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Pilot Fatally Injured In Helicopter Hard Landing On NYC Building

No Other Injuries Reported By FAA, NYPD, FDNY

A helicopter made a hard landing earlier today (Monday) on the rooftop of a high-rise building in New York City, resulting in the fatal injury of the pilot of the aircraft.

AEA Recognizes Members For Training Commitment

Announces Recipients Of The Annual Avionics Training Excellence Award

The Aircraft Electronics Association announced the recipients of the annual Avionics Training Excellence Award, which recognizes AEA member companies for their total commitment to continued education as evidenced by participation in AEA-approved training. Nearly 50 member companies received the 2018 AEA Avionics Training Excellence Award.

Embry-Riddle, UCF Partner To Map Oyster Reefs Using UAS

Could Signal A Clear Change In The Way Environmental Data Have Traditionally Been Collected

Twenty-one oyster reefs near Edgewater, FL are the focus of a new partnership between Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the University of Central Florida (UCF) to develop methodologies for remotely mapping regions that would otherwise be difficult, and expensive, to monitor on site.

FoxFury Introduces The Rugo 2 Drone & Camera Light

Ultra-Durable Lighting Tool For The On-The-Go Videographer, Photographer, And Drone Pilot

FoxFury Lighting Solutions introduces its new Rugo 2 Drone & Camera Light. The newest addition to the Rugo series is an ultra-durable lighting tool for the on-the-go videographer, photographer, and drone pilot. Powered by a rechargeable Quick Swap Power Pack, this 620 lumen light features a sliding Tri-Lens, which allows the user to select between area, spot, and flood lighting. The Rugo 2 has four brightness levels (low, medium, high, and strobe) and a CRI rating of 92. The strobe mode meets FAA 107.29 requirements for night UAV flight.

University Of Dubuque To Install Alsim AL250

Will Be Available For Training This Fall

Alsim has struck a deal with the University of Dubuque for an AL250 simulator. The flight training device will be installed in the University’s Ed Babka Aviation Learning Center, a new state-of-the-art flight operations center scheduled to open fall 2019.

SNC Wins U.S. Air Force Contract For Life-Saving Technology

Will Design And Test DVES For HH-60G Aircraft

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has been awarded a USAF contract for system design, development, integration and test of the Degraded Visual Environment System (DVES) on the USAF HH-60G aircraft. This system enables pilots to safely takeoff or land in aircraft-induced brownout and whiteout conditions, allowing them to move past operational limitations and address a challenge that costs the U.S. military in both lives and equipment.

Two Face Multiple Charges In Airline Funding Scheme

Airline President, Former VA Airport Official Indicted And Arrested

On May 21, 2019, Michael Morisi, president of People Express Airline (PEX), was arrested and charged with wire fraud, engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from unlawful activity, making and subscribing a false tax return, and failure to file tax returns.

Avtech Introduces A New Generation Weather And Flight Optimizer Tool

Free Trial Offered To All Commercial Airline Pilots

Avtech proFLIGHT is an easy-to-use iPad app that visualizes flight related weather information like turbulence, winds, temperature, ice and more, all tailored to a single flight’s trajectory and time. Now the company is allowing all pilots can try out the app free of charge for a limited time.

Wheels Up Acquires Travel Management Company

Acquisition Adds Complementary Aircraft To Bolster Light Jet Offering And Charter Marketplace

Wheels Up has acquired Travel Management Company (TMC), with an effective closing date of May 31, 2019. TMC, the largest wholesale-focused light jet operator in the U.S., operates an owned and leased fleet of Hawker 400XP aircraft in North America.

GA-ASI And Team SkyGuardian Canada Looking To Grow

Team SkyGuardian Wants More Canadian Companies To Join The Team

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, CAE Canada, MDA, and L3 WESCAM are expanding Team SkyGuardian to include even more Canadian companies. Team SkyGuardian Canada (TSC) is a coalition of companies who support the MQ-9B SkyGuardian to fulfill Canada’s Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) requirements.

Garmin Updates FltPlan.com SMS And FltLogic Scheduling Program

Multiple New Features Added To Both Platforms

Several new features have been added to Garmin's FltPlan.com Safety Management System (SMS) and FltLogic flight scheduling program.

NGC Ships Orion Spacecraft's Launch Abort Motor To Kennedy Space Center

Will Be Integrated With The LSAS And Orion Spacecraft

The inert abort motor for NASA’s Orion spacecraft Launch Abort System (LAS) has been shipped from the Northrop Grumman facility in Magna, Utah, to Kennedy Space Center, Florida. It will be integrated with the LAS and Orion spacecraft destined for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System, designated Artemis 1.

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Airborne 06.07.19: Dickson Investigated, Hoover Stamp Update, Ampaire Flies!

Also: FL AME Charged, WACO Aircraft Expansion, Airline Funding Scam, Bell 505 Jet Ranger X

Getting a new FAA Administrator may not be as immediate as it once sounded... The Senate Commerce Committee is looking into allegations in a lawsuit that alleges that Stephen Dickson, President Trump's nomination to become the next FAA Administrator, retaliated against a pilot who voiced safety concerns with him in 2016. In this case, the pilot, Karlene Petitt, met with Dickson about unspecified FAA violations by the airline. Dickson was a senior vice president in charge of flight operations at Delta at the time.

Sikorsky Flies Black Hawk With Optionally Piloted Vehicle Technology

Kit Developed By Sikorsky Gives UH-60A Helicopter Full-Authority Fly-By-Wire Flight Controls

A technology kit developed by Sikorsky was used for the first time to operate a Black Hawk helicopter with full-authority, fly-by-wire flight controls. The May 29 flight marked the official start to the flight test program for the soon-to-be optionally piloted aircraft. Follow-on flight testing aims to include envelope expansion throughout the summer leading to fully autonomous flight (zero pilots) in 2020.

ICAS Endorses Bob Hoover Commemorative Postal Honor

Bob Hoover Legacy Foundation Seeks USPS Approval In 2022

An effort announced by the Bob Hoover Legacy Foundation, just weeks ago, to petition the US Postal Service in honoring the late Robert A. “Bob” Hoover with a commemorative postage stamp on or about the time of his 100th birthday, is gaining serious momentum among the aviation organizations, professionals, and luminaries that populate the aviation world.

NTSB Factual Report From 2016 Skydiving Airplane Accident Released

Airplane Was Equipped With Pyrotechnic Gear For Night Display

The NTSB has released a factual report from an accident which occurred September 17, 2016 involving a Cessna 182P airplane carrying a group of skydivers.

InstantEye Robotics Announces Updates To Mk-3 SUAS Systems

Range, Endurance, And Payload Capacity All Increased

InstantEye Robotics announces the availability of new extended range, endurance, and payload capacity variants of the InstantEye Mk-3 family of Group I sUAS systems.

Boeing Advances Biofuels, Recycling And Conservation

Beats Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal By 7.3% At Work Sites

Boeing has released its 2019 Global Environment Report, highlighting how the company is building cleaner, more fuel-efficient airplanes and finding innovative ways to recycle and conserve resources.

Pima Community College Prepares For Aviation Tech Expansion

State Of Arizona Provides Funding For New Facilities

Southern Arizona’s aviation industry soon will get a much needed workforce boost following state one-time appropriation of $15 million to Pima Community College’s nationally recognized Aviation Technology Program.

Klyde Morris (06.10.19)

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.10.19)

Aero Linx: The Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame (WAHF) The Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame (WAHF) is a membership organization dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing Wisconsin aviation news and history. Spend a few minutes perusing our site to learn more about the men and women who are making aviation history in Wisconsin and beyond our borders.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.10.19): Fuel Remaining

Fuel Remaining A phrase used by either pilots or controllers when relating to the fuel remaining on board until actual fuel exhaustion. When transmitting such information in response to either a controller question or pilot initiated cautionary advisory to air traffic control, pilots will state the APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF MINUTES the flight can continue with the fuel remaining. All reserve fuel SHOULD BE INCLUDED in the time stated, as should an allowance for established fuel gauge system error.

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (06.10.19)

Aero-News Quote of the Day "This technology brings a whole new dimension of safety, reliability and capability to existing and future helicopters and to those who depend on them to complete their missions. We're excited to be transforming a once mechanically controlled aircraft into one with fly-by-wire controls. This flight demonstrates the next step in making optionally piloted – and optimally piloted – aircraft, a reality." Source: Chris Van Buiten, Vice President, Sikorsky Innovations, discussing a technology kit developed by Sikorsky was used for the first time to operate a Black Hawk helicopter with full-authority, fly-by-wire flight c

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No Other Injuries Reported By FAA, NYPD, FDNY

Announces Recipients Of The Annual Avionics Training Excellence Award

Could Signal A Clear Change In The Way Environmental Data Have Traditionally Been Collected

Ultra-Durable Lighting Tool For The On-The-Go Videographer, Photographer, And Drone Pilot

Will Be Available For Training This Fall

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Will Design And Test DVES For HH-60G Aircraft

Airline President, Former VA Airport Official Indicted And Arrested

Free Trial Offered To All Commercial Airline Pilots

Acquisition Adds Complementary Aircraft To Bolster Light Jet Offering And Charter Marketplace

Team SkyGuardian Wants More Canadian Companies To Join The Team

Multiple New Features Added To Both Platforms

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Will Be Integrated With The LSAS And Orion Spacecraft

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Also: FL AME Charged, WACO Aircraft Expansion, Airline Funding Scam, Bell 505 Jet Ranger X

Kit Developed By Sikorsky Gives UH-60A Helicopter Full-Authority Fly-By-Wire Flight Controls

Bob Hoover Legacy Foundation Seeks USPS Approval In 2022

Airplane Was Equipped With Pyrotechnic Gear For Night Display

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Range, Endurance, And Payload Capacity All Increased

Beats Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal By 7.3% At Work Sites

State Of Arizona Provides Funding For New Facilities

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