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April 23, 2019

Airborne-Unmanned 04.23.19: AUVSI Comments, Parrot ANAFI Thermal, Rega Drone

Also: MetaVista World Record, Family Drone Festival, Drone Workforce Solutions, Intelligent Energy

AUVSI says the FAA's proposed rules for operating sUAS over people and for safe and secure small UAS operations are too restrictive and do not consider the safety or societal benefits of the technology. In comments submitted to the FAA, AUVSI also urges the agency to adopt rules for flying UAS at night and requiring the use of remote identification. “The FAA has taken a prescriptive approach to these two proposed regulations, which are overly conservative and too restrictive,” said Brian Wynne,

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Texas Bar Aviation Law Section Offers CLE Program

Held In Conjunction With The State Bar Annual Meeting In June

The Aviation Law Section of the State Bar of Texas is offering a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) program on the morning of Thursday, June 13, 2019 at the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting being held from June 13-14, 2019 at the JW Marriott in Austin, Texas.

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Airborne 04.22.19: Cirrus Emergency AD, Indoor Skydiving, Praetor 600

Also: CFI PROficiency Initiative, Damaged Falcon Heavy Core, Enhanced MD 969, ICAO’s 193rd Member

To the surprise of few who have chronicled the many issues troubling the Cirrus SF50 program, the FAA has issued an emergency AD for SF50 Vision Jets following multiple reports of the stall warning and protection system (SWPS) or Electronic Stability & Protection (ESP) System engaging when not appropriate. The SWPS or ESP systems may engage even when sufficient airspeed and proper angle of attack (AOA) exists for normal flight. This AD requires replacing the AOA sensors with improved AOA sensors,

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Airborne-Unmanned 04.16.19: Wing Delivers, SpaceIL Attempt, Utah Legislature

Also: AUVSI Keynote Speakers, CA SAR Upgrades, UAVOS Advanced Data Link, FLIR Invests

Google’s ‘Wing’ has launched a drone delivery service in North Canberra, Australia. Through Wing’s service, customers can order a variety of items on Wing’s mobile app, and have them delivered directly to their homes via UAS in minutes. Since 2014, Wing has been testing UAS delivery in Australia. Over the last year and a half, Wing has made more than 3,000 deliveries to Australian homes in Fernleigh Park, Royalla and Bonython communities, delivering food, small household items and over the

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (04.23.19)

“Drones are unlikely to replace people on the ground because searchers are too good at their jobs. However, what drones can do is address these niche problems of the search process by providing large-scale data that can help a search team make better decisions.” Source: Ryan Williams, an assistant professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering within the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (04.23.19): Mandatory Altitude

An altitude depicted on an instrument approach chart with the altitude value both underscored and overscored.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.23.19)

Sun 'n Fun 2019 Grand Champions

Sun 'n Fun had some great-looking airplanes on the field earlier this month, but which were the best of the best? Check out today's Aero-Linx to find out.

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