosphere above the Hawaiian island of Lanai.

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NASA Sponsors A Competition To A Better Tomorrow

The SAND Challenge Is An Opportunity For Small Businesses To Compete In An Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Competition

Partnering with small business and industry is a key element to the daily operations of NASA. Whether it’s on the test range or in a fabrication shop, NASA’s commitment to working with industry partners can be seen everywhere. This foundation of partnership is what NASA Langley is calling on to demonstrate an emerging automation technology soon to be featured in a NASA challenge.

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Florida's Cecil Field Earns EPA Site Reuse Awards

Base Was Closed During BRAC In 1999

The team working on the reutilization of the former Naval Air Station Cecil Field, since its closure in 1999, received high praise and recognition July 31 when the EPA awarded them the 2019 Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Award.

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U.K. Coast Guard Plans Rescue Trials With Drones

Maritime & Coastguard Agency Is Soliciting Proposals For Demonstrations

The UK's Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) is soliciting proposals from drone operators for a demonstration program to aid SAR and ship surveillance missions of the southwest coast of England.

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NASA Targets Coastal Ecosystems With New Space Sensor

GLIMR Will Provide Unique Observations Of Ocean Biology, Chemistry, And Ecology In Multiple Areas

NASA has selected a space-based instrument under its Earth Venture Instrument (EVI) portfolio that will make observations of coastal waters to help protect ecosystem sustainability, improve resource management, and enhance economic activity.

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Eglin AFB Pilots Receive Type Ratings For New Helicopter

AW-139 Variant To Replace The Aging UH-1N Huey

Test pilots from the 413th Flight Test Squadron from Eglin Air Force Base, Florida became the first Air Force pilots to receive a type rating on the AW-139 helicopter in Whippany, NJ July 29.

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JetSuiteX Debuts New Brand Identity 'JSX'

Redefines Its Category Of Air Travel As 'Hop-On Jet Service'

JetSuiteX has announced a new brand name and identity, JSX, along with a refreshed website, logo, livery and new ad campaign that aim to define its innovative form of air travel as a "hop-on jet service."

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (08.10.19)

"In taking up this major challenge to provide telecommunications connectivity from the stratosphere, this approval represents a major step forward.” Source: Junichi Miyakawa, president & CEO of HAPSMobile Inc.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (07.10.19): AIRMET

In-flight weather advisories issued only to amend the area forecast concerning weather phenomena which are of operational interest to all aircraft and potentially hazardous to aircraft having limited capability because of lack of equipment, instrumentation, or pilot qualifications.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (08.10.19)

NTSB Investigation Process

What happens when the NTSB is dispatched to the scene of an accident? The Board has provided this detailed explanation of how an investigation is conducted.

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AD: Bombardier, Inc. Airplanes

AD NUMBER: 2019-15-0

PRODUCT: Certain Bombardier, Inc., Model BD-100-1A10 airplanes.

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