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September 01, 2015

Airborne 09.01.15: RV-12 Milestone, MH370 Wreckage... NOT?, Sling 2 To Hawaii

Also: JetFuelX, Aero-Calendar, CEO Lends Corporate Jet, Citation Latitude Delivers, Trans States Pilots, Airbus Heli’s H175, Pink King Air

Van’s Aircraft tells us that On August 27, their shipping department had several orders to fill, and by the end of the day, they’d rolled the 937th RV-12 kit empennage package onto the shipping dock. While the number 937 seems like an odd number to celebrate, Van’s says that combined with the S-LSA “fly-away” RV-12s the company has constructed, the total number of RV-12 empennage kits produced and sold now totals one thousand. Despi

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Airborne 09.01.15: RV-12 Milestone, MH370 Wreckage... NOT?, Sling 2 To Hawaii

Also: JetFuelX, Aero-Calendar, CEO Lends Corporate Jet, Citation Latitude Delivers, Trans States Pilots, Airbus Heli’s H175, Pink King Air

Van’s Aircraft tells us that On August 27, their shipping department had several orders to fill, and by the end of the day, they’d rolled the 937th RV-12 kit empennage package onto the shipping dock. While the number 937 seems like an odd number to celebrate, Van’s says that combined with the S-LSA “fly-away” RV-12s the company has constructed, the total number of RV-12 empennage kits produced and sold now totals one thousand. Despite the fact that Malaysian authorities have said with certainty that the airplane part found on Reunion Island is from the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777, which went missing March

CA Pilot Flying For Wounded Warriors Fatally Injured In Accident

Was Helping Launch Gliders When The Plane Went Down

A San Diego area test pilot was fatally injured Thursday when the PA-25 Pawnee he was flying went down in the desert north of Los Angeles, CA.

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French Authorities Question Source Of Reunion Island Debris

Can't Say With Certainty That Flaperon Is From MH370

French authorities are not ready to say with certainty whether the flaperon that washed up on Reunion Island in late July is a part of a missing Malaysian airliner, according to sources close to the investigation.

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North Dakota Police May Get Taser-Equipped UAVs

Law Allows 'Non-Lethal' Weapons On Police Unmanned Aircraft

A new law which went into effect in North Dakota August 1 allows police UAVs to carry 'non-lethal' weapons such as Tasers, rubber bullets, and tear gas.

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Piper Apache Pilot Says He Collided With A UAV

Report Unconfirmed, But Airplane Damaged

There has been an unconfirmed report that a Piper PA-23-250 was involved in a mid-air collision with a small UAS near Lewis University in Illinois last week.

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FAA Grants Section 333 Exemption For Powered Paper Airplane

Lawyer And Pilot Peter Sachs Receives Exemption To Fly A Paper Airplane Commercially

Make of this what you will. The FAA last week granted a Section 333 exemption to noted UAV advocate, lawyer, and commercial helicopter pilot Peter Sachs for his PowerUp 3.0 smartphone-controlled powered paper airplane.

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NASA Concludes Series Of Engine Tests For Next-Gen Rocket

RS-25 Testing Wrapped Up Last Week

NASA has completed the first developmental test series on the RS-25 engines that will power the agency’s new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on missions deeper into space than ever before.

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Boeing Receives $1.49 Billion Contract For 13 P-8A Poseidons

US Navy Orders 2nd Full-Rate Production Lot Including First Aircraft For Australia

Boeing will provide the first P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft for Australia and additional P-8As for the U.S. Navy following a $1.49 billion contract award from the Navy for 13 aircraft.

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Airbus Helicopters’ H175 Reaches 1,000 Flight Hours With NHV Group

High Reliability Demonstrated In Tightly-Scheduled North Sea Oil And Gas Missions

NHV Group has logged the first 1,000 flight hours with the H175, proving this super-medium-sized rotorcraft’s capabilities and reliability in highly demanding operations, especially the transportation of crews and supplies to off-shore oil and gas platforms – the primary mission for which it was designed.

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Army Receives New Raven UAS Camera Upgrade

Gimbaled Camera Improves Situational Awareness For Operators, Better Images

Selected U.S. Army units at Fort Hood, TX have received an upgrade to their Raven unmanned aerial systems during an initiative at the base last week.

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JetFuelX Brings First Free Aviation Fuel Price Finder To Market

Company Aims To Eliminate Hassles Of Traditional Fuel Cards

JetFuelX has launched a new jet fuel price management tool for aircraft owners and corporate flight departments. Developed by pilots for operators, the program is free, fast, and can be used on any mobile device.

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Cameras Delivered For NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission

Launch Prep Continues For 2016 Flight

The first U.S. mission to return samples of an asteroid to Earth is another step closer to its fall 2016 launch, with the delivery of three cameras that will image and map the giant space rock.

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Japanese Magazine Alleges Prostitution Between Flight Attendants And Pilots

Says FAs Are Supplementing Dwindling Income By Accepting Money For Sex

A Japanese magazine has alleged that there is a growing problem of prostitution on the part of flight attendants needing to supplement their shrinking salaries.

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Aero-TV: Updating Your Attitude - BendixKing’s KI300 Solid State Electronic Attitude Indicator

Slowly But Surely, BendixKing Builds A Whole New Product Line

While at EAA AirVenture 2015, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, took some time to get an attitude check. He did this by stopping by the Bendix King display and talking with Justin Ryan, who is the president of BendixKing. The topic of their discussion was the new BendixKing KI 300 solid-state attitude indicator.

Aero-TV: Updating Your Attitude - BendixKing’s KI300 Solid State Electronic AI

Slowly But Surely, BendixKing Builds A Whole New Product Line

While at EAA AirVenture 2015, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, took some time to get an attitude check. He did this by stopping by the Bendix King display and talking with Justin Ryan, who is the president of BendixKing. The topic of their discussion was the new BendixKing KI 300 solid-state attitude indicator. Ryan explained that BendixKing has listened to its customers that wanted a better way to provide attitude reference for their BendixKing auto flight systems. The new KI 300 is designed to replace the mechanical gyro-driven KI

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FAA Updates NOTAMs For Obama Visit To Alaska

Multiple TFRs In Place Over The Next Several Days

The FAA has posted details for TFRs for President Obama's visit to Alaska this week. The NOTAMS cover the period from August 31- Sept. 2 at Anchorage, Dillingham, Kotzebue, and Seward in Alaska.

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Newport, VT Man Faces Federal Charges After Airplane Accident

Accused Of Falsifying Medical Form In Order To Keep Flying

On August 17, 2015, Luc Quirion, of Newport, Vermont, was charged via criminal complaint and arrested by DOT-OIG agents for making a false statement to the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Deliveries Of Citation Latitude Underway

Airplane Has Embarked On A 39-Airport U.S. Tour

Cessna Aircraft Company has completed the first deliveries of its newest midsize jet, the Cessna Citation Latitude, and launched a national tour to demonstrate the airplane.

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Sling 2 Arrives In Hawaii On Around-The-World Attempt

Flew From California To Honolulu In 21 Hours

A Sling 2 airplane built by The Airplane Factory in South Africa has completed the California-to-Hawaii leg of its circumnavigation attempt.

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AeroSports Update: Van’s RV-12 Reaches A Milestone

Van’s Aircraft Proves That People Are Interested In Amateur-Built Light Sport Aircraft

It’s hard to determine how many people are exercising sport pilot privileges while holding a higher level pilot certificate because the FAA only keeps track of actual new certificates issued. However, one way to get a feel for it is to look at the sales of kit-built airplanes designed to qualify as an LSA.

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Textron Delivers Pink King Air To Wheels Up

Airplane Will Help Raise Awareness For Breast Cancer

A Beech King Air 350i in colorful livery has been delivered by Textron to Wheels Up. The airplane is adorned in shades of pink to help raise awareness for breast cancer.

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Pilot Fatally Injured Rehearsing For Air Show

Plane Went Down Friday In Orange County, NY

A pilot practicing for the New York Air Show in New Windsor, NY was fatally injured Friday when the Giles G-202 aerobatic aircraft he was flying suffered a catastrophic in-flight failure and went down.

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Airborne 08.31.15: CAP 'Total Force' Upgrade, NBAA v User Fees, Airshow Loss

Also: Buzz Aldrin Space Institute, Drone Spots Shark, Texting Accident, SECAF At BellHeli, B4UFLY App, NTSB MidAir Prelim, ERAU Drones

Last week ANN’s Jim Campbell was fortunate to be at the CAP National Conference when it was announced that General Mark A. Welsh announced the official recognition of the Civil Air Patrol as the fourth member of the Air Force Total Force team. The official recognition reflects CAP’s key and continuing contributions to the Air Force mission working with the Active, Guard and Reserve components to provide the Air Force with a full spectrum of distinct and comple

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (09.01.15)

"Success! After a 21-hour flight, they landed with more than 2 hours of fuel endurance remaining, and further than their original destination (Honolulu instead of Maui)." Source: Facebook post announcing that the Sling 2 had arrived in Hawaii on its around-the-world attempt.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (09.01.15): Kit

A Kit is an unassembled aircraft, it arrives as packages of parts it must be assembled.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (09.01.15)

Nav Canada

Canada's civil air navigation services provider is a private sector, non-share capital corporation financed through publicly-traded debt.

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