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June 19, 2019

Airborne 06.19.19: Skydive Record, UAL Discrimination Suit, Textron Jobs

Also: ASKA Flying Car, SpaceX Sues U.S., Mitsubishi MU-2 SAIB, Aviation Safety Resources
 
An international team of 20 skydivers are claiming a new world record by completing four different formations on the same skydive while flying in an upright position on Sunday, May 26. The team traveled from around the globe for the record event at Skydive Spaceland—Houston in Rosharon, Texas. After leaping from an aircraft more than 16,000 feet above the ground, the group built the formations flying in a position that looks like sitting in a chair—“upright” in skydiving lingo. They had less than 60 seconds to complete the formations. United Airlines pilot Clarence Williams has filed a lawsuit against the carrier claiming racial discrimination

IndiGo Places $20 Billion LEAP-1A Engine Order With CFM

Largest Ever Single Engine Order In History

IndiGo announced today that it has ordered CFM International LEAP-1A engines to power 280 Airbus A320neo and A321neo aircraft. The contract, which includes spare engines and an overhaul support agreement, is valued at more than $20 billion U.S. at list price.

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Boeing, International Airlines Group Build On 777X Order With Services Agreement

IAG's British Airways Signs Up For Boeing Service To Gain Convenient Global Access To Parts

Boeing and International Airlines Group (IAG) have signed two agreements at the Paris Air Show that will provide key services for IAG's British Airways, including parts for the airline's Airbus A320 family and its Boeing 777 fleet.

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FAA Proposes $715,438 Civil Penalty Against Allegiant Air

Allegedly Operated Multiple Flights Following Improper Engine Maintenance

The FAA has proposed a $715,438 civil penalty against Allegiant Air, LLC, of Las Vegas for allegedly operating an aircraft on more than two dozen flights following improper engine maintenance.

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ExpressJet Airlines Begins Embraer E175 Service

Carrier Is Adding 25 New E175s To Its Fleet This Year

ExpressJet Airlines has begun service with its newest aircraft type, the Embraer E175, when the first flight, UA4042 departed Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport last week.

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TBM 940 Debuts At The 2019 Paris Air Show

First Delivery To A Customer Was Completed Last Week

Daher is showcasing the TBM 940 at the 2019 Paris Air Show following the start-up of deliveries for this newest member of its very fast turboprop aircraft product line.

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Middle East Airlines Orders Four Airbus A321XLRs

MEA Is The Launch Customer For The Latest Variant Of The A321neo Family

Middle East Airlines (MEA), the flag carrier of Lebanon, has signed a firm order for four A321XLRs, making it the launch airline customer of Airbus latest evolution of the winning A321neo family.

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Universal Avionics Unveils Next Generation Software-Based FMS

Offers Innovative Pilot Interface To Support Full Augmentation Between Wearable/Head-Up Displays & Flight Deck

Universal Avionics (UA) has introduced the ClearVision Interactive-FMS (i-FMS), a software-based FMS designed to be an end-supplier solution for flight management in an Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) infrastructure. The i-FMS offers the latest in Human-Machine Interface (HMI) by augmenting Head-Up Displays (HUD) and Head-Wearable Displays (HWD) to the flight deck itself, allowing pilots to ‘fly-by-sight.’ Certification is expected during the second half of 2020.

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Collins Joins Sikorsky In Revolutionizing Approach To Autonomous Flight

Developing New Fly-By-Wire Technology As Part Of Sikorsky's Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) System

Collins Aerospace Systems and Sikorsky have developed a new technologically advanced fly-by-wire retrofit solution that enables autonomous flight for rotary and fixed wing aircraft. The technology was demonstrated as part of Sikorsky's Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) system. Sikorsky's S-70 OPV Black Hawk flew for the first time on May 29 as part of the DARPA Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program.

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Yak-52 Down During Airshow In Poland

Airplane Entered A Flat Spin Before Impacting The Vistula River

The German pilot of a Yak-52 was fatally injured Saturday during the 7th Air Picnic in Plock, Poland. The pilot was not identified, but described as a former pilot for Lufthansa.

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GA-ASI's I2C Makes Situational Awareness More Affordable

Employs Automation & UX-Based Design

The new Integrated Intelligence Center (I2C) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) presents innovative ways to improve the user experience for operators of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) using automation and user experience-based design (UX).

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Extra-Large Airplane For Sale ... Flown Once

Vulcan Is Looking For A Buyer For The Stratolaunch Aircraft

The Stratolaunch aircraft, developed to launch small payloads into space from a conventional runway, is being offered for sale by Vulcan, the holding company founded by the late Paul Allen.

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United Airlines Pilot Helps Out A Stranded College Student

Paid For Her Flight Back To School When Weather Forced A Diversion To Seattle

When a college student returning to Pacific University in Oregon found herself stranded in Seattle due to a weather diversion, a United Airlines pilot, who is also a dad, came to her rescue.

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Airborne 06.17.19: Riley Flies!, An-124s Ordered Seized, Contaminated Fuel

Also: FAA Revokes, SAIB For Collins Pro Line, EAA Chapter 534 Scholarship, AAR Airlift Penalized

Some times... we forget what this aviation gig is all about... we get so wrapped up in the technology, the regs, the numbers, the physics, the business... that we often forget that flying is fun, inspirational, joyful and a motivating force in many a young life. Meet Riley Speidel... a 14 year old young lady who has been her Dad’s flying buddy for quite a while and his student throughout... over 100 flight hours, so far. Riley has been training in a motorglider, which allows her to solo at an earlier a

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FAA Announces New Supersonic Rulemaking

Modifies And Clarifies Existing Regulatory Procedures To Obtain FAA Approval To Test Supersonic Aircraft

In remarks during an Innovation Panel before Paris Air Show attendees Monday, FAA Acting Administrator Dan Elwell said the U.S. will ensure and enable safer and more innovative technologies to enter new aviation segments.  

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IAG Announces Intent To Buy 200 Boeing 737 MAX Airplanes

Purchase Would Include 737 MAX 8 And MAX 10 Jets

One of the world's largest airline groups announced today it plans to build its future fleet with the Boeing 737 MAX with an intention to purchase 200 MAX jets. International Airlines Group (IAG) and Boeing said the two companies have been in discussions regarding the opportunity and signed a letter of intent at the Paris Air Show in a deal that would be valued at more than $24 billion, per list prices.

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Embraer Foresees World Demand For 10,550 New Aircraft With Up To 150 Seats

Releases 20-Year Forecast At Paris Air Show

Embraer forecasts that the next 20 years will see a steady market demand for 10,550 new aircraft with up to 150 seats worldwide, worth $600 billion. Market growth will drive 55% of total demand and the remaining 45% will be delivered to replace aging aircraft.

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De Havilland Aircraft Of Canada Takes Flight

Formally Receives The Type Certificates For The Entire Dash 8 Aircraft Program At The Paris Air Show

The iconic De Havilland aviation brand is continuing its return to global prominence at the Paris Air Show. In a ceremony at the event, De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited formally received the Type Certificates for the entire Dash 8 aircraft program, including the 100, 200 and 300 series and the in-production 400.

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First Teams Enter The Inaugural Electric Aircraft Air Race

Half The Field Is Set For The Event Planned For Next Year

The field for the world’s first ever electric aircraft air race is already halfway there with four teams having entered the inaugural Air Race E event to be held next year.

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Eviation Christens A New Era of All-Electric Aviation In Paris

Debuts Its Commercial-Scale 'Alice' Plane And Announces First Commercial Customer, Cape Air

Eviation Aircraft has revealed Alice, the first all-electric commuter plane at the Paris Air Show. To meet existing and pre-sale purchase orders for Alice, Eviation will complete its first flights and begin manufacturing in the U.S. in 2019, and, in conjunction with commercial customers and the FAA, will bring certified fleets to market in 2022.

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TPS Logistics, ASX Hope To Revolutionize Cargo Logistics With eVTOL

Detroit-Based Aviation Start-Up And Global Logistics Innovation And Services Company Sign Memorandum Of Understanding

Airspace Experience Technologies (ASX), an aviation technology start-up, re-imagining personal air transportation and global logistics innovation and services leader, TPS Logistics have signed a memorandum of understanding targeted at evaluating the future market opportunities of introducing electric take off and landing, wing-lifted (eVTOL) aircraft into the logistics value-chain.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (06.19.19)

“The U.S. Department of Transportation and the FAA are committed toward the safe and environmentally-sound research and development of supersonic aircraft.” Source: Acting FAA Administrator Dan Elwell, announcing an NPRM regarding supersonic aircraft testing and approval.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.19.19): Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)

An unmanned aircraft and its associated elements related to safe operations, which may include control stations (ground, ship, or air based), control links, support equipment, payloads, flight termination systems, and launch/recovery equipment.  

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.19.19)

Anthony Mackie Cast As A Drone Pilot In Netflix's 'Outside The Wire'

Anthony Mackie has been cast in the upcoming movie "Outside the Wire", a sci-fi flick set in the future where he plays a drone pilot who ends up working for an android to locate a doomsday device.

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