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June 14, 2019

Boeing To Showcase Innovation, Partnerships And Safety At 2019 Paris Air Show

New Interactive Exhibit Will Demonstrate How Boeing Is Building The Future Together With Aerospace Partners

Boeing will showcase its broad range of commercial and defense products, services and technologies at the 2019 Paris Air Show, which runs June 17-23 at Paris-Le Bourget Airport. The company's presence and activities at the show will demonstrate its commitment to innovation, industry partnerships and safety.

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Airbus To Mark 50 Years Of Pioneering Achievements At Paris Air Show 2019

Will Present A Broad Portfolio Of Innovative Products, Technologies And Services

At the Paris Air Show 2019, Le Bourget, Airbus SE will present a broad portfolio of innovative products, technologies and services which meet the aerospace industry’s requirements for today and into the future. This year Paris is also the stage to celebrate Airbus’ 50 years of pioneering progress which created a string of world aerospace firsts to drive the industry’s transformation.

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Robotic Skies Announces Partnership With Trumbull Unmanned

Agreement For Maintenance Services To Trumbull’s Global UAS Operations

Robotic Skies and Trumbull Unmanned have announced a partnership to support Trumbull’s global UAS operations through the Robotic Skies service center network.

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FAA Issues SAIB For Collins Pro Line Avionics

Applies To Pro Line 4 And Pro Line 21 Flight Management Systems (FMS)

The FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) to inform owners and operators of an issue that may cause certain versions of the Rockwell Collins Pro Line 4 and Pro Line 21 Flight Management Systems (FMS) to direct the airplane to make a wrong turn direction when deleting a waypoint.

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Jet Linx Voluntarily Grounds Fleet For Annual Safety Summit

Private Aviation Leader Brings All Employees Together To Focus On Its Industry Pioneering Safety Standards

Aircraft management company Jet Linx dedicated the entire day Tuesday to advancing the private aviation industry's most rigorous safety standards during its annual Safety Summit. Jet Linx voluntarily grounded its fleet of 100+ aircraft to bring together all of its 500+ employees to focus on safety. This is the third consecutive year for the Summit and Jet Linx remains the only air carrier in the United States to implement such a standard.

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Lincoln, ME Voters Approve Airport Runway Move

Will Save The Airport From Eventual Closure

Voters in Lincoln, Maine apparently really like their airport. In a referendum, they approved spending $227,500 to relocate the main runway at Lincoln Regional Airport (KLRG) to prevent the FAA from eventually shutting the airport down.

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RAF Typhoons Scrambled To Intercept Russian Transport Aircraft

Russian Airplanes Were Flying Close To Estonian Airspace

Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fighter jets based at Ämari Air Base in Estonia launched on Monday, June 10 to intercept two Russian transport aircraft that were flying close to Estonian airspace.

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Japan Airlines Takes Delivery Of First A350 XWB

Carrier Has 31 Of The Aircraft On Order

Japan Airlines (JAL) has taken delivery of its first A350 XWB at Airbus Headquarters in Toulouse, France. The A350-900 is the first aircraft produced by Airbus for JAL. The milestone event was attended by JAL Representative Director and Chairman Yoshiharu Ueki and Airbus Chief Commercial Officer Christian Scherer.

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LMC Develops Advanced Visualization Training Tool

Employee Suggestion Improves Innovative Training Tool For Apache Flight Line Maintainers

Lockheed Martin has launched the latest version of RELY3D, an advanced visualization and training tool for Apache AH-64 sensor system maintainers. RELY3D originated from an employee idea to improve maintenance efficiency through interactive training content. The tool leverages capabilities from popular commercial gaming technology to transform training into advanced visualization modules, reducing training time by up to 60 percent.

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Astronics Introduces Rugged Miniature COTS Avionics Interface Cards

The ME1000 Family Of Mini PCI Express Interfaces Delivers The Most Avionics I/O In The Smallest Form Factor For The Embedded Aerospace Market

Astronics Corporation has released the new ME1000 family of mPCIe avionics interface cards for embedded aerospace applications. The ME1000 provides the highest amount of 1553 I/O in the compact mPCIe form-factor and is the only line to offer a concurrent RS-422/485 serial interface.

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Small Satellite Market Set To Grow To $23.57 Billion By 2029

Forecast Is For Annual Growth Of Nearly 27 Percent

The small satellite market study analyses the market at the global level, and provides forecasts in terms of revenue (US$ million) from 2019 to 2029. It recognizes the drivers and restraints affecting the industry and analyses their impact during the forecast period. It identifies the significant opportunities for market growth in the next few years. In addition, the market is segmented on the basis of classification, application and geography that is further divided into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and rest of the world regions.

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Gulfstream G600 To Make International Paris Air Show Debut

Gulfstream G280, G550, G650ER Also On Display

The Gulfstream G600 will make its first appearance at the International Paris Air Show June 17 through 23, joining the Gulfstream G280, Gulfstream G550 and Gulfstream G650ER on static display.

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Airborne 06.12.19: Belite Fire, Qantas Pilot Academy, Hummel Fly-In

Also: Purdue Aviatrixes, Astronaut Good Retires, Mitsubishi Negotiating W/Bombardier, New KGSO Tower

The folks at Belite Aircraft were alerted late Friday night to a fire by local emergency services personnel that was taking place at their factory. James and Karen Wiebe reported that, “Arriving a few minutes later, the scene was filled with fire trucks and emergency vehicles and swarms of firemen and water hoses. It appears that the fire started at our CNC router dust collection system. Intense smoke filled the building, and my office and much of our building contents was destroyed. The back area

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FAA Initiating Rulemaking Activities For Civil Supersonic Aircraft

Taking Steps To Advance The Development Of Civilian Supersonic Airplanes

As part of the Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) priority on innovation in transportation, the DOT and the FAA are taking steps to advance the development of civil supersonic aircraft.

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FAA Proposes Improvements For South Florida Airspace

The Plan Will Not Change Existing Flight Paths Or The Altitudes That Aircraft Currently Fly

The FAA is proposing to modify the airspace over South Florida to enhance safety. The plan will not change existing flight paths or the altitudes that aircraft currently fly, and it will not result in more flights over the area, the agency says. The graphic depicts the details of the proposed changes.

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Industry Task Force Issues Report On Jet Fuel Contamination

Risk Mitigation Hinges On Prevention Of Initial Contamination, Report Says

An industry-led working group has released recommendations for aircraft operators, fixed-base operators (FBOs), fuel suppliers and other stakeholders to mitigate the possibility of diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) contamination in jet fuel.

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Commercial Aircraft Production To Hit Record High In 2019

Renewed Competition Between Airbus And Boeing Driving The Growth

The revival of competition between Boeing and Airbus is expected to result in record delivery of the highly popular narrow-body platforms and a 9.4% year-on-year growth in production, according to analysis from Frost & Sullivan. Boeing and Airbus will produce more than 1,750 aircraft in 2019, up from 1,606 units in 2018, and propel the market towards $258.95 billion.

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Pilots Can Sharpen Skills At Oshkosh

Pilot Proficiency Center Activities Expanded During EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019

Expanded hands-on activities and equipment are coming to the EAA Pilot Proficiency Center in 2019, as this popular area at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh meets the demands of pilots for opportunities to build their flying skills and safety awareness. EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the 67th annual Experimental Aircraft Association fly-in, is July 22-28 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

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Uber Eats Delivery By Drone To Be Tested In San Diego

Dense Urban Environment Presents Unique Challenges

Food delivery to your door is becoming more and more popular, and it's certainly no surprise that drones are working their way into the concept. In California, Uber Eats is getting set to begin testing delivery of food by drone in a dense urban environment in San Diego.

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Klyde Morris 06.14.19

Hey, Klyde, Newscasters Need Recurrent Training Too ...

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (06.14.19)

“Our emphasis this year is on a year-round proficiency initiative called EAA Proficiency365, where the lessons learned here can be applied when piloting. We have also improved the quality of scenarios and materials presented, and have built a close integration with the FAA WINGS safety program.” Source: Radek Wyrzykowski, EAA’s manager of flight proficiency. The EAA Pilot Proficiency Center will be expanded for AirVenture 2019.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.14.19): Contact Approach

An approach wherein an aircraft on an IFR flight plan, having an air traffic control authorization, operating clear of clouds with at least 1 mile flight visibility and a reasonable expectation of continuing to the destination airport in those conditions, may deviate from the instrument approach procedure and proceed to the destination airport by visual reference to the surface.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.14.19)

FAA Air Traffic By The Numbers

Every day, the FAA's Air Traffic Organization (ATO) provides service to more than 44,000 flights and 2.7 million airline passengers across more than 29 million square miles of airspace.

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