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September 24, 2015

Airborne 09.24.15: No Drone Zone, Perlan 2 Flies, WAI's 'Girls In Aviation Day'

Also: Airline v Service Dog, API Partner AMA!, Emergency COA For UAV Use, Airport Fee Questioned, New SAFE Boss, Cyprus Airport, Eiffel Tower BASE Event

ANN Airborne Link: Airborne 09.24.15, YouTube Airborne Link: Airborne 09.24.15 Apparently common sense won’t do

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Airborne 09.24.15: No Drone Zones, Perlan 2 Glider Flies, WAI's 'Girls In Aviation Day'

Also: Airline v Service Dog, API Partner AMA!, Emergency COA For UAV Use, Airport Fee Questioned, New SAFE Boss, Cyprus Airport, Eiffel Tower BASE Event

 

Apparently common sense won’t do the job, so the FAA is reminding residents of, and visitors to, Washington, DC, New York, and Philadelphia that these cities and the surrounding communities are No Drone Zones from September 22 through September 27, during the Papal visit. FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said, “Anyone flying a drone within the designated restricted areas may be subject to civil and criminal charges.” The FAA has flight restrictions in place in and around Washington, DC, New York and Philadelphia. The Perlan 2 glider, the world’s first engineless aircraft designed

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Honor Flight Arranges Trip For Female Vets Only

More Than 140 Were Booked For Trip From Cincinnati To Washington, D.C.

An Honor Flight organized by the group's midwest regional office made a trip from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to Washington, D.C. Tuesday with only female veterans on board. It was the first such trip to include only women, according to Honor Flight.

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Songbird Airways Open To Potential Buyers

Coral Gables, FL Charter Carrier Says Decision Would Come Within 30 Days

Songbird Airways announced Tuesday that it is considering offers to sell the company. Songbird, which has been in business for 25 years and formerly known as as Sky King, was purchased by its existing shareholders following a successful reorganization from bankruptcy in November 2014.

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Whirly-Girls Scholarships Soar In Numbers

ERAU Sponsors Two Scholarships For The First Time

The sixty-year tradition of the Whirly-Girls Scholarship Fund to promote women in the rotorcraft industry has reached a new milestone. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) has, for the first time, sponsored two scholarships for Whirly-Girls members.

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EASA Grants STC For 3-Blade MT-Propeller On Rockwell Commander 112, 112B

Company Says Flight Testing Shows Improvements In Takeoff Distance, Climb Performance

EASA has issued STC #10054491 allowing the installation of the next generation 3-blade scimitar composite propeller MTV-12-B/188-59f on Rockwell Commander 112 and 112B airplanes powered by Lycoming IO-360-C1D6 or IO-360-C1D6 with approved “Turbonormalizer” engines.

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FAA Makes HTAWS Easier To Install

Gives Owners And Operator More Control Over Schedule, Less Downtime

As a result of new policy issued by the FAA, helicopter owners and operators now have the ability to install Helicopter Terrain Awareness and Warning System (HTAWS) more easily. With thousands of HTAWS-ready solutions fielded, this critical safety tool and soon to be required technology is easier to incorporate into new and existing installations.

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Commercial Spaceflight Federation Welcomes New Members, Leadership

More Than 60 Companies Now Participating In The Organization

The Commercial Spaceflight Federation welcomed several new member companies at its Executive Board meeting this week, expanding its membership to more than 60 companies.

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Airbus Defense And Space Builds First Hardware For Orion Service Module

Four Large Titanium Tanks Completed, Set For Transport To Italy

Airbus Defense and Space, prime contractor for NASA’s Orion space vehicle’s European Service Module (ESM), has completed four large titanium tanks for the module that will be delivered for initial testing.

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First Hartzell Service And Support Center Opens In China

Shenyang Avias Aviation Maintenance Engineering Co. Located Near Shenyang Taoxian Airport

Shenyang Avias Aviation Maintenance Engineering Co. Ltd. has been named by Hartzell Propeller as its first Service and Support Center in the People's Republic of China.

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ERAU Brings Interactive Experience, Matt Chapman To Point Mugu Air Show

Virtual Learning Lab Includes UAV Demonstrations, Simulators, Crash Lab

Visitors to the Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu Air Show 2015 will get an exclusive glimpse inside the world of unmanned systems (“drones”), flight training and an aviation virtual learning lab as part of the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University mobile interactive exhibit.

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NASA's MAVEN Celebrates One Year At Mars

Entered Orbit September 21, 2014

NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft has been in orbit around Mars for one Earth year. MAVEN was launched to Mars on Nov. 18, 2013 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and successfully entered Mars’ orbit on Sept. 21, 2014.

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Rubio Campaign Staffer Finds Frontier Lacking

But Low-Cost Carrier Is Helping Money-Conscious Candidate Economize

The end goal is to fly on Air Force One, but to get there, candidates have to spend a lot of time traveling around the nation. While some can afford private jets, others fly commercial.

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TSA Agent Accused Of Stealing Money From Passenger

Allegedly Took $61 From Wallet In A Plastic Bin

A TSA screener has been arrested on charges that he stole $61 from a wallet that went through an X-ray scanner in a plastic bin.

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BBA Aviation Looks To Expand With Signature Flight Support

Plans To Acquire Landmark Aviation From The Carlyle Group

BBA Aviation plc has agreed terms for the proposed $2.065 billion acquisition of Landmark Aviation (Landmark) from affiliates of The Carlyle Group. Landmark operates a global network of Fixed Base Operations (FBOs), Aircraft Maintenance and Aircraft Management and Charter businesses. This acquisition represents a major expansion of Signature Flight Support (Signature), a BBA Aviation company, and the world's largest FBO network.

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Short-Term Funding Bill Would Keep FAA, Government Open

Senate Appropriations Committee Releases Draft Continuing Resolution

With the end of the fiscal year looming on October 1, and no federal budget document in sight, the Senate Appropriations Committee has released a draft of a continuing resolution for the federal government that would extend funding at its current level through December 11.

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Person Flying RV-10 In Georgia Accident Held No Airman Certificate

FAA Records Show He Had A 3rd Class Medical And Repairman Experimental Aircraft Builder Certificates

FAA records indicate that the person flying a Vans RV-10 that went down last week in Georgia was not a licensed pilot, according to the NTSB's preliminary report on the accident. Five people were fatally injured when the plane went down.

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ICAO Launches New Aircraft Tracking Website

Follows 15-Minute Aircraft Tracking Standard Adopted In February

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has launched its new centralized online information area for aircraft tracking developments.

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Commercial Airlines Resuming Service To Dominica's Douglas-Charles Airport

Multiple Airlines Announce Flight Schedules Following Tropical Storm Damage

Commercial airlines serving the Caribbean island of Dominica are resuming flights to Douglas-Charles Airport following Tropical Storm Erika in late August. Earlier, the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority gave the go-ahead to resume commercial flights. Since then, airport authorities have been working to restore essential services to the badly damaged terminal building in order for airline partners, LIAT, Seaborne Airlines and Winair, to re-establish schedules to the airport.

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AeroSports Update: Maintenance On A Downline Amateur Built Airplane

Anyone May Perform Maintenance On An Experimental Amateur Built Airplane; But Should They?

The rule that allows the leeway for maintenance on an experimental amateur built airplane (E-AB) makes sense when you apply it to the original builder. After all, the original builder knows the airplane better than anyone else. That’s why the original builder is also allowed to receive an FAA repairman certificate that allows the builder to perform the annual condition inspection.

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LA City Attorney Files Charges Against UAV Pilot

Martin Sheldon Allegedly Interfered With Police Investigation In Hollywood

The office of Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer has filed criminal charges against a UAV operator for allegedly flying the device into a police helicopter’s orbit over a crime scene in Hollywood.

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First Bell V-280 Valor Fuselage Makes Public Debut

Spirit AeroSystems Completes The Structure At Wichita, KS Facility

The first fuselage for the V-280 Valor Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) program has been completed by Spirit AeroSystems. The unit was designed and assembled in Spirit's rapid prototyping facility in Wichita, KS in just 22 months. The composite fuselage is being prepped to ship to Bell's Amarillo, Texas, facility for final assembly.

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Airborne 09.23.15: Reno Champ, Concorde Rebirth?, NATA Buys IFBOA

Also: Piper M-Class, SAFE'S Robert Wright, Beech SAIB, Chinese Prez At Boeing, Runway Incursion Mitigation, Embraer Projections, T-38C Upgrade

ANN Video Link: Airborne 09.23.15, YouTube Video Link: Airborne 09.23.15 The 52nd Annual National Championship Air Races in Reno,

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (09.24.15)

“Using a drone to interfere with a police investigation places our officers and the public at serious risk.” Source: Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (09.24.15): Balanced Control Surface

A movable control surface, as an aileron or rudder, having an added physical extension or weights forward of the hinge-point to reduce forces on a stick or control yoke.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (09.24.15)

Who Really Won the GOP Debate? That Airplane.

Anyone who watched the debate among the Republican Presidential candidates at the Reagan Library in California last week could not help but notice what has been called the best backdrop ever for such an event ... the airplane that served as Air Force One for President Ronald Reagan.

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