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ICAO Holds Inaugural Innovation Fair

Highlights Critical Importance Of New R&D To Aviation Safety, Security, Sustainability

Opening ICAO’s first ever Innovation Fair in Montréal Sunday, ICAO Council President Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu highlighted the critical importance of new technologies to the continued safety, security, and sustainability of flight.

Oceans Unmanned Provides Drone Training For NOAA

Included Classroom Instruction And Hands-On Flights

Oceans Unmanned, Inc., in partnership with DARTDrones, recently trained seven NOAA ship officers and Navigation Response Team members on drone operations at the NOAA Marine Operations Center in Newport, OR. The successful two-day training included classroom instruction and hands-on flights focused on vessel-based research and mapping missions.

Jazz Launches Jazz Aviation Pathways Program For Flight Attendants

First Agreement Signed With Georgian College

Jazz Aviation has launched a new program which provides a direct career path to flight attendant positions at Jazz for qualified candidates. The new program, called the Jazz Aviation Pathways Program for Flight Attendants, follows in the footsteps of Jazz's successful Jazz Aviation Pathways Program for Pilots.

Registration Is Open For The EASA Annual Safety Conference 2019

Theme For The Event Is 'Airline Operational Safety: A Vision For The Future'

EASA's Annual Safety Conference 2019 'Airline Operational Safety – A Vision for the Future' will take place in Helsinki, Finland November 4-5 2019. Industry stakeholders and aviation regulators have already gone a long way towards ensuring ever safer airline operations. Nevertheless, the landscape keeps evolving and new challenges arise continually – it is no time for complacency.

SpiceXpress Expands Air Cargo Capacity

Takes Delivery Of A Boeing 737-800 Converted Freighter

SpiceXpress, SpiceJet’s cargo division, has taken delivery of its first 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) as the India-based carrier expands its air cargo operation to better serve one of the world’s most populated regions and offer new route options.

Air Astana Takes Delivery Of Its First A321LR

Joins Carrier’s Airbus Fleet Of 18 Airbus Aircraft

Air Astana, Kazakhstan’s flag carrier, has taken delivery of its first A321LR on lease from Air Lease Corporation. The A321LR will join Air Astana’s Airbus fleet of 18 Airbus aircraft (eight A320s, four A321s, three A320neo and three A321neo).

UAVOS And Stratodynamics HiDron Glider Sets New Canadian Record

Reached An Altitude Of Over 111,400 Feet

As a part of the joint project between UAVOS and STratodynamics, UAVOS is excited to announce their latest successful record-setting stratospheric flight. The stratospheric glider named the HiDron was released from a Canadian Space Agency scientific gondola at an altitude of 111,434 feet and performed a four hour controlled flight and landed at Iroquois Falls Airport about 50 miles from the Timmins, Ontario launch site.

Barbie U.K. And Virgin Atlantic Partner On New Dolls

Pilot, Cabin Crew And Engineer Barbie Added To The 'Dream Gap' Project

Virgin Atlantic has teamed up with Barbie U.K. to create three special edition dolls. It’s all part of Barbie’s Dream Gap Project, which was launched to tackle the fact that girls as young as five years old begin to develop limiting self-beliefs and doubt their full potential. The Dream Gap Project is an on-going initiative to level the playing field for girls globally and highlight role models to show girls that they can be anything they want to be.

FedEx Pilot Arrested By Chinese Authorities

Being Detained In China For Allegedly Carrying Illegal Ammunition

A FedEx pilot was arrested September 12 and ordered to stay in China for allegedly attempting to carry illegal ammunition aboard a Cathay Pacific flight.

About 150 Gather Near Area 51, But Crowd Is Mostly Quiet

Still, U.S. Military Is Compelled To Apologize For An Inappropriate Tweet

The "Storm Area 51" event that received so much hype the past couple of months turned out to be a fairly quiet non-event, with about 150 people turning out to play in the desert near the secretive military base over the weekend.

Lawsuit Filed Against Amazon, Cargo Contractors In 2019 Fatal Accident

Family Of One Of The Pilots Claim Negligence In Pilot Training And Maintenance Of Aircraft

The family of Elliot Aska, one of the pilots fatally injured in an accident which occurred in February of this year, has sued Amazon and Florida-based companies F&E Aircraft Maintenance and Flightstar Aircraft Services, saying they directly and proximately caused the death" of the pilot.

Belgian AF F-16 Down In France

Both Pilots Ejected, One Became Entangled In Power Lines

A Belgian Air Force F-16 went down in northwestern France Thursday, leaving one of the pilots dangling from power lines for about two hours after he ejected from the airplane.

Airborne 09.23.19: Yeager Sues Airbus, Huge NYC TFR, Area 51 ‘Threat’

Also: Mitsubishi Aircraft, Female Apache Pilot, NASA Funds CubeSat Pathfinder, ARAC DPE Reforms

General Yeager is not done fighting battles, but this time he may not have strategized his plan of attack as well as he might have. General Yeager, along with an attorney known for some ‘interesting’ legal tactics in past skirmishes, are suing European juggernaut Airbus... because he believes they used his name, and rep without his permission... even though what Airbus seems to have done is publish some material related to Yeager’s historical precedents while trying to establish one of

Airborne-Unmanned 09.17.19: Flirtey Unveiling, Silent Arrow, AIRT UAS

Also: Dubai Police, Volocopter $$$, RAF Selects Leonardo, Rafael Acquisition

In an event held last week at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Flirtey unveiled an advanced drone delivery technology aircraft dubbed Flirtey Eagle, and released a video of its next-generation delivery drone performing consumer and automated external defibrillator (AED) deliveries to customer homes. Flirtey's system is designed to safely get packages to customers with the delivery goal of less than 10 minutes using drones. The aircraft designer and manufacturer unveiled the Flirtey Eagle, an advanced delivery drone;

Chipper Aircraft Business Is Up For Sale

Follows Devastating Fire In The Company's Hangar

A fire that ripped through the hangar where James Wiebe was developing the Chipper aircraft has led him to put the business up for sale.

New York City Flight Restrictions In Place During UN General Assembly

Pilots Urged To Check NOTAMs Frequently Through September 29

General aviation pilots who are planning to fly in the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan Area between September 21 and September 29 should check frequently and before every flight to make sure they are aware of the flight restrictions that will be in place for the 74thSession of the United Nations General Assembly.

Dickson Flies 737 MAX Simulator

Still Plans To Fly Actual Airplane Prior To Recertification

FAA Administrator Stephen Dickson flew a 737 MAX simulator at Boeing's facility in Renton, WA on Thursday, but did not offer any evaluation of how the updated MCAS software performed.

Cessna Citation Longitude Business Jet Receives FAA Type Certification

Paves The Way For Start Of Customer Deliveries

The FAA has awarded Type Certification to Textron Aviation's Citation Longitude business jet, paving the way for customer deliveries.

ANSI Calls For Participants In UAS Standardization Collaborative

September Plenary Meeting Provides Focus For Initiating Update To Standardization Roadmap

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has issued a call for participants for its Unmanned Aircraft Systems Standardization Collaborative (UASSC). The announcement follows the UASSC's 2019 plenary meeting held September 12 in Washington, DC, which served as the official launch of an update to the Standardization Roadmap for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, published in December 2018.

U.S. Navy MQ-25 Completes First Flight

Flew A Predetermined Two-Hour Sortie From MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, IL

The Navy and Boeing successfully completed the first test flight of the MQ-25, the first operational carrier-based unmanned refueling aircraft, Sept. 19 from MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois.

Australian Government Commits To Join NASA in Lunar Exploration And Beyond

Prime Minister Scott Morrison Visits NASA Headquarters In Washington, D.C.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced his nation’s intention to join the United States’ Moon to Mars exploration approach, including NASA’s Artemis lunar program.

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (09.24.19)

“The flight of this test asset two years before our first MQ-25 arrives represents the first big step in a series of early learning opportunities that are helping us progress toward delivery of a game-changing capability for the carrier air wing and strike group commanders.” Source: Capt. Chad Reed, the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aviation (PMA-268) program manager.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (09.24.19): Departure Center

The ARTCC having jurisdiction for the airspace that generates a flight to the impacted airport.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (09.24.19)

NCAR Research Applications Laboratory

As the principal laboratory responsible for aviation weather projects for the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), The Research Applications Laboratory (RAL), composed of the former Research Applications Program and the Developmental TestBed Center, has been the recognized leader in aviation weather research and technology since 1980.

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Highlights Critical Importance Of New R&D To Aviation Safety, Security, Sustainability

Included Classroom Instruction And Hands-On Flights

First Agreement Signed With Georgian College

Theme For The Event Is 'Airline Operational Safety: A Vision For The Future'

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Takes Delivery Of A Boeing 737-800 Converted Freighter

Joins Carrier’s Airbus Fleet Of 18 Airbus Aircraft

Reached An Altitude Of Over 111,400 Feet

Pilot, Cabin Crew And Engineer Barbie Added To The 'Dream Gap' Project

Being Detained In China For Allegedly Carrying Illegal Ammunition

Still, U.S. Military Is Compelled To Apologize For An Inappropriate Tweet

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Family Of One Of The Pilots Claim Negligence In Pilot Training And Maintenance Of Aircraft

Both Pilots Ejected, One Became Entangled In Power Lines

Also: Mitsubishi Aircraft, Female Apache Pilot, NASA Funds CubeSat Pathfinder, ARAC DPE Reforms

Also: Dubai Police, Volocopter $$$, RAF Selects Leonardo, Rafael Acquisition

Follows Devastating Fire In The Company's Hangar

Pilots Urged To Check NOTAMs Frequently Through September 29

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Still Plans To Fly Actual Airplane Prior To Recertification

Paves The Way For Start Of Customer Deliveries

September Plenary Meeting Provides Focus For Initiating Update To Standardization Roadmap

Flew A Predetermined Two-Hour Sortie From MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, IL

Prime Minister Scott Morrison Visits NASA Headquarters In Washington, D.C.

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