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January 03, 2017

Special Airborne 01.03.17: Airborne Reviews 2016--Firsts, Regs, Drones, Oh My!

Also: HondaJet, Piper M600, B-29, EAA STCs, Part 23, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Solar Impulse, Bob Hoover, John Glenn...

2016 proved to be a year of milestones in so many areas of our aviation and aerospace business. One of the great stories is the beginnings of deliveries of HondaJet’s unique addition to the personal jet family of aircraft. It’s been long in coming, but it’s been a steady march from early development to certification, production, and delivery. In a business that’s been struggling, HondaJet got the job done. Piper Aircraft introduced their new M600 single-engine turbop

Special Airborne 01.03.17: Airborne Reviews 2016--Firsts, Regs, Drones, Oh My!

Also: HondaJet, Piper M600, B-29, EAA STCs, Part 23, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Solar Impulse, Bob Hoover, John Glenn...

2016 proved to be a year of milestones in so many areas of our aviation and aerospace business. One of the great stories is the beginnings of deliveries of HondaJet’s unique addition to the personal jet family of aircraft. It’s been long in coming, but it’s been a steady march from early development to certification, production, and delivery. In a business that’s been struggling, HondaJet got the job done. Piper Aircraft introduced their new M600 single-engine turboprop aircraft last year. Piper said they had a vision of developing their M-series aircraft into a new model that could set new standards. The result is their M600 which combined a

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Apollo 11 Command Module Moves To Virginia

Historic Spacecraft Now On Display At The Air And Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center

The Apollo 11 Command Module, Columbia, which carried Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins on their historic trip to the Moon, has been moved to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. To many of those involved in the project, the move seemed to have miraculously happened overnight. In truth, the move took a team of experts and months of meticulous planning to pull off.

U.K. Will Fund Trial Of Drone-Delivered Medical Supplies In Tanzania

Zipline Drones Will Be Used For The Project

the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID) will fund a trial of drone-delivered blood and medical supplies in Tanzania.

Amazon Envisions Massive Flying Warehouse As Drone Base

Patent Awarded For 'Airborne Fulfillment Center'

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded a patent to Amazon for massive flying warehouses that will be a "mothership" for drone deliveries.

GerMap Introduces New Mapping Drone

G107-V Is A Hybrid Between Fixed-Wing And Multi-Rotor Aircraft

German mapping company GerMap has introduced a new purpose-built drone for use in its business.

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Yi Erida Drone To Be Unveiled At CES

Xiaomi Will Also Introduce New 4K+ Camera

Drones are going to be all the rage at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas beginning Thursday, with several new aircraft being unveiled to the public.

ANA Becomes First Japanese Airline Fly With PurePower Engines

A320neo Delivered With The New Engines

ANA has become the first Japanese carrier to take delivery of the Airbus A320neo, powered by the revolutionary technology in the PurePower Geared Turbofan (GTF) engine developed by Pratt & Whitney.

Arlington, TX Airport Needs A Coyote Fence

Will Seek An AIP Grant To Help Reduce Animal Strikes On Its Runway

Arlington Municipal Airport in Arlington, TX (KGKY) has a coyote problem, and the airport is requesting an FAA AIP grant of roughly $1.2 million to help solve it.

Southwest Airlines Facilities Maintenance Technicians Reject Tentative Agreement

Pact Had Been Reached By Negotiators In October, But Not Approved By Rank-And-File Employees

Southwest Airlines has announced that its Facilities Maintenance Technicians have rejected the tentative agreement negotiators reached in late October. The five-year deal would have become the group's first contract since being accreted into the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA).

Some States' Driver's Licences Will Not Be Accepted By TSA In 2018

Will Invalidate IDs From Nine States For Boarding Airliners

Beginning a year from now, people with driver's licenses or ID cards from nine states will no longer be able to use them to board an airliner, according to TSA.

Airplane Repo Web Series May Never Get Off The Ground

Two Of The Principles Of Cancelled Show Turn To Kickstarter

For three seasons on The Discovery Channel, Ken Cage and Danny Thompson were among the repo men who reclaimed airplanes and yachts from people who had defaulted on their loans -- and made aviation look pretty poorer, in the process. The show frankly seemed to have a lot of problems, with some scenes "recreated" in order to tell the story. The show showed numerous instances of unsafe actions, along with some pretty unbelieveable story scenarios.

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Aero-TV: Newest Aero-Kid On The Block - Deland's NEW Sport Aviation Showcase

It Appears To Be the Beginning of a Great Success Story…

The 1st annual DeLand Sport Aviation Showcase is in the history books, and it appears to be the beginning of a great success story. Our ANN crew was there to cover this first time event during the first week of November, 2016. ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, took the opportunity to talk with Jana Filip, who is the Sport Aviation Administrator at the Deland Municipal Airport.

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Aero-TV: Newest Aero-Kid On The Block - Deland's NEW Sport Aviation Showcase

It Appears To Be the Beginning of a Great Success Story…

The 1st annual DeLand Sport Aviation Showcase is in the history books, and it appears to be the beginning of a great success story. Our ANN crew was there to cover this first time event during the first week of November, 2016. ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, took the opportunity to talk with Jana Filip, who is the Sport Aviation Administrator at the Deland Municipal Airport.

Aero-News Network Year In Review 2016: General Aviation

Some Long-Sought Major Changes Were Achieved Benefiting The GA Community

This year saw some pretty exciting news in General Aviation, including the long-awaited rewrite of Part 123 certification standards. That was just one of the major stories of the year for the largest segment of the aviation community.

Aero-News Year In Review 2016: Airlines

Another Year Of Mergers, And Carriers Support Privatization Of ATC

There was additional consolidation in the airline industry in 2016, and several new airplanes made their first revenue flights. Meanwhile, the airline industry was perhaps the sole segment of the aviation community that was generally in favor of the attempt to separate Air Traffic Control from the FAA. Here's a look back at some of our top airline stories from 2016

Airbus Adjusts A380 Delivery Schedule

Six Postponed For One Year

Following an agreement reached between Emirates Airline and Rolls-Royce and a consecutive agreement between Emirates Airline and Airbus, the Toulouse based aircraft manufacturer is to adapt the A380 delivery stream with six aircraft deliveries postponed from 2017 to 2018 and six others from 2018 to 2019.

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Public Safety And Commercial UAS Trainings Offered At AMA Expo West

Event Being Held January 6-8 in Ontario, CA

This year, AMA Expo West, presented by ReadyMadeRC.com, has teamed up with Fly Robotics to offer two educational trainings aimed at providing public safety officers and commercial drone users with the knowledge needed to fly UAS technology safely and responsibly.

AeroSports Update: EAA Looks For Best And Brightest Ideas

EAA Founders’ Innovation Prize Competition Winner To Be Chosen At EAA AirVenture 2017

The doers, dreamers, and innovators who are ready to change the way people fly are again invited to submit their best ideas for the 2017 Founders’ Innovation Prize competition sponsored by the Experimental Aircraft Association.

Orbital Signs Agreement With Insitu For UAV Propulsion Systems

Will Now Establish A Presence In The U.S.

Australia-based Orbital Corporation has announced that it has signed a long-term agreement (LTA) with Insitu, valued at up to $91 million over a three year period.

Embraer Delivers First Legacy 450 To Canada's Airsprint

First Delivery Of The Type In Canada, Has Options For Up To 12 Aircraft

Embraer Executive Jets has delivered the first Legacy 450 mid-light business jet to AirSprint, Inc., a Canadian privately held fractional aircraft ownership company based in Calgary, Alberta, marking the first Legacy 450 delivery in Canada.

Airborne 12.30.16: Delta Drops 787s, Zenith Building At Sebring, Drone Shooting

Also: Coyote Fence?, Barnstorming 2017, TSA ID Nonsense, Piers Sellers, Legacy 450, Air Ambulance, WestJet Pilots

It looks like Boeing has taken a bit of a hit as Delta Air Lines has reached an agreement with the airplane builder to cancel an order placed for 18 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft that Delta assumed in 2008 as part of its merger with Northwest Airlines. While specific terms of the agreement are not disclosed, Delta will continue to take delivery of new 737-900ER aircraft through 2019 as two orders totaling 120 of the narrowbody jets are fulfilled. For the first time, Zenith Aircraft Company

Hartzell Propeller Offers Advice To Kit Builders

Suggest Five Things To Be Considered Before Purchasing An Airplane Kit

So you're looking into the new year, and you've decided THIS is the year you're finally going to get started building your own airplane. Good for you. It's going to be a challenging, but rewarding undertaking no matter what. But it's never a bad idea to get some advice from people who have some experience in the arena ... such as Hartzell Propeller.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (01.03.17)

“Just as EAA has drawn from the ideas and abilities of its members through its first 65 years, the Founders’ Innovation Prize allows a pathway for these creative ideas in flight safety." Source: Sean Elliott, EAA’s vice president of advocacy and safety.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (01.03.17): Ultralight Vehicle

A single-occupant aeronautical vehicle operated for sport or recreational purposes which does not require FAA registration, an airworthiness certificate, nor pilot certification.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.03.17)

How the FAA’s War on Drones Is Killing a Popular Pastime

From The Daily Signal, Jason Snead is a policy analyst in The Heritage Foundation's Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, offer his take on the FAA's drone regulations, and why they are detrimental to model aviation.

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