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May 26, 2017

Airborne 05.26.17: Elvis' Jetstar, ACJ330neo, Redbull's Muroya Aims For Chiba

Also: Revitalizing The Aero-Verse, NAAA's Concerns, 737 Air Tankers, SD Air & Space Museum, LAX Mishap, Avidyne

After sitting on a runway in Roswell, NM for more than 30 years, a significant piece of Elvis memorabilia is about to go under the auctioneer's gavel. The King's private JetStar airplane will be auctioned on May 27 by GWS Auctions in California. The opening bid is $10,000, but the auction house estimates the value of the airplane, which is missing its engines, at between $2 and $3.5 million. The aircraft is said to be the "lost" jet that Elvis owned with his father, Vernon Presley. Airbus

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Airborne 05.26.17: Elvis' Jetstar, ACJ330neo, Redbull's Muroya Aims For Chiba

Also: Revitalizing The Aero-Verse, NAAA's Concerns, 737 Air Tankers, SD Air & Space Museum, LAX Mishap, Avidyne 

 

After sitting on a runway in Roswell, NM for more than 30 years, a significant piece of Elvis memorabilia is about to go under the auctioneer's gavel. The King's private JetStar airplane will be auctioned on May 27 by GWS Auctions in California. The opening bid is $10,000, but the auction house estimates the value of the airplane, which is missing its engines, at between $2 and $3.5 million. The aircraft is said to be the "lost" jet that Elvis owned with his father, Vernon Presley. Airbus Corporate Jets has launched a private jet version of its new A330neo. Called the ACJ330neo, it will fly 25 passengers 9,400 nm or 20 hours

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NATA Announces Industry Excellence Awards Recipients For 2016

Presented To Individuals And Companies For Promoting Safety Culture

NATA has announced the recipients of its Industry Excellence Awards, presented annually to individuals, offices, and organizations demonstrating superior service to the aviation business community, particularly through their efforts in advancing general aviation’s safety-first culture.

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Duncan Aviation Completes Eight Dassault Falcon 7X 1C Inspections

Has Received Commitments For Additional Inspections Through January 2018

Duncan Aviation’s first Dassault Falcon 7X 1C inspection aircraft arrived at its Lincoln, Neb., MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul) facility in January 2016. This week, out of its Battle Creek, Mich., MRO facility, the company delivered its eighth, with confirmed commitments for more through January 2018 at both facilities. 

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Southwest Airlines Announces Leadership Changes

Bob Jordan To Replace Jeff Lamb As EVP Of Corporate Services

Southwest Airlines has announced that Executive Vice President of Corporate Services Jeff Lamb has decided to leave the Company to assume a Leadership position at Highland Homes, where he currently serves on their Board of Directors. Lamb's last day at Southwest will be June 30.

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USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory Breaks Record

Student-Run RPL Launches Rocket Of Own Design To 144,000 Feet

Over 70 members of the USC Rocket Propulsion Lab (RPL) trekked to Spaceport America in March to launch Fathom II, a rocket designed and manufactured entirely by USC students.

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Flight Ambulance International Accepts Gold Award For Safety From EBAA

Presented To Companies Operating Business Aircraft For 40 Years Or 80,000 Hours Without An Accident

Flight Ambulance International has been awarded the prestigious 2017 Gold Safety of Flight Award by the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) during the EBACE Convention’s 40th annual event in Geneva, Switzerland. The Gold Award is awarded to member companies operating business aircraft for forty years or 80,000 hours without an accident. 

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Boeing To Broaden Support For Navy, Marine F/A-18 Readiness

Modification, Repair, Overhaul Work At Cecil Field Extended

Boeing will upgrade additional F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet fighters for the Navy and Marine Corps through a recently awarded $238 million contract extension.

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P&WC 'Proactive Help Desk' Open To PW300 BizAv Operators

Launches Personalized Service to PW300 Engine Customers Enrolled in the ESPTM Pay-Per-Hour Program

Pratt & Whitney Canada is launching a “proactive help desk” under its suite of Digital Engine Services as a next step in providing preventative, data-driven maintenance management and “consulting services” support to customers. It will be rolled out to other engine families in the future, including the new PurePower PW800 engine family.

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Boeing Taps ViaSat's Small Tactical Terminal For USMC AV-8B Harriers

Contract Has A Potential Value Of $20 Million

ViaSat Inc.has received a contract from Boeing to deliver its KOR-24A Small Tactical Terminals (STT) for integration onto Boeing's AV-8B Harrier attack aircraft for United States Marine Corps (USMC) and international customers. The contract is worth approximately $20 million including exercisable options.

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Moon Rock Sample To Be Sold At Auction

Owner Anticipates Getting At Least $2 Million

Nancy Lee Carlson owns something that NASA would really like to have back ... a sample of moon dust collected by Neil Armstrong on his his historic mission to the moon. Carlson purchased the sample at an online auction on behalf of the US. Marshal's service several years ago.

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Colorado's First Private Airport Is Now A Vague Memory

Hangar At The Former Ruston Field has Been Demolished

There hasn't been an airport there for years, but the last visible remnant of what was Colorado's first private airport has met the wrecking ball.

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DARPA Picks Design For Next-Generation Spaceplane

Agency Partners With Boeing To Build And Fly An Experimental Vehicle For Aircraft-Like Access To Space

DARPA has selected The Boeing Company to complete advanced design work for the Agency’s Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program, which aims to build and fly the first of an entirely new class of hypersonic aircraft that would bolster national security by providing short-notice, low-cost access to space.

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New Waterproof Drone Pitched On Kickstarter

Splash Drone 3 Auto Has A 4K Camera And Floats

The makers of the Splash Drone have introduced the Splash Drone 3 on Kickstarter with two different versions of the floating drone.

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Laguna Beach Passes Revised Drone Ordinance

Changes Made After Meetings With Stakeholders, Including Drone Operators

The city of Laguna Beach, CA has passed a revised drone ordinance that was crafted with the input of residents, law enforcement officials, attorneys, and professional and certified UAS pilots in the community.

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Rocket Lab Successfully Makes It To Space

First Orbital-Class Rocket To Be Launched From A Private Launch Site

Rocket Lab, an American-New Zealand aerospace company, broke new ground Thursday when its Electron rocket reached space at 16:23 NZST.

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Muroya Aims For Double Repeat In Chiba

Red Bull Air Races Returns To East Asia June 3-4

Japanese hometown hero Yoshihide Muroya returns to Chiba on June 3-4 at a career high in the overall Red Bull Air Race World Championship standings. Muroya is the defending race winner in the vibrant seaport city, and he’s also hot off a win in the U.S.; but so far this season, no pilot has managed to stand on the podium more than once. Can Muroya buck the trend? And if not, who will? 

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Air Hamburg Launch Customer For Embraer Legacy 650E

Has Ordered Three Of The Aircraft For Fleet Expansion

Germany-based charter operator Air Hamburg is the launch customer for the new Legacy 650E. Air Hamburg will expand its Embraer business jet fleet with an additional order for three new Legacy 650E. The contract has a value of $77.7 million, based on current list prices, and will be included in the Company’s 2017 second-quarter backlog. The aircraft fleet delivery is scheduled for the third quarter of this year. The agreement was announced on the opening day of the 17th European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Klyde Morris 05.26.17

Don't You Go Where The Huskies Go, And Just Ignore The Status Quo

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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Airborne 05.25.17: DJI Spark!, S. Lakeland Airport, Moon Rock Sample

Also: Airbus Corporate Helos, Airborne Expansion, Gulfstream G600, Gogo Business, MilFuel, Aerion And GE, Pro Line Fusion

DJI has just introduced the Spark, which they call an "easy-to-use, fun-to-fly mini camera drone that lifts off from the palm of your hand to capture and share the special moments in your life on the go." The little drone’s aims are clear... keep it simple... using a number of new control concepts that range from an ingenious cadre of specialized hand gestures to mobile device control to quasi-conventional Flight controllers... and to incorporate scads of accessories and additi

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Five Hurt Evacuating United Airlines Flight At Newark Liberty

Aircraft's Engine Caught Fire Prior To Takeoff Tuesday Night

Newark Liberty International Airport (KEWR) was shut down briefly on Tuesday when an engine on a United Airlines Boeing 757 caught fire before take off on a flight to San Francisco.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (05.26.17)

“The XS-1 would be neither a traditional airplane nor a conventional launch vehicle but rather a combination of the two, with the goal of lowering launch costs by a factor of ten and replacing today’s frustratingly long wait time with launch on demand.” Source: Jess Sponable, DARPA XS-1 program manager.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.26.17): Safety Logic System

A software enhancement to ASDE−3, ASDE−X, and ASSC, that predicts the path of aircraft landing and/or departing, and/or vehicular movements on runways.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.26.17)

European Regions Airlines Association

According to the site, ERA is, and will remain, the principal body that represents the interests of organizations involved in intra-European air transport by influencing regulatory and environmental conditions, facilitating technical cooperation and advancement, and gaining public and political support. 

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