Also: NTSB Video, AirVenture Innovation Preview, Gone West: Bob Hall, Proton Launch Anomaly, Illinois Airports, UAL Glitch, WAI Scholarships

While the recent drop in oil prices has been welcomed by drivers and other users of petroleum products, it has also suppressed the market for oil production support equipment, such as helicopters used in offshore exploration for oil.

That, along with a softer market for international military products, means that Sikorsky has sent layoff notices to some 1,400 workers, over 700 from its Coatesville, Pennsylvania facility, alone. Marines and sailors have worked together since May 18 to conduct Operational Testing 1, they call it OT-1, to assess the integration of the F-35B Lightning-II at sea aboard the USS Wasp. Tavares, Florida identifies itself as "America's Seaplane City", and in an effort to bolster that image, the City Council is proposing to waive impact fees for new seaplane businesses that locate in the city. Impact fees are generally collected from a business or developer to help offset the costs of constructing new infrastructure associated with the business. The Orlando Sentinel reports that the impact fees for a seaplane business in Tavares can be as high as $40,000. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!! 

Airborne 06.05.15 is chock full of info in this Daily news episode for Friday, June 5th, 2015... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Brianne Cross, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:

• Sikorsky To Idle Over 1,400 Workers
• Marines Make Progress With F-35B During OT-1
• City Of Tavares, FL Look To Attract More Seaplane Businesses 
• NTSB Releases First–Ever Video Companion To Accident Report
• Barnstorming: Introducing The AirVenture Innovation Preview
• Gone West: Air Show Boss Bob Hall 
• Roscosmos Releases Russian State Commission's Findings On Proton Launch Anomaly
• Illinois Airports In Line For $1.4 Million In Federal AIP Funds
• United Flights Grounded By 'Computer Glitch' 
• WAI Offers Seven New Scholarships For 2016

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