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October 15, 2019

Airborne 10.14.19: SJ30i 1st Flight!, Stolen Plane, Balloon Instructor

Also: AirShow Racing Series, Women In Aviation Advisory Board, Rolls-Royce RR300, Delta Flies 120 Girls To NASA

A much upgraded version of the speedy SJ30i light bizjet has taken to the skies... just in time to be able to strut its stuff for the upcoming NBAA Convention next week in Las Vegas, NV. SyberJet Aircraft’s SJ30i successfully completed the first flight of its SJ30i aircraft featuring an all-new cockpit based around the Honeywell Epic 2.0 avionics suite. The flight was conducted out of its Engineering and Product Development Center at the San Antonio International Airport (KSAT) and kicke

Airborne-Unmanned 10.15.19: FLIR Acquires, Stratollite, Porsche-Boeing Partner

Also: NBAA 2019 Schedule, DJI Mavic Mini, Department of Defense, Chula Vista PD Drones, Terra Drone

FLIR Systems has acquired the intellectual property (IP) and certain operating assets of Aria Insights, Inc. Previously known as CyPhy Works, Inc., Aria pioneered the development of tethered sUAS. Founded in 2008 by iRobot co-founder Helen Greiner and backed by several top technology investors, Aria notably developed the Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications (PARC) tethered drone. The company ceased operations in March 2019. World View claims to have reached an important milestone representi

Airborne-Unmanned 10.15.19: FLIR Acquisition, Stratollite, Porsche-Boeing Partnership

Also: NBAA 2019 Schedule, DJI Mavic Mini, Department of Defense, Chula Vista PD Drones, Terra Drone

FLIR Systems has acquired the intellectual property (IP) and certain operating assets of Aria Insights, Inc. Previously known as CyPhy Works, Inc., Aria pioneered the development of tethered sUAS. Founded in 2008 by iRobot co-founder Helen Greiner and backed by several top technology investors, Aria notably developed the Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications (PARC) tethered drone. The company ceased operations in March 2019. World View claims to have reached an important milestone representing a key step towards the productization of persistent and navigational stratospheric flight. After achieving the goal of more than 30 days aloft with full navigational control, t

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Aeronyde Corporation To Establish New Fleet Operating Center In VA

Governor Northam Announces 25 New Jobs In The City Of Covington

Governor Ralph Northam has announced that Aeronyde Corporation, a company integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) into a safe and secure full-service commercial drone system, will invest $350,000 to establish a new drone operations command and control center in the City of Covington. Virginia successfully competed with California and Florida for the project, which will create 25 new jobs.

CAE And easyjet Inaugurate A New Training Centre In Milan

Facility Will Be Used For Training More Than 2,000 easyjet Pilots From All Over Europe

CAE and easyJet have announced the official opening and inauguration of the CAE Milan training center, located near the Milan Malpensa airport in Lombardy, Italy. CAE and easyJet inaugurated the new center alongside local Italian and Canadian government officials. After London Gatwick and Manchester, this is the third new training center that CAE has inaugurated in the last month to support the pilot training needs of easyJet across Europe and its exclusive long-term pilot training agreement with the airline, announced in November 2018.

True Blue Power Introduces Products For Cessna Citation Longitude

Will Be On Display At NBAA-BACE Next Week

True Blue Power’s state-of-the-art equipment, including two DC-to-DC voltage converters, six DC-to-AC inverters and two intelligent batteries, powers Textron Aviation’s recently-certified Cessna Citation Longitude.

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Airbus Marks Its 1,000th A320neo Family Aircraft Delivery

IndiGo Will Operate The Milestone Aircraft

Airbus has delivered the 1,000th A320neo Family aircraft. The aircraft, an A321neo produced in Hamburg, Germany, was delivered to Indian airline IndiGo.

Air Force Academy Launches New Airmanship Next Program

Augments Live-Flight At The Airfield With Virtual Reality Training

The Air Force Academy redesigned its Airmanship program to give cadets more opportunities to experience the Air Force’s flying mission and produce the best pool of rated candidates.

NRL Launches Space Weather Instrument On NASA Satellite

Will Measure Wind And Temperature Profiles For Atmospheric Research

A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) instrument aboard NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) satellite will deliver unprecedented information to help scientists investigate how both terrestrial and solar weather impact the ionosphere, the ionized region of Earth’s upper atmosphere. ICON launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, Oct. 10.

Woman Injured By Propeller At Key West Airport

Arm Was Severed By The Prop, Authorities Say

A woman had her arm severed by the propeller of an airplane at Key West International Airport (KEYW) Saturday when she tried to help her husband remove chocks from the airplane.

Bust Of Orville Wright Stolen From Memorial Site

Not The First Time The Wright Brothers Memorial Has Been Vandalized

The copper likeness of Orville Wright at the Wright Brothers Memorial at Kill Devil Hills, NC has been stolen, and the pedestal on which the bust sat has been vandalized.

Accused Drone Users Jailed In Iran Freed

Vloggers Released In An Apparent Prisoner Swap

Two Australians who had been imprisoned in Iran since July have been freed in what appears to be a prisoner swap.

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Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao Announces Appointees To ARAC

Four New Members Named To The Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine L. Chao has announced the appointment of 23 members to DOT’s Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC).

ADS-B Rebates: Going, Going, Gone

All 20,000 Rebates Have Been Issued By The FAA

If you were holding out and still hoping for one of those $500 rebates from the FAA for equipping your aircraft with ADS-B, you're pretty much out of luck. The agency announced late last week that all 20,000 rebates offered to general aviation aircraft owners to equip their aircraft with a new surveillance technology have been issued and are no longer available.

Boeing Board Of Directors Separates CEO And Chairman Roles

Dennis Muilenburg Continues As CEO, President And Director; Lead Director David Calhoun Elected Non-Executive Chairman

The Boeing Company Board of Directors has separated the roles of chairman and chief executive officer. Dennis A. Muilenburg continues as CEO, president and a director. The board elected David L. Calhoun, current independent lead director, to serve as non-executive chairman.

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Sikorsky Introduces RAIDER X

NextGen Light-Attack Reconnaissance Helicopter Based On Proven X2 Technology

Sikorski has introduced RAIDER X, its concept for an agile, lethal and survivable compound coaxial helicopter, specifically designed for securing vertical lift dominance against evolving peer and near-peer threats on the future battlefield. Through the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program, RAIDER X is the out-front platform in the Service's revolutionary approach for rapid development and delivery of game changing technology and warfighter capabilities, equipped for the most demanding and contested environments.

Small Plane Goes Missing In South Dakota

Search Has Been Hampered By Bad Weather

A Cessna 172 went missing in South Dakota last Wednesday and has become the focus of an extensive air and land search along its route of flight.

Gone West, Russian Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov

Was The First Person To Ever Walk In Space

The first person to walk in space has Gone West. Alexei Leonov passed away in Russia at the age of 85. Leonov was the first human to exit a space capsule in orbit during a mission in 1965. He was joined on the Voskhod 2 mission by Cosmonaut Pavel Belyayev, and both men nearly died during the mission.

NTSB Releases Preliminary Report From Piper Aerostar Accident

Airplane Was Apparently Misfueled With Jet A

The NTSB has released a preliminary report from an accident which occurred on October 5, 2019 about 1637 eastern daylight time involving a Piper Aerostar 602P, N326CW. The aircraft departed from Kokomo Municipal Airport (KOKK), Kokomo, Indiana, and impacted a field about 3.6 miles south of the airport. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces. The airline transport pilot sustained fatal injuries.

Airborne-Unmanned 10.08.19: UPS Certified!, UAV v Fugitive, Shapeshifting Drone

Also: DroneResponders Program, Drone Detection Technology, UAV Herbicide Spraying, Hydrogen-Powered 3D-Printed Drone

It’s a first... The FAA has awarded air carrier and operator certification to a UAS delivery company, UPS Flight Forward. “This is a big step forward in safely integrating unmanned aircraft systems into our airspace, expanding access to healthcare in North Carolina and building on the success of the national UAS Integration Pilot Program to maintain American leadership in unmanned aviation,” said U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao. A human trafficker who esc

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (10.15.19)

“The committee is a useful forum for the Department to receive feedback from aviation community stakeholders.” Source: DOT Secretary Elaine L. Chao, announcing new appointments to the FAA's ARAC.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (10.15.19): Hold Procedure

A predetermined maneuver which keeps aircraft within a specified airspace while awaiting further clearance from air traffic control.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.15.19)

Pilot Offers Emotional Tribute To Those Involved In Ill-Fated B17 Flight Days After Crash

From television station WTIC, an audio recording of a radio broadcast obtained by the station in which the pilot of a Collings Foundation B-25 asked the control tower before taking off for a moment to say something.

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