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October 09, 2015

Airborne 10.09.15: Rutan Honored, C Series Negotiations, NZ Helo Hero Attacked

Also: Suspicious FAA UAV Actions, Barnstorming, Ike F35 Mods, TSA Fails, UAS IPO, Finnair's A350 XWB, 'The Swarm'

ANN Airborne Link: www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=video.playVideo&videoid=5ff058db-6b46-4de5-b10e-c2f62ff52db7 YouTube Airborne Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi9hAki1tBM The National Aeronautic Associat

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Airborne 10.09.15: Rutan Honored, C Series Negotiations, NZ Helo Hero Under Attack

Also: Suspicious FAA UAV Actions, Barnstorming, Ike F35 Mods, TSA Fails, UAS IPO, Finnair's A350 XWB, 'The Swarm' 

 

The National Aeronautic Association has announced that Burt Rutan has been selected as the recipient of the 2015 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy. Established by NAA in 1948 to honor the memory of Orville and Wilbur Wright, the trophy is awarded annually to a living American for 'significant public service of enduring value to aviation in the United States.' In an effort to improve the potential of bringing their C Series airliner to market, Bombardier reportedly approached Airbus about investing in the airplane, to the point of having a controlling stake in the single-aisle jet. But shortly after those talks became public, Airbus bowed

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NASA Names John Honeycutt Space Launch System Program Manager

Will Lead Nationwide Workforce Of More Than 4,200 And Oversee A $1.7 Billion Budget

NASA has named John Honeycutt manager for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) Program. Now under development, SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built.

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U.S. Reroutes Warplanes In Syria To Avoid Russian Aircraft

Adjustment Made To Maintain Adequate Airspace Separation From Russian Planes

U.S. military authorities say they have had to reroute U.S. aircraft operating over Syria in at least one instance in an effort to maintain separation from Russian jets conducting air strikes in the region.

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SNC Preps Dream Chaser For Second Free-Flight, First Orbital Tests

Second Phase Of Atmospheric Testing Planned For Early Next Year

In anticipation of a second phase of flight testing, Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Space Systems has announced significant updates to two Dream Chaser spacecraft currently in development. The spacecraft are the atmospheric engineering test article (ETA) and the advanced composite orbital vehicle, which when tested will undergo a suborbital and orbital flight regimen, respectively.

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FAA Issues SAIB For Ag Cat Airplanes With Certain Engine Conversion

Fatigue Cracking Noted In Engine Mounts On Two Aircraft

The FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) directed at owners, operators, certified repair facilities, and flight standards district offices (FSDOs), of an airworthiness concern related to Allied Ag Cat Productions, Inc., (formerly Schweizer) Models G-164A, G-164B, and G-164C with an engine conversion from a Pratt and Whitney R-985 or R-1340 radial engine to a Honeywell (Garrett) TPE331 series turboprop engine. Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) No. 1A16 describes the Allied Ag Cat airplanes.

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Global Jet Capital Signs Deal To Buy GE Capital's Corporate Aircraft Assets

Financing Commitment From Franklin Square's BDCs Integral To Funding The Transaction

Global Jet Capital, a company providing leasing and lending solutions for large-cabin, long-range private jets, has signed an agreement to purchase approximately $2.5 billion in net assets from GE Capital's Corporate Aircraft portfolio in the Americas.

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FAA Grants STC For MTV-12 3-Blade Prop For Piper Aircraft

Can Now Be Installed On Piper PA-30, PA-39 Twin Comanche

The FAA has granted an STC (SA03563NY) to MT-Propeller Entwicklung GmbH for the next generation a 3-blade scimitar composite propeller MTV-12-C-C-F/CF(L)180-57 on the Piper PA-30, PA-39 Twin Comanche.

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FAA Took Long View With SkyPan International Investigation

Fines Against Other Companies May Be Coming

The FAA's investigation of SkyPan International, which resulted in a $1.9 million fine being levied against the company by the agency, was a 16 month process that involved, among other things, a legal battle over SkyPan's business documents.

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Alaska State Helicopter Grounded By Budget Cuts

Second Aircraft May Also Face The Budget Axe

One of two helicopters operated by Alaska State Troopers has been grounded due budget cuts imposed by the state legislature, and the force's second helicopter may face the same fate.

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WAI Welcomes Cassandra Bosco As Newest Staff Member

Will Concentrate On Educational Outreach And Opportunities

Cassandra Bosco has joined the Women in Aviation International staff as Education and Industry Relations Director. The position was created as part of the organization’s strategic plan to grow WAI’s education offerings and outreach to youth and college and university students.

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Heli-One Modernizes Bundespolizei AS332LI Fleet

EFIS Cockpit Upgrades Planned For 18 Aircraft

The German Federal Police, Bundespolizei (BPOL), has selected Heli-One to fully modernize their fleet of 18 Airbus Helicopters AS332L1 Super Puma aircraft through a NATO/NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) contract with proven EFIS and avionics upgrades from Universal Avionics and other suppliers.

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Police Hold UAV While They Search For Charges

Operator Had Flown It Over The State Capitol In Albany, New York

New York State Police confiscated a Phantom 3 UAV belonging to Adam Rupeka last month ... and despite no charges being filed in the case, they have not released the aircraft back to its owner.

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Musician Recounts Rough Encounter With O'Hare TSA

Forced Her To Send Valuable Instrument Through X-Ray Wrapped In Paper Towels

Flutist Jessica Schmitz was making her way through security with a flute literally made of gold at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport when she ran afoul of a TSO, and was nearly escorted out of the airport.

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International Space Agencies Meet To Advance Space Exploration

Senior Managers From 14 Agencies Meet At ESA HQ In Germany

Senior managers representing 14 space agencies participating in the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG) affirmed their commitment to fostering broad international cooperation to further advance the exploration and utilization of space.

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White House Withdraws Nomination Of Beverly Scott For NTSB

No Reason Given For Pulling Her From Consideration

The White House has rescinded the nomination of former Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority head Beverly Scott to serve on the NTSB.

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Israeli Google Lunar XPRIZE Team Is First To Sign Launch Agreement

Liftoff Atop A SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Planned For 2017

At a news conference held in Jerusalem Wednesday, alongside Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, and Bob Weiss, vice chairman and president of XPRIZE, SpaceIL announced a significant milestone in its race to the moon: securing a “ticket to the moon” on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher, with a mission scheduled for the second half of 2017.

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Groups Urge Congress To Ground Revenue Diversion Plan

Airline, Airport, Traveler And Tourism Industry Says Money Collected For Aviation Security Should Not Be Shifted To Highway Trust Fund

A coalition of organizations representing the travel, tourism, airport and airline industries as well as the traveling public are joining forces, urging leaders in the House and Senate to not divert $9.2 billion collected for aviation security, to pay for the highway trust fund or any other purpose not related to air travel.

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AeroSports Update: Vickers Chooses The Titan IO-340CC

The Vickers Wave LSA Amphibian Will Be Powered By The Continental Motors Titan IO-340CC Engine

The Vickers Aircraft Company was founded by Paul Vickers who is now its CEO. The company builds the Wave aircraft which is a two-seat next generation ASTM S-LSA amphibious aircraft. The company is based in New Zealand, and deliveries of the Wave are scheduled to begin in 2016.

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NATA Applauds FAA’s New Compliance Philosophy

Hendricks Says Shift Will Yield Positive Impacts On The Industry

In a speech this week, FAA Michael Huerta discussed the agency’s next step in its Risk-Based Decision Making called the Compliance Philosophy.

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Klassic Klyde Morris 10.09.15

You Knew Those Millennial Students Would Bring New Challenges, Klyde

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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Airborne 10.08.15: New ND Airport, Gone West: Dick Taylor, IFD440 Update

Also: CAF Update, ISS Docking, Turkey OverFlights, Air France, AF F-22 Sims, Teamsters v NetJets, Community Service For UAV Incident

ANN Airborne Link: /index.cfm?do=video.playVideo&videoid=7a49f9f5-b4f8-40c8-a94f-1b37b33abcaa YouTube Airborne Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaAuej1wB_I Sometimes federal funds received through the Ai

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (10.09.15)

“Airline passengers should not be used as a piggy bank to pay for highway investments that benefit highway users. To charge travelers more without an increase in service or benefit cannot and should not become a common practice for policy makers.” Source: Letter from multiple industry groups to the United States Congress.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (10.09.15): Mach Cone

The cone-shaped shock wave theoretically emanating from an infinitesimally small particle moving at supersonic speed through a fluid medium.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.09.15)

National Center For Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

As pilots, we are all touched by the weather every time we fly. Understanding the weather, and the atmospheric conditions that influence it, requires a great deal of research. NCAR provides the university science and teaching community with the tools, facilities, and support required to perform innovative research.

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