New Facility Can Accommodate Up To Three Aircraft At A Time

CHC Brazil, a subsidiary of CHC Helicopter (CHC), has officially opened its new hangar at Benedito Lacerda Airport, in Macaé. The new facility is designed to fit up to three aircraft internally and will support flying of the S-76, S-92 and AW139 aircraft for customers in the region. The company invested three million reals on the construction of this new space, which was completed on a challenging timeframe of only six months.

Will Support More Than 20 Missions Under $442 Million Contract

KBR, Inc. has announced that its Government Services business KBRwyle has been awarded an engineering services contract by NASA to support more than 20 NASA exploration missions. This five-year, single award indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract has a maximum value of $442 million.

Common Understanding Formulated For The Potential Of Flight Above Mach 5

The Air Force has always been about speed. Less than one month after the Air Force became its own service 70 years ago in September 1947, Capt. Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound — a barrier once considered impenetrable — in the Bell Aircraft X-1.

Offers Comprehensive Training, On-Site Examinations

North Shore Community College (NSCC) in Danvers, MA has announced that the Beverly Flight Center, NSCC’s Aviation Science program partner flight school, has joined NSCC in receiving its FAA Part 141 authorization. There are several benefits of both NSCC and Beverly Flight Center having achieved this certification. The program is now eligible to apply for FAA Reduced ATP minimums as well as Veterans Administration reimbursements as payment.

Funds Will Help Transport Underserved Patients To Medical Treatment 

 JetSuiteX announced this past weekend that it is commemorating its first year of public charter service by donating $25,000 worth of JetSuiteX seats to Angel Flight West to help provide air travel to individuals with serious medical conditions. The donation translates to transportation for 100 patients in NorCal, SoCal and Nevada to their treatments at some of the nation's best medical facilities aboard JetSuiteX. The official announcement was made at the Angel Flight West 2017 Endeavor Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 6.

Aircraft Fly Firefighting And Rescue Missions

Heli-One, a leading global provider of helicopter maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services, has completed inspections for two Airbus H225 aircraft (1-year and 8-year inspections) for South Korea’s National 119. The inspections were completed simultaneously (ten days for 1-year and 7 weeks for 8-year inspection) at two Korean bases in Seoul and Busan, allowing the aircraft to return to service on time and within budget.

First Prefabricated Kits Being Delivered Now

Field Aviation has completed its development of its Dash 8 100/200/300 Series ADS-B Out solution, and will be delivering the first prefabricated kit this week. Building on Field Aviation’s extensive knowledge of the Dash 8 fleet, and on its existing TC-, FAA- and EASA-approved Elementary Surveillance Transponder STC, the design provides a standardized approach to operators, allowing them to implement a common configuration across their fleet.

Work Completed In Under Six Months

L3 Technologies has delivered the first KC-10 aircraft under the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) contractor logistics support (CLS) contract.

Trade Group Grows To 102 Members

The National Aircraft Resale Association (NARA) recently voted to accept two new members into the Association as they continue on a strategic and deliberate path for growth. The new NARA Aircraft Broker/Dealer Member is QS Partners, LLC and the new NARA Products & Services Member is Enterprise Bank and Trust.

Discovery Comes From Combined Data From Chandra Observatory, Radio Operations, Computer Simulations

Combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory with radio observations and computer simulations, an international team of scientists has discovered a vast wave of hot gas in the nearby Perseus galaxy cluster. Spanning some 200,000 light-years, the wave is about twice the size of our own Milky Way galaxy.

Company Expands Its FBO Network Into Sioux City, Iowa

Expanding its FBO network, Hawthorne Global Aviation Services has acquired JetSun Aviation Center, a Sioux City, Iowa FBO at Sioux Gateway Airport (KSUX). 

Hopes To Build Awareness Of The Value Of Business Aviation In Africa

The African Business Aviation Association, AfBAA, has further strengthened its commitment to educating the African business aviation sector by signing two significant Memos of Understanding (MoU), with leading international aviation training organisations.

Snapdragon, Visual Inertial Odometry Demonstrated At The Show...

Qualcomm’s drone and robotics technologies reduce the on-board computing footprint while offering robust connectivity, advanced processing power and longer battery life. The company demonstrated two of its more recent developments at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this year. Chad Sweet, Senior Director of Engineering for Qualcomm Research told ANN CEO and Editor in Chief Jim Campbell that the Snapdragon Oversight Drone takes video from two fisheye cameras and stitches them together in realtime into a spherical VR capture.

New Version Compatible With Multiple ADS-B Devices

iFlightPlanner for iPad v3.0 has been released by the company.  The app for iPad now offers compatibility with ADS-B devices from 7 different manufacturers – Dual, Levil, Sagetech, SkyRadar, Stratux, L-3, and NavWorx.  

Possibly The First Drone-Jump In UAV History

Ya had to see it to believe it... and thankfully, there's some great video with which to accomplish this. An ingenius Latvian UAS operation has pulled yet another attention-gathering exercise in which a skydiver has used one of their massive 28 rotor multi-copters to pull off an eye-popping skydive. On May 12, a 28-propeller drone built by Aerones lifted skydiver, Ingus Augstkalns, to a height of nearly 1100 feet, from where he accomplished the planned jump and landing under the parachute. The company, Aerones, already having demonstrated a number of dramatic heavy lift missions and solutions, explained that this achievement, "shows the reliability and lifting-ability of the drone technology that a

Nearly 1,000 Start-Ups Have Interacted With The Bizlab Over The Last Two Years.

Thirty start-ups –  from the three global BizLab accelerators in Toulouse, Hamburg and Bangalore – have pitched their projects at the “Airbus BizLab Summit” in Toulouse in front of an international audience of investors, BizLab partners and top managers from Airbus. Airbus BizLab, the global aerospace business accelerator, gives start-ups the unique opportunity to bring their ideas and vision to life. 

Had Been Certified Last Year By The FAA

Transport Canada has approved the installation of the BLR Aerospace announced that its FastFin tail rotor enhancement and stability system on Canadian-registered Airbus H125/AS350 helicopters. 

Airline Has 27 Trent 700-Powered A330 Aircraft In Service

Rolls-Royce is providing TotalCare service support for Trent 700 engines that power seven Airbus A330 aircraft included in the extensive fleet of Turkish Airlines.

UAS Working Group Established To Conduct Awareness And Help Develop Economic Development Strategy For New Segment Of The Aviation Industry

Volaero Drones, an investor member of the Miami-Dade Beacon Council Aviation Committee and a sponsor exhibitor of drones at the recent Wings-of-Change Miami event, will be further presenting at the upcoming mini seminar for local business leaders hosted by the Council to be held on June 15th from 10 am to 12 noon at the Council's offices.

Klyde Casts A Jaundiced Eye On the Usual Goings-On In The Airline World...

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Daily Afternoon Air Shows During Week At Oshkosh Feature World’s Top Performers

Quest Aircraft and Pratt & Whitney Canada have committed their support for the afternoon air shows at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017, “The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration,” which is July 24-30, 2017, at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh.

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Coupled Approach An instrument approach performed by the aircraft autopilot, and/or visually depicted on the flight director, which is receiving position information and/or steering commands from onboard navigational equipment. In general, coupled non-precision approaches must be flown manually (autopilot disengaged) at altitudes lower than 50 feet AGL below the minimum descent altitude, and coupled precision approaches must be flown manually (autopilot disengaged) below 50 feet AGL unless authorized to conduct autoland operations. Coupled instrument approaches are commonly flown to the allowable IFR weather minima established by the operator or PIC, or flown VFR for training and safety.

"Already in the near future, our technology will save human lives, will help to fight fires and carry out other challenging and significant work. With this project, we show that we are ready for serious tasks in the field of civil defence and sports." Source: Janis Putrams, Aerones' chief engineer, and the drone pilot on an amazing mission that allowed a skydiver to make an amazing jump while suspended from a drone from some 1100 feet.