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December 28, 2019

AUVSI Supports Release Of Remote ID NPRM

Wynne: 'The Importance Of Remote ID Regulations Cannot Be Overstated'

AUVSI welcomes the FAA's release of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for drone Remote ID, but the association has not yet taken a stand on the proposed rule.

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Flexjet Accepts First Delivery Of The New Embraer Praetor 500

Initial Airplane Delivered Just Weeks After Being Ordered

Embraer has delivered the first of a $1.4 billion multiple-airplane order for its new Praetor 500 to Flexjet. The order for the Praetor 500 and 600 aircraft and Phenom 300 light jets was announced in October. Flexjet is the fleet launch customer for the Praetor 500, expanding its fleet of superior midsized aircraft.

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Lufthansa Aviation Training Selects FlightSafety E2 Sim, Cabin Trainer

Will Be Installed At The Lufthansa Training Center In Zurich, Switzerland In June

FlightSafety International has been selected by Lufthansa Aviation Training GmbH to provide a full flight simulator and cabin trainer for the Embraer E2 190-300 aircraft. The devices are scheduled to be installed at the Lufthansa Training Center in Zurich, Switzerland in June 2020.

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Saab Providing Digital Air Traffic Services For New Airport In Sweden

Scandinavian Mountains Airport In Salen Is The First New Airport To Open In That Country In 20 Years

At the first new airport to open in Sweden in 20 years, Saab is providing the on-site camera tower and digital air traffic control services from Saab’s remote tower center in Sundsvall.

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Boeing Appoints Golightly To Lead Communications

Joins Boeing From Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

The Boeing Company has named Niel Golightly as the company's senior vice president of Communications, effective Jan. 1, 2020. He succeeds Anne Toulouse, who previously announced her plans to retire in early 2020.

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Car Hits Huey Cobra In Drunk Driving Accident

Helicopter Was Parked On The Side Of The Road By A Veteran's Charity

A 1967 AH-1F Cobra helicopter what was part of a display set up by a local Columbia, SC veterans charity was damaged when a drunk driver ran into the aircraft last week.

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Chinese Counter-Drone Measure Disrupted GPS On Manned Aircraft

Pig Farmers Were Trying To Protect Their Herds From Swine Flu

A counter-drone measure employed by one of the largest pork producers in China had an unintended consequence. It disrupted the GPS signals being used by manned aircraft flying overhead.

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Louisiana Church Blesses An Entire Town

Used A Crop Duster To Spray Holy Water Over Cow Island

A Roman Catholic in a small Louisiana town blessed the entire town using a crop duster loaded with holy water.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (12.28.19)

“The importance of remote ID regulations cannot be overstated, as they are necessary to enable advanced and expanded operations such as flights over people and beyond line of sight." Source: AUVSI resident and CEO Brian Wynne.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (12.28.19): Final Monitor Controller

Air Traffic Control Specialist assigned to radar monitor the flight path of aircraft during simultaneous parallel (approach courses spaced less than 9000 feet/9200 feet above 5000 feet) and simultaneous close parallel approach operations.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (12.28.19)

Pilot, 73, who died with passenger, 63, in a plane crash had sparked a diplomatic incident ten years ago.

From The Daily Mail newspaper, the story of William Scott-Bloxam, who was one of five Queenslanders, along with his wife Vera, who were detained in Merauke in the Indonesian province of West Papua in September 2008 after landing in the country without a visa.

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