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All News

December 01, 2015

Airborne 12.01.15: Amazon UAVs, Skydive Myrtle Beach Mess, AirVenture… Already?

Also: Lancaster Fundraising, Aero-Calendar, Thales Rudder-By-Wire, FlightSafety, RAAF P-8A, Passengers Call 911, Trent 7000 Demonstrator 

 

Amazon continues to test its concept of package delivery via drone. Their original design wasn’t much more than modified existing technology, but the new design has a similar plan-form as Santos-Dumont’s first heavier-than-air aircraft back in 1906. That is, it is squared off, looks something like a box kite, and it’s hard to tell the front from the back. Actions being brought against a skydive operation named, Skydive Myrtle Beach, in Myrtle Beach, SC have come to our attention. Over the course of a number of weeks, the ANN editorial staff has been perusing hundreds of pages of documents surroun

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Amazon Prime Air Unveils Redesigned Delivery Drone

VTOL UAV Flies Like A Fixed-Wing Aircraft

Amazon Prime has released photos and video of its re-designed proposed delivery UAV, and it is a major departure from the more traditional quadcopter initially touted by the company.

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Sikorsky Airport Down To One Runway For The Winter

FAA Reviewing Operations Related To Runway Safety Upgrade Project

One of Sikorsky Airport's two runways is being closed for the winter pending an FAA review of operations at the facility.

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FAA Proposes Class E Airspace Around Clinton, Arkansas

NPRM Posted In The Federal Register Open For Comments

The FAA has posted an NPRM in the Federal Register proposing the establishment of Class E airspace at Clinton, AR. The FAA says that controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures developed at Clinton Municipal Airport, for the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the airport.

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XCOR Develops Lynx Simulator

Protobox LLC And Air Force Research Lab Participated In The Project

Work was recently completed by XCOR aerospace on its Lynx simulator system, built by Protobox LLC in conjunction with the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.

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Boeing Delivers Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ First Direct-Purchased NG 737-800

Part Of The First Phase Of Carrier's Fleet Modernization Plan

Boeing and Biman Bangladesh Airlines recently celebrated the airline's first direct-purchased Next-Generation 737-800 as part of the country’s national airline’s fleet modernization plan.

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FAA Issues Emergency AD For Certain EC120B Helicopters

Applies Only To Aircraft With Air Comm Corporation (Air Comm) Air Conditioning Kit

The FAA has issued an Emergency AD for Airbus Helicopters Model EC120B helicopters that have an Air Comm Corporation (Air Comm) air conditioning kit installed in accordance with Supplemental Type Certificate No. SR00491DE.

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Winston-Salem Air Show Falls Victim To Airport Construction

Smith Reynolds Airport Receives $1.8 Million AIP Grant For Ramp Upgrades

The Winston-Salem Air Show has been cancelled for 2016, but the reason is not falling revenues or poor attendance.

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Viking Adds To SkyJet Aviation’s Territory For Series 400 Twin Otter Sales

Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia Added to Regional Representation

Viking Air Limited of Victoria, British Columbia, has added Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia to SkyJet Aviation Services Limited’s regional sales territory for the Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft. SkyJet Aviation Services will now be responsible for the three North African countries in addition to their existing representation of the Viking Series 400 Twin Otter in sub-Saharan Africa, Libya, Egypt, the Seychelles, and the Caribbean.

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First Boeing 757 Airliner Landing On Blue-Ice Runway In Antarctica

Proves Feasibility Of Commercial Airline Flights To The Antarctic

The first ever landing by a commercial Boeing 757 passenger airliner on a blue-ice runway in Antarctica occurred today at Union Glacier. The landing was a joint partnership between Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions (ALE), Loftleidir Icelandic, and NAS Corporation Limited (NAS). ALE is the parent company of Adventure Network International (ANI).

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Final Boeing C-17 Globemaster III Departs Long Beach Assembly Facility

Ends Aircraft Production At Long Beach Facility

The final Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military airlifter at the company’s plant in Long Beach, CA departed on Sunday, Nov. 29, marking the official end of aircraft production in Long Beach.

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University Turns To Crowdfunding For Drone Research Project

Jacksonville University In NE Florida Hopes To Study Oyster Reefs In The St. Johns River

Students at Jacksonville University in northeast Florida have turned to the crowdfunding site experiment.com to obtain funding for a project that would use UAVs to study oyster reefs in the St. Johns River.

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Airline Consumer Group Pushes For Airline Seat Limits

Flyers Rights Petitions FAA For Minimum Seat Size Standard

The airline consumer group Flyers Rights has petitioned the FAA to set minimum standards for the size of seats on airliners.

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Airborne 12.01.15: Amazon UAVs, Skydive Myrtle Beach, AirVenture… Already?

Also: Lancaster Fundraising, Aero-Calendar, Thales Rudder-By-Wire, FlightSafety, RAAF P-8A, Passengers Call 911, Trent 7000 Demonstrator

ANN Airborne Link: /index.cfm?do=video.playVideo&videoid=252e5e57-3195-4d73-8cf8-268c73607df5 YouTube Airborne Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqiHacJAy8E Amazon continues to t

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IATA Air Passenger Forecast Shows Dip In Long-Term Demand

Still, Total Passengers Expected To Double To 7 Billion By 2034

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released its updated passenger growth forecast, projecting that passenger numbers are expected to reach 7 billion by 2034 with a 3.8% average annual growth in demand (2014 baseline year). That is more than double the 3.3 billion who flew in 2014 and exactly twice as many as the 3.5 billion expected in 2015.

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Rolls-Royce Celebrates 1st Run Of Trent 7000 Demonstrator Engine

Will Be The Exclusive Powerplant For The A330neo

A Trent 7000 demonstrator engine has run for the first time, marking another program milestone for the latest member of the Rolls-Royce Trent family.

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European Associations Join Forces To Facilitate Pilot Medical Fitness

Joint Initiative Designed To Strengthen Relationship Between Medical Examiners, Pilots, Other Stakeholders

In a joint initiative to strengthen the relationship between aviation medical examiners and pilots, the European associations ESAM, EAAP and ECA have issued their joint approach to medical and mental fitness assessments of pilots. It endorses a key set of guidelines developed by the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA). This step constitutes a milestone in strengthening aeromedical assessments, taking into account the increasing relevance of psychosocial stressors, mental health aspects, and the changing working environment that pilots are exposed to.

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Boeing Plans First Rollout Of 737 MAX

Flight Testing Should Begin Soon After First Public Display

The public will get its first look at a Boeing 737 MAX airplane on December 8th, marking a significant milestone towards the onset of flight testing.

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AeroSports Update: AirVenture…Already?

As Parts Of The Country Are Still Digging Out From Winter Weather, EAA Announced Camp Scholler Site Reservations Are Going Online

If winter weather has you in the doldrums, maybe this news from EAA will make the future look a little brighter...and warmer. EAA says the number of improved campsites at EAA AirVenture’s Camp Scholler is increasing for 2016, and a new system will help people secure those campsites more quickly and easily.

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Only A Few Days Left For WWII Lancaster Fundraising Campaign

Museum Goes Global In Support Of Avro Lancaster KB882 Project

There are just a few days left to go in the Kickstarter campaign to fund the transportation of Lancaster Bomber KB882 from Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and the Alberta Aviation Museum, a distance of over 2,500 miles.

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NASA Talk Examines How Little Wings Make A Big Difference

Lecture Will Focus On How Winglets Make Airplanes More Efficient

They sound like a featured item on a restaurant menu, but winglets – those vertical, upturned tips at the end of an airplane's wing – are one of aviation's most important and visible cost-saving technologies.

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Airborne 11.30.15: Rutan SkiGull, Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, NASA-Virgin Galactic

Also: Tecnam P2012, Great Lakes Biplane, USAF X-56A, New IFR Training System, 'Lost In Space' Returns, Laser Strikes, ADS-B Seminar

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (12.01.15)

“Economic and political events over the last year have impacted some of the fundamentals for growth. As a result, we expect some 400 million fewer people to be traveling in 2034 than we did at this time last year." Source: Tony Tyler, IATA’s Director General and CEO, on the reduced forecast for airline travel over the next 20 years.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (12.01.15): Glideslope Intercept Altitude

The published minimum altitude to intercept the glideslope in the intermediate segment of an instrument approach.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (12.01.15)

Legal Ramifications Of The FAA's UAV Registration Program

An analysis of the FAA's UAV Registration Task Force compiled by Jonathan Rupprecht of Rupprecht Law, P.A. Rupprecht writes a blog focusing on UAV law.

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