Could Enable Future Aircraft To Take Off And Land Almost Anywhere

Helicopters are incredibly maneuverable in the air, but during landing and takeoff their traditional skid- and wheel-based landing gear requires stable, flat surfaces—surfaces that are often unavailable in helicopter-needy environs such as forward operating areas, ships at sea and natural-disaster zones.

SSEP Gives Students Ability To Design And Fly Experiments In Low-Earth Orbit

Magellan Aerospace has entered into an international partnership agreement with the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP). The SSEP is a US-based, immersive program that was launched in June 2010 by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) that gives typically 300+ students across participating communities the ability to design and propose real microgravity experiments to fly in low Earth orbit on the International Space Station (ISS).

Appoints Jason Johnson To Senior Director Of Sales For The Manufacturing And MRO Business Unit, Scott Cook To Senior Director Of Business Development For The Americas

Jason Johnson has joined Erickson as Senior Director of Sales for the company’s Manufacturing and MRO Business Unit. In addition to Mr. Johnson, Scott Cook has joined the company as Senior Director of Business Development for the Americas Region.

Professionally Managed 7,000 Square Foot Hangar Dedicated To General Aviation

AFA Flying Services has opened at Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB) to provide general aviation maintenance and storage within a dedicated 7,000 square foot professionally managed hangar.

Aircraft To Be Delivered At The End Of 2016

Guangzhou Police and Airbus helicopters signed an agreement today for an order of one H145 light helicopter for law enforcement duties, to be delivered at the end of 2016.

Will Be Able To Perform Level 1 And 2 Maintenance On Arriel And Arrius Engines In Atlanta

Precision Aviation Services (PAS), a Precision Aviation Group (PAG) company, has been named a Certified Maintenance Center (CMC) by Turbomeca (Safran).

Ministry Of Defense Declares That A Key Contractual Milestone Has Been Met

The UK Ministry of Defense has declared that the key contractual milestone known as In-Service Delivery (ISD) has been met following the delivery of its seventh Airbus A400M new-generation airlifter.

Will Be Recognized In Official Ceremony Monday

The West Virginia Mountaineers, winners of the 2015 Sample Return Robot Challenge, will be recognized for their achievement at an event from 3 to 4 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 21, in Room 385 of the Senate Russell Office Building in Washington.

The Canary Islands Airline Will Progressively Upgrade Its ATR Fleet With 12 Of The Airplanes

The Spanish carrier Binter, based in the Canary Islands, has taken delivery of the first of 12 ATR 72-600s ordered through two different contracts signed in 2014 and earlier this year.

Will Allow Airline To Bring Training In-House

A pair of B737-800W full flight simulators will be delivered to China's Okay Airways Company Limited under a deal announced Monday by Lockheed Martin. Okay Airways is China's first private sector airline with both passenger and cargo routes throughout mainland China and the surrounding region.

New Generation Air-To-Surface Missile To Be Integrated Into F-35 Internal Weapons Bay

Lockheed Martin and Turkish company Roketsan signed a contract to cooperatively develop the SOM-J missile for integration into the F-35 internal weapons bay. SOM-J is a new generation air-to-surface standoff cruise missile.

EAA Is Keeping ADS-B Mindful Of Amateur-Built Possibilities

If you follow AeroSports Update on a regular basis, you have read more than a few reports regarding the requirements for ADS-B equipment on amateur-built experimental airplanes. EAA has just put out some additional information regarding their input as to how homebuilders are affected by the ADS-B requirement.

Facility Will Employ Up To 200 By 2018

Fuselage panels for Boeing's 747 jumbo jets will be built at its Macon, Georgia facility beginning in 2018. Boeing will take over the work from Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Aircraft Division, a wholly owned subsidiary of Triumph Group, Inc., with the Macon site providing assembled fuselage panels to Boeing's 747 final assembly line in Everett, Washington.

Company Says It Is A Flexible Approach To UAS

Thales’s new modular Watchkeeper X system reflects a growing need for high-end military-standard Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) capability to wider markets. This modular Unmanned Aircraft System offers a range of options that can be adapted to specific operational requirements.

Influencing Alignment Of Thousands Of Faults On The Lunar Surface

Earth's gravity has influenced the orientation of thousands of faults that form in the lunar surface as the moon shrinks, according to new results from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft.

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Says Aircraft Operations Would Be Detrimental To His Planned Resort And Equestrian Center

A developer in Cloverdale, CA north of San Francisco is demanding that Cloverdale Municipal Airport (O60) which has that has operated for 50 years, be closed and destroyed so that he can build a $200 million resort hotel and equestrian center nearby.

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The Academy of Model Aeronautics has released a detailed analysis of the FAA’s drone data. A close examination of 764 records, which were publicly released last month, reveals a more complex picture of unmanned aircraft systems activity in the United States than initial media headlines suggested. There are military crashes and a UFO sighting in the data. Only a fraction of the records were legitimately reported “close calls” and &ldq

Asks Judge To Void Building Permit For The Facility

The owner of an apartment building that accommodates low-income residents in Harrison, AR has asked a judge to stop construction of a heliport being built by AirEvac adjacent to the North Arkansas Regional Medical Center.

Marks First U.S. Tests Of 22N Thrusters Using ECAPS High Performance Green Propulsion (HPGP) Technology

The first U.S. test of a 22 Newton (N) thruster using a high-performance green propulsion system powered by a safe, low-toxicity rocket fuel, designated LMP-103S, provided by the Swedish firm, ECAPS, has been successfully completed by Orbital ATK.

Field-Mounted Fuel Tanks Extends The Range Of The UAV

The Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Extended Range (Reaper ER) RPA fleet has achieved a historic milestone with the first operational fielding of Reaper ER by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) last month.

Circle To Runway Used by ATC to inform the pilot that he/she must circle to land because the runway in use is other than the runway aligned with the instrument approach procedure. When the direction of the circling maneuver in relation to the airport/runway is required, the controller will state the direction (eight cardinal compass points) and specify a left or right downwind or base leg as appropriate; e.g., “Cleared VOR Runway Three Six Approach circle to Runway Two Two,” or “Circle northwest of the airport for a right downwind to Runway Two Two.”

Aero Linx: The Cal Aggie Flying Farmers The Cal Aggie Flying Farmers, Inc. was established in 1947 and is the oldest general aviation operation in the Sacramento, California area. The Cal Aggies are located at the University Airport, Davis, California, on the University of California Davis campus. The airport is operated as a public airport. The Cal Aggie's original aircraft operation was started as a non-profit corporation by aviation enthusiasts, local farmers and returning World War II pilots. The flying club is still operating not for profit under its original goal of providing aircraft and flight instruction to the general public at a reasonable cost. The University Airport is a small, non-towered airport that provide

"Because I want the world to see that pilots deserve all the rights accorded to ANY citizen, and because I want the world to see how one of the best of us fights an incredible injustice with dignity and courage... and finally, because Bob asked me to do so... and frankly, that alone is enough for me." Source: Jim Campbell, ANN CEO/E-I-C/Friend Of Bob, answering questions about why ANN would take on such an immensely complicated and demanding project as the 'Let Bob Fly' documentary.