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Crystal-Rich Rock 'Mojave' Is Next Mars Drill Target

Feature May Be Remnants Of A Salt Water Lake

A rock target where NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is using its sample-collection drill this week may have a salty story to tell.

Boeing Delivers F-22 Training Center

Immersive Device Includes Advanced Visual System

Boeing has improved the realism of ground-based F-22 Raptor training by delivering the first simulators for that aircraft with an immersive, 360-degree visual environment.

Emergency Medical Helicopter To Base At Burley Municipal Airport

Life Flight Network To Open 24/7 Helicopter March 20, 2015

Life Flight Network will be opening a base at the Burley Municipal Airport (Burley, ID). The base is scheduled to begin 24/7 operation March 20, 2015. In conjunction with the new helicopter base opening in Rexburg, Idaho (announced January 2), the company says the helicopter base in Burley will significantly improve access to air medical resources in Idaho.

New Aircraft Leasing Company Focused On Mid- And Late-Life Aircraft

Industry Veteran To Lead AerGen Leasing

AerGen Leasing (“AerGen”) is a new aircraft leasing company focused on providing leasing and asset management solutions for owners and operators of mid-life and late-life aircraft and engines.

Lockheed Awarded $68M Contract For F-22 Work At Hill AFB

Will Perform All Depot-Level Maintenance On The Raptor

The Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $67.8 million contract to help finish a year's worth of maintenance and repair work for the F-22 Raptor at Hill Air Force Base, UT.

Flying Club Launches In Palm Springs, CA

Piper Dakota Available For Use By Members

Qualified pilots now have use of a Piper Dakota at Palm Springs International Airport as members of Palm Springs Aviators, Inc., the first and only flying club to be established in the Coachella Valley.

Boeing Delivers Advanced Chinook Maintenance Training Devices To Canada

System Included Complete Airframe, Interactive Displays

A maintenance training system that will help prepare technicians to keep the RCAF’s CH-147F Chinook helicopters mission ready has been delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force by Boeing.

Fokker, Lockheed Sign MOU For Additional F-35 Wing Component Order

Assemblies Include Flaperons And Outboard Leading Edge Flaps

Fokker has signed an agreement for the delivery of wing components (Flaperons & Outboard Leading Edge Flaps) on the next batches of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Under this agreement, Fokker will be responsible for the manufacturing of the Flaperons & OLEF for the next batches of F-35 aircraft in low rate initial production lot 9-10.

Boeing Completes World's First All-Electric Propulsion Satellites

Two Joined Satellites, For Customers ABS And Eutelsat, Will Launch Next Month

Boeing has completed production of the world’s first all-electric propulsion satellites as preparations continue to launch the satellites, as a vertically stacked pair, next month.

Ascent Aviation Opens New 42,000 Sq Ft Hangar

New Facility Doubles Company's Heavy Maintenance Capacity

Ascent Aviation Services Corporation has cut the ribbon on a newly constructed 42,000 square-foot hangar at its facility adjacent to the Tucson International Airport. The new hangar doubles Ascent's heavy maintenance capacity with 100,000 square feet of hangar space designed to accommodate four narrow body aircraft. The new hangar is fully operational, and the Company will begin servicing its customers' aircraft immediately.

Latest Raytheon AESA Radar Soars In Flight Test

Extends Relevance For F/A-18C/D Aircraft

A successful flight test of the Raytheon-built APG-79(V)X AESA radar system has demonstrated the functions needed to extend the relevance of F/A-18C/D Hornet fighter/attack jets.

New Control Tower Now Operational At Muscat International Airport

Indra Systems Helps Airport Triple Capacity

A new control tower has been made operational at Muscat International Airport in Oman to provide services to the runway recently built by the Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA) at Muscat International Airport.

SAFE: FAA Rescinds Requested Proposal To Allow Greater Simulator Use

Only One Adverse Comment Derailed Scheduled Rule-Making

Less than a week before it was to take effect, the FAA pulled the SAFE-requested direct-to-final rule to allow pilots up to 20 simulator hours toward an instrument rating, citing "adverse comments." The unexpected January 15 move leaves pilots limited to the 10 simulator hours allowed by FAR 61.65. A SAFE analysis found only one adverse public comment, filed December 17, in the FAA's docket. It had been countered by an immediate SAFE protest labeling the comment as "personal opinion, lacking substantiation and contrary to current education doctrine regarding use of training devices."

Klyde Morris (01.19.15)

Klyde Speaks The Sad Truth About Piloting... and Pizza Delivery

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

Vega Ready To Launch Spaceplane

Mission Will Provide Data For Research Into Future Transportation Systems

On its first launch of the year, Europe’s Vega rocket will loft ESA’s unmanned spaceplane to test reentry technologies for future vehicles. The launch campaign has resumed, aiming for a liftoff on 11 February from Kourou, French Guiana to release ESA’s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, IXV, into a suborbital trajectory.

AeroSports Update: EAA Focuses On Loss-Of-Control Accidents

EAA And General Aviation Working Group are In Front Of NTSB Focus On Loss-Of-Control Accidents

EAA reports that they and the general aviation community are already well ahead of the curve when it comes to finding ways to reduce GA loss-of-control accidents, because of several years of progress through the FAA’s General Aviation-Joint Steering Committee working group that has studied those accidents.

Airborne 01.16.15: Viking SportAv Engine, Transatlantic A321neo, UAV Tower Climb

Also: RV-12 Upgrade, 25 Years For NGPA, New Huntsville Runway, Expensive 'Free' Helo, Navy Seal Lost In Skydive

Viking aircraft engines has been producing the Viking 110 for 4-years, and has now upped its game with the new Viking 135. The Viking 135 is a new product and will be completely tested and ready for deliveries in January of 2016. It is made in America and use traditional American engine architecture. It is essentially a baby Corvette engine. Same layout but half as many cylinders and in a miniature format. Airbus officially launched the A321neo program with a heavier maximum take-off weigh

Cape Canaveral Schedule Includes 24 Launches In 2015

If Achieved, Florida Facility Would Be World's Busiest Spaceport

A schedule recently released by the U.S. Air Force includes 24 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral in 2015, which would make it the world's busiest spaceport in the coming year.

Single Predator B RPA Amasses 20,000 Flight Hours

Total GA-ASI Predator B Deliveries Nears 230

A Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper RPA has reached a record 20,000 flight hours on a single aircraft, signifying the highest flight time of any Predator B. The milestone was achieved while performing a 17-hour combat mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan on December 23.

Asteroid To Fly Safely By Earth On January 26

Will Be About Triple The Distance Between The Earth And The Moon

An asteroid, designated 2004 BL86, will safely pass about three times the distance of Earth to the moon on January 26. From its reflected brightness, astronomers estimate that the asteroid is about a third of a mile in size. The flyby of 2004 BL86 will be the closest by any known space rock this large until asteroid 1999 AN10 flies past Earth in 2027.

Aircraft Survivability Testing Lights Up The Night

Tests Conducted Twice A Year At Redstone Test Center In Alabama

The dark night sky lights up, broken by flashes of bright light. When the night settles in Huntsville, Alabama, residents near Redstone Arsenal do not anticipate the darkness lasting long.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.19.15)

Aero Linx: The Socata TB Users Group This site is dedicated to providing information and support on Socata's TB range of general aviation aircraft. The primary mission of the Group is to provide members with information and assistance that will help keep Socata-built airplanes flying - safely and affordably, and to provide a forum for Socata pilots to discuss issues that effect them. Here you will find the latest information on the TB fleet, user information and stories and pictures of users with their aircraft as well as a gateway to the "members only" message board where you can exchange tips and information with other TB Users.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (01.19.15): Final Approach Fix

Final Approach Fix The fix from which the final approach (IFR) to an airport is executed and which identifies the beginning of the final approach segment. It is designated on Government charts by the Maltese Cross symbol for nonprecision approaches and the lightning bolt symbol, designating the PFAF, for precision approaches; or when ATC directs a lower-than-published glideslope/path or vertical path intercept altitude, it is the resultant actual point of the glideslope/path or vertical path intercept.

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (01.19.15)

"We are disappointed that this beneficial rule change was withdrawn based on a single negative comment out of the hundreds submitted on this issue. We understand the FAA's need to follow their protocols but will continue our efforts to get these changes enacted." Source: John Dorcey, interim Executive Director of the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE), in comments made in response to FAA actions when the agency pulled the SAFE-requested direct-to-final rule to allow pilots up to 20 simulator hours toward an instrument rating, citing "adverse comments" less than a week before the reg was to take effect. The unexpected January 15 move leaves pilots limited to the 10 simulator hours allowed by FAR 61.65. SAFE will ask t

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Feature May Be Remnants Of A Salt Water Lake

Immersive Device Includes Advanced Visual System

Life Flight Network To Open 24/7 Helicopter March 20, 2015

Industry Veteran To Lead AerGen Leasing

Will Perform All Depot-Level Maintenance On The Raptor

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Piper Dakota Available For Use By Members

System Included Complete Airframe, Interactive Displays

Assemblies Include Flaperons And Outboard Leading Edge Flaps

Two Joined Satellites, For Customers ABS And Eutelsat, Will Launch Next Month

New Facility Doubles Company's Heavy Maintenance Capacity

Extends Relevance For F/A-18C/D Aircraft

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Indra Systems Helps Airport Triple Capacity

Only One Adverse Comment Derailed Scheduled Rule-Making

Klyde Speaks The Sad Truth About Piloting... and Pizza Delivery

Mission Will Provide Data For Research Into Future Transportation Systems

EAA And General Aviation Working Group are In Front Of NTSB Focus On Loss-Of-Control Accidents

Also: RV-12 Upgrade, 25 Years For NGPA, New Huntsville Runway, Expensive 'Free' Helo, Navy Seal Lost In Skydive

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If Achieved, Florida Facility Would Be World's Busiest Spaceport

Total GA-ASI Predator B Deliveries Nears 230

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