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FAA Certifies Cessna Citation Latitude

Deliveries Expected To Begin Later This Year

The FAA has granted type certification to Cessna's new Citation Latitude, according to Textron. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the third quarter of this year.

Gone West: Jeremy T. Monnett, 1974-2015

Was Fatally Injured In An Accident Tuesday

Sonex has provided this obituary for Jeremy Monnett, who was fatally injured in an accident in Oshkosh on Tuesday, as detailed in prior coverage of this tragedy.

NTSB Releases First–Ever Video Companion To Accident Report

Designed To Reach Pilots And Others With Lessons Learned From The Accident

The NTSB has released an 8-minute video that focuses on the key lessons that pilots can learn from the investigation of a UPS cargo plane crash in Birmingham, AL in August 2013.

NASA Invests In Future Of Aviation

Announces Funding For Eight Supersonic Research Projects

Quieter, greener supersonic travel is the focus of eight studies selected by NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology Project to receive more than $2.3 million in funding for research that may help overcome the remaining barriers to commercial supersonic flight.

WAI Offers Seven New Scholarships For 2016

Organization's Assistance Is Not Just For Students

Seven new scholarships will join the dozens of other scholarships available to women and men who are members of Women in Aviation International. All WAI scholarships will be awarded during WAI’s 27th Annual International Women in Aviation Conference to be held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tennessee from March 10-12, 2016.

Gulfstream Names L.D. Buerger Vice President Of Flight Test

Previous Role Was Director Of Operations For Advanced Aircraft Programs

Gulfstream has announced that L.D. Buerger, previously the company’s director of operations for Advanced Aircraft Programs, has been named vice president, Flight Test. Buerger reports to Dan Nale, senior vice president, Programs, Engineering and Test, Gulfstream.

AF Releases Rocket Propulsion System Prototypes Request For Proposal

Working Towards Transition From Russian RD-180 Boosters

The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) here released a formal solicitation June 2, seeking proposals for shared public-private investments in rocket propulsion system (RPS) prototypes.

FAA InFO Focuses On Alternative Temperature Reporting

Agency Says Automated Sensors Can Fail Causing Inaccurate Readings

The FAA has published an Information for Operators (InFO) to provide information regarding the use of an RTMA when sensors on an automated weather system fail to report the surface temperature at an airport.

Northrop Grumman Appoints Two To Key Positions

Mick Jaggers Named As Vice President And Program Manager, Global Hawk, Stuart Linsky Tapped For Vice President, Engineering And Global Product Development for Aerospace Systems

Lockheed Martin has made two key appointments to its executive ranks.

Report Global Civil Helicopter Market Valued At $7.4 Billion In 2015

Aircraft Extend The Reach And Expand Capabilities For Business, Governments, Others

Civil helicopters extend the reach and expand the capabilities of businesses, governments and security agencies. The positive impact of civil helicopters for entities that can afford to acquire and operate them remains compelling. However, this is tempered by acquisition and operational costs as well as economic uncertainty in some parts of the world, although there are also strong new markets that are emerging. The world market for civil helicopter will reach $7.4 billion in 2015.

Alaska Airlines, WSU Partner To Advance Use Of Aviation Biofuels

Alternative Jet Fuel Made From Wood Scraps Left Over After Forest Harvest

It's not exactly a wood-burning airplane ... but Alaska Airlines is teaming up with the Washington State University-led Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA) to advance the production and use of alternative jet fuel made from forest residuals, the tree limbs and branches that remain after a forest harvest.

Sanborn Gains FAA UAS Approval

Firm Set To Deliver Wide Range Of Commercial Services

The FAA has granted The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. (Sanborn) approval to commercially operate an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) under the agency's Section 333 Exemption. The exemption permits Sanborn to offer UAS-based services to its customers immediately.

Army Denies Soldier Burial At Arlington

Was Fatally Injured In A Helicopter Accident March 11

A soldier who was fatally injured when the Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was aboard went down in the Gulf of Mexico near Pensacola, FL March 11 has been denied a military burial in Arlington National Cemetery.

Southwest Meteorologists Ratify First Contract

Flight Dispatchers Also Ratify New Agreement

Meteorologists for Southwest Airlines represented by the Transport Workers Union (TWU 550) have approved their first-ever collective bargaining agreement following certification by the National Mediation Board late last year. The Company praised the efforts of the negotiating teams at a signing ceremony on Monday (June 1) and said that the inaugural agreement will provide adjusted wage-scale step increases and opportunities for individual and Company performance-based bonuses.

Airborne 06.05.15: Sikorsky Layoffs, F-35B Testing, Tavares Loves Seaplanes

Also: NTSB Video, AirVenture Innovation Preview, Gone West: Bob Hall, Proton Launch Anomaly, Illinois Airports, UAL Glitch, WAI Scholarships

While the recent drop in oil prices has been welcomed by drivers and other users of petroleum products, it has also suppressed the market for oil production support equipment, such as helicopters used in offshore exploration for oil. That, along with a softer market for international military products, means that Sikorsky has sent layoff notices to some 1,400 workers, over 700 from its Coatesville, Pennsylvania facility, alone. Marines and sailors have worked togeth

Aero-TV: A Synonym For Joy - Mike Porter’s Stearman Restoration

A Peaceful Resurrection For A Valued Wartime Boeing PT-17

While at EAA AirVenture 2014, ANN Special Correspondent Michael Maya Charles had the opportunity to talk with a young man about his career in aircraft restoration. While standing in front of a beautifully restored Stearman biplane, we find out that Mike Porter has restored more airplanes than seems possible for his age. It turns out that Porter got his start very young in aviation because it was a business he was born into. His father was a commercial pilot that in the 1990s worked with a company that specialized in giving rides in World War II airplanes

Senators Thune, Nelson Issue Joint Statement Regarding TSA Report

'Terrorist Groups Like ISIS Take Note' Commerce Committee Leaders Say

U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee chairman Sen. John Thune (R-SD) and ranking member Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) have issued a joint statement on failed airport security checkpoint tests by the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General and Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson’s decision to transfer Acting TSA Administrator Melvin Carraway to another position.

Sikorsky To Idle Some 1,400 Workers

Cites Lower Demand In Oil And Gas Sector, Other Factors For The Job Cuts

While the recent drop in oil prices has been welcomed by drivers and other users of petroleum products, it has also suppressed the market for support equipment, such as helicopters used in offshore exploration for oil.

Redbird Skyport Helps Local Flood Victims

Supports Community, Volunteers, Pilots

Redbird Skyport has stepped up in a number of ways to support rescue, victim treatment and cleanup for local relief efforts in the wake of devastating floods in Texas.

ICAO Honored by Canada's House Of Commons And Senate

Back-To-Back Ceremonies Held In Ottawa

The importance to Canada and global relevance of the Montréal-based International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was recognized by all Members of Canada’s House of Commons and Senate yesterday, with the UN aviation body’s most senior officials being applauded by both Houses during special back-to-back ceremonies.

David F. Melcher Named President And CEO Of AIA

Appointment Effective June 8th

The Aerospace Industries Association has named David F. Melcher as its next President and Chief Executive Officer, effective June 8, 2015.

AeroSports Update: Flying Into AirVenture – Part 1: The NOTAM

Flying In To EAA AirVenture At Wittman Regional Airport Can Be A Fun Adventure If You Prepare For It By Understanding The Procedures

This is the first of a 3-part series that we hope will help pilots who have never flown into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh and landed at Wittman Regional Airport. The remaining parts of our “how to” series will be published on June 12 and 19…that’s the next two Fridays.

Klyde Morris 06.05.15

The Internet'll Getcha If You Don't Watch Out

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

Airborne 06.04.15: Sullenberger Movie!, First B737 MAX, Airbus Explains A400M

Also: Google's Project Loon, IMC Clubs, ULPower, Emirates v Emanuel, FedEx, NASA v Bugs, Women's Progress In USAF

Clint Eastwood has announced his next movie project, and it's one that will tackle a story for which we all know that outcome, and will probably go see anyway. Eastwood will direct a movie based on the life of Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the pilot who ditched a US Airways Airbus A320 in the Hudson River after a bird strike in January 2009. Not a single life was lost when the airplane went down in the river. The first Boeing 737 MAX is on its way! Boeing’s Renton, Washington fa

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (06.05.15)

"We take this failure rate by TSA very seriously and, at a time when we are evaluating a nominee to lead this agency that hasn’t had a Senate-confirmed leader since December, this underscores the concerns we raised with the Administration earlier this year.” Source: Joint statement from Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee chairman Sen. John Thune (R-SD) and ranking member Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL).

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.05.15): Glideslope Intercept Altitude

The minimum altitude of an intermediate approach segment prescribed for a precision approach that ensures obstacle clearance.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.05.15)

First Flight Society

One of the most important times of the year for the First Flight Society is December 17th when they commemorate and celebrate the historic achievement of the first powered flight. The Society annually marks this event on the grounds of the Wright Brothers National Memorial, maintained by the National Park Service in Kill Devil Hills, NC.

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Deliveries Expected To Begin Later This Year

Was Fatally Injured In An Accident Tuesday

Designed To Reach Pilots And Others With Lessons Learned From The Accident

Announces Funding For Eight Supersonic Research Projects

Organization's Assistance Is Not Just For Students

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Previous Role Was Director Of Operations For Advanced Aircraft Programs

Working Towards Transition From Russian RD-180 Boosters

Agency Says Automated Sensors Can Fail Causing Inaccurate Readings

Mick Jaggers Named As Vice President And Program Manager, Global Hawk, Stuart Linsky Tapped For Vice President, Engineering And Global Product Development for Aerospace Systems

Aircraft Extend The Reach And Expand Capabilities For Business, Governments, Others

Alternative Jet Fuel Made From Wood Scraps Left Over After Forest Harvest

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Firm Set To Deliver Wide Range Of Commercial Services

Was Fatally Injured In A Helicopter Accident March 11

Flight Dispatchers Also Ratify New Agreement

Also: NTSB Video, AirVenture Innovation Preview, Gone West: Bob Hall, Proton Launch Anomaly, Illinois Airports, UAL Glitch, WAI Scholarships

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'Terrorist Groups Like ISIS Take Note' Commerce Committee Leaders Say

Cites Lower Demand In Oil And Gas Sector, Other Factors For The Job Cuts

Supports Community, Volunteers, Pilots

Back-To-Back Ceremonies Held In Ottawa

Appointment Effective June 8th

Flying In To EAA AirVenture At Wittman Regional Airport Can Be A Fun Adventure If You Prepare For It By Understanding The Procedures

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