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January 13, 2017

Airborne 01.13.17: G650ER Record Streak, False Drone Hit, Piper Archer Sale

Also: Parrot Layoffs, CES/AMA Expo/KSMO, 737 SAIB, Piper PA-31T, John Pope, Washington State, JetBlue Disturbance

Pending sanctioning from the recognizing organizations, it looks like the Gulfstream G650ER continues to set records. A G650ER took off from Ohio’s John Glenn Columbus International Airport and landed at Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport 14 hours and 35 minutes later, covering 6,750 nautical miles at an average cruise speed of Mach point eight-five. Following that flight, the aircraft flew 6,143 nautical miles from Taipei Taoyuan International Airport to Arizona’s Scott

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Airborne 01.13.17: G650ER Record Streak, False Drone Hit, Piper Archer Sale

Also: Parrot Layoffs, CES/AMA Expo/KSMO, 737 SAIB, Piper PA-31T, John Pope, Washington State, JetBlue Disturbance

 

Pending sanctioning from the recognizing organizations, it looks like the Gulfstream G650ER continues to set records. A G650ER took off from Ohio’s John Glenn Columbus International Airport and landed at Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport 14 hours and 35 minutes later, covering 6,750 nautical miles at an average cruise speed of Mach point eight-five. Following that flight, the aircraft flew 6,143 nautical miles from Taipei Taoyuan International Airport to Arizona’s Scottsdale Airport, cruising at Mach point nine-oh entire trip. The total flight time was just 10 hours and 57 minutes. Damage to a Linhas Aereas de Mocambiq

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Disaster Preparedness Exercise Planned For KSMO Saturday

SMO-DART Partners With Red Cross To Demonstrate Airport's Place In Region's 'Critical Infrastructure'

SMO-DART (Santa Monica Airport Disaster Airlift Response Team) and the Red Cross have announced their cooperation on a disaster preparedness exercise at Santa Monica Airport (KSMO) where ten aircraft will participate in delivering critical supplies to the airport during times of disaster.

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Garmin G1000 NXi Certified In Piper Piston Trainer Aircraft

Seminole, Archer Being Delivered With The Glass Cockpit

Piper Aircraft has announced that certification on both the twin-engine Piper Seminole and single-engine Archer has been achieved and aircraft deliveries have begun.

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Aeroflot Cancels Eight Airbus A350-800 Orders

Still Has 14 Of The -900 Variant On The Books

Aeroflot has cancelled an order for eight A350-800 airliners, but kept 14 A350-900s on the books, according to the planemaker.

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Delta Seeks $3.6 Billion For Terminal Construction Project

Hopes To Construct A 37-Gate Facility At LaGuardia Opening In 2018

Delta Airlines wants to build a new 37-gate terminal at LaGuardia airport, and is looking to finance the project through some $3.6 billion in debt.

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Florida's Space Coast May Be Quite Busy In 2017

Air Force Projects More Than 30 Launches From The Region

Florida residents and visitors who want to watch a rocket launch into space should have plenty of opportunities to do so in 2017, as there are as many as 32 potential launches planned from Cape Canaveral this year.

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GoAir Firms Contract For 72 A320neo Aircraft

Doubles Overall Order For The Type To 144

GoAir, a Wadia Group company, has penned a firm contract for 72 A320neo aircraft following its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed during the Farnborough International Airshow. The agreement reached on 30th December 2016, doubles GoAir’s firm order book for the aircraft type to 144.

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FAA: Airlines No Longer Required To Give Galaxy Note7 Warnings

But The Devices Are Still Completely Banned From Airliners

U.S. airlines will no longer be required to make a pre-boarding notification to passengers that the Samsung Galaxy Note7 phone is prohibited from transport on aircraft, according to the FAA. The devices are still prohibited on both passenger and air cargo aircraft, but the DOT has lifted the requirement that the airlines make the specific pre-boarding notification.

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Textron Systems To Continue Shadow Tactical UAS Support For US Army

Awarded $206 Million Contract For The Unmanned Aircraft

Textron Systems Support Solutions has announced that it has been awarded a $206 million contract from the U.S. Army for Shadow Tactical Aircraft System (TUAS) Contractor Logistics Support (CLS).

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Pilots Respond To Southwest Airlines' New Leadership Structure

SWAPA Denounces Promotion Of Russell McCrady To VP Of Labor Relations

The Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association (SWAPA) has responded to the leadership structure announcement by Southwest Airlines in which the company named Tom Nealon as president, among other promotions. Representing more than 8,500 pilots, SWAPA relies on key relationships in upper management, both as frontline operational leaders and as the collective bargaining unit for pilot labor at Southwest.

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Boeing, Jeju Air Finalize Order For Three Next-Generation 737-800s

Korean Low-Cost Carrier Continues Growth Plans With All-Boeing Fleet

Boeing and Jeju Air have announced an order for three Next-Generation 737-800s. The order, valued at nearly $300 million at current list prices, will become the airline's first direct-purchased airplanes from Boeing and fuel the airline's continued expansion within Asia's rapidly growing air travel market.

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Helicopter With NY Governor On Board Makes Emergency Landing

Cabin Reportedly Filled With Fumes Prompting The Landing

Details are sketchy, but a helicopter carrying New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reportedly made an emergency landing Wednesday afternoon.

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Aero-TV: Flying The Legends - Propel's Great Flying Star Wars Drones

Fun and Fantasy through Drone Technology…

 

Drones come in all shapes and sizes, and we’re finding out that their design purpose is almost limitless. In this video we find a series of small drones that are based on the Star Wars movie series. While at the Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas in January 2017, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, talked with Jack Bishop, who is the Head Development Pilot for Propel RC.

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Aero-TV: Flying The Legends - Propel's Great Flying Star Wars Drones

Fun and Fantasy through Drone Technology…

Drones come in all shapes and sizes, and we’re finding out that their design purpose is almost limitless. In this video we find a series of small drones that are based on the Star Wars movie series. While at the Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas in January 2017, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, talked with Jack Bishop, who is the Head Development Pilot for Propel RC.

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Chao Coy On ATC Privatization During Confirmation Hearing

Says There Must Be "National Consensus" On The Subject

Transportation Secretary Designate Elaine Chao faced the Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday for her confirmation hearing, giving few specifics on some pending aviation issues.

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Alphabet Scraps Project Titan

Says Loon Balloons Offer Better Chance Of Success For Remote Internet Connectivity

Alphabet's Titan project turned out to not be so titanic after all. The online giant has quietly dropped plans for high-altitude solar-powered drones to deliver Internet connectivity to remote areas.

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James Bids Farewell As SecAF

Led The Air Force Since Being Confirmed In December 2013

The men and women of the Air Force bid farewell to the 23rd Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James during a ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Jan. 11.

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Southwest Airlines Announces Executive Promotions

Tom Nealon Named President; Mike Van de Ven Elevated To Chief Operating Officer

Southwest Airlines Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gary C. Kelly has announced changes to the Company's executive Leadership ranks with Thomas M. Nealon named as President and Michael G. Van de Ven named as the airline's Chief Operating Officer. These changes are effective immediately.

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AeroSports Update: Sport Aviation Hall Of Fame Nominations

EAA Sport Aviation Hall Of Fame Is Asking For Class Of 2017 Nominations

The history of aviation is marked by men and women who possessed the passion, leadership, and can-do spirit to ignore the known limits of possibility. EAA’s Sport Aviation Halls of Fame were started in the fall of 1993 to honor those who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of the homebuilt, warbird, vintage, ultralight, or IAC (Aerobatic) communities.

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Iran Air Takes Delivery Of Its First Of 100 Airbus Aircraft

Handover Ceremony Took Place In Toulouse, France

Iran Air has taken delivery of its first new aircraft, an A321, in a handover ceremony in Toulouse with Mr. Farhad Parvaresh, Iran Air Chairman and CEO, and Mr. Fabrice Bregier, President, Airbus Commercial Aircraft and Chief Operating Officer Airbus, in the presence of Gael Meheust, SVP Sales and Marketing CFM, Tom Enders, Airbus Chief Executive Officer, and international media.

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Klyde Morris 01.13.17

Technically, That's Correct Klyde

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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Airborne 01.12.17: GA Reacts To Med Reform, SCOTUS Declines Flytenow, CAP Saves

Also: Airport Security, 2017 AMA Expo, CAF Promotes Rozendaal, Lazir-B, Gary Airport, Flypro, Asteroid Exploration

Reaction has started to come in about BasicMed, the long-awaited third-class medical reform released by the FAA on Tuesday morning. Years of effort by EAA and AOPA culminated as the FAA announced regulations that will implement the aeromedical reform law passed through Congress last July. The new regulations will take effect May 1, 2017. Jack J. Pelton, EAA CEO/chairman said in part, “This is the moment we’ve been waiting for, as the provisions of aeromedical reform become somet

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (01.13.17)

"The administration has not made a decision on this point." Source: Secretary of Transportation nominee Elaine Chao.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (01.13.17): Separation

In air traffic control, the spacing of aircraft to achieve their safe and orderly movement in flight and while landing and taking off.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.13.17)

Southern Museum of Flight

Located in Birmingham, AL, the Southern Museum of Flight features a wide variety of aircraft and artifacts.

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