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All News

March 30, 2019

Air Force Announces Ellsworth AFB As First B-21 Base

Whiteman AFB, MO And Dyess AFB, TX Will Receive B-21s As They Become Available

The Air Force announced Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, has been selected as the preferred location for the first operational B-21 Raider bomber and the formal training unit, March 27.

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NBAA Announces Executive Promotions, New Association Division

Mike Nichols, CAM, CAE, Named Senior Vice President, Strategy And Innovation

The NBAA has announced the recent promotions of three long-time NBAA team members, as well as the formation of a new Strategy & Innovation Division.

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Embraer Praetor Completes Certification Flight Tests

Reportedly On Track For Approval Mid-2019

Embraer has competed certifications flight tests for its new Praetor 600 business jets. Multiple media sources indicate that the flight test program accrued 339 flight hours and 472 flight cycles, with the maturity campaign so far collecting another 32.2 flight hours and 14 flight cycles.

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NASA Gets First Air-To-Air Images Of Supersonic Shockwave Interaction In Flight

'We Never Dreamt That It Would Be This Clear, This Beautiful'

Physical Scientist J.T. Heineck of NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley gets his first glimpse at a set of long-awaited images, and takes a moment to reflect on more than 10 years of technique development – an effort that has led to a milestone for NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate.

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Raytheon Developing New Version Of Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar

Doubles Surveillance Range Of U-2 Aircraft

Raytheon is developing a new version of the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar that flies on the U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft under a $320 million undefinitized contract from the U.S. Air Force.

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Challenger Center Founder Loses Home To Fire

Firefighters Worked To Save NASA Memorabilia In The Home

The home of the founding director of The Challenger Center was significantly damaged in a fire Wednesday, losing at least some of the NASA memorabilia that was stored in the home.

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Jet Linx Achieves Private Aviation Milestone

Flight From Scottsdale To Omaha Breaks 100 Million Mile Mark

Jet Linx, the third-largest aircraft management company (Part 135) in the United States, has achieved a significant milestone in private aviation. Jet Linx surpassed the 100 million mile threshold following a 1,085.2-mile flight from Scottsdale, AZ to Omaha, NE on Sunday, March 24. The announcement was made today by Jamie Walker, president & CEO of Jet Linx Aviation.

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Spaceflight Prepares To Send 21 Rideshare Satellites Aboard PSLV C45

Represents Spaceflight’s Eighth Launch On A PSLV

Spaceflight, a satellite rideshare and mission management provider, will launch 21 spacecraft on a rideshare mission from India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) at India’s Satish Dhawan Space Center. The launch is scheduled for Mon., April 1, 2019 Indian Standard Time (Sun., March 31 PDT). Payloads aboard the mission include the Astrocast-02 3U cubesat from Switzerland-based Astrocast and Flock 4a, 20 next-generation Dove satellites from Planet.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (03.30.19)

“These three bomber bases are well suited for the B-21. We expect the first B-21 Raider to be delivered beginning in the mid-2020s.” Source: Secretary of the Air Force Heather A. Wilson, on the B-21 basing announcement. The airplanes will be located at Ellsworth, Whiteman and Dyess Air Force Bases.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.30.19): Slaved Compass

A system whereby the heading gyro is “slaved to,” or continuously corrected to bring its direction readings into agreement with a remotely located magnetic direction sensing device (usually a flux valve or flux gate compass).

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.30.19)

Air Medical Physician Association The Air Medical Physician Association is the largest professional organization of physicians dedicated to rotor wing (helicopter), fixed wing (airplane) and critical care ground transport. With over 400 members nationally and internationally the Association represents extensive expertise in the field of medical transport.

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