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FAA: Parachutes Did Not Open In Tandem Jump Accident [feedly]
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FAA: Parachutes Did Not Open In Tandem Jump Accident
// Aero-News Network
First-Time Skydiver And Instructor Fatally Injured In August The FAA has determined that a first time skydiver and his instructor were fatally injured in an accident August 6th, 2016 near Lodi, CA because both the main and reserve parachutes failed to open properly.
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Monday, September 12, 2016
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Military Needs More Drone Pilots [feedly]
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Military Needs More Drone Pilots
// AVweb Top News
There's been a lot of talk lately about a shortage of pilots for both military and civilian jobs, and now the U.S. Air Force says it has to hire private contractors to fly its drones. The contract pilots are not allowed to fire weapons, but they can operate reconnaissance missions, according to a story in this week's New York Times.
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Wednesday, September 7, 2016
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UTA aerospace engineering graduate first to flight test UAV with mass-actuated controls [feedly]
Do you see a problem with this?
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UTA aerospace engineering graduate first to flight test UAV with mass-actuated controls
// Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories
A recently graduated University of Texas at Arlington student is the first person to successfully flight test an unmanned aerial vehicle that uses moving weights in its wings instead of traditional control surfaces or ailerons to turn.
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Sunday, July 31, 2016
A skydiver jumped out of a plane at 25,000 feet without parachute — and survived [feedly]
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A skydiver jumped out of a plane at 25,000 feet without parachute — and survived
// The Verge

Luke Aikins is a skydiver who is a safety and training advisor for the United States Parachute Association, and who has performed stunts on films such as Iron Man 3. Last night, he became the first person to jump out of an airplane without a parachute or wing suit and survive the landing.
The stunt is nothing short of amazing: leap out of an airplane at 25,000 feet (most skydivers jump at around 13,000 feet) without any sort of parachute or wing suit to slow his fall. To survive, he dropped into a 10,000 square foot net only a third the size of a football field. On top of all that, the entire jump was shown live.
You can watch the entire event here:
Aikins was assisted by three fellow skydivers and a GPS unit to help guide him to the net in the California desert. Just before he hit the net, he flipped onto his back and landed safely.
Aikins had previously been ordered to wear a parachute, but had indicated that he wouldn't open it on the drop. On the flight to his drop altitude, he was told that he could jump without it.
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Saturday, July 30, 2016
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Future FAA Rules Could Affect Some Amateur Radio Antenna Support Structures [feedly]
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Future FAA Rules Could Affect Some Amateur Radio Antenna Support Structures
// American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resource
Yet-to-be-developed Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules stemming from the recent passage in Congress of H.R. 636, the FAA Reauthorization Act, could pose additional marking requirements for a small number of Amateur Radio towers. The bill instructs the FAA to enact rules similar to state-level statutes now in place that are aimed at improving aircraft safety in the vicinity of meteorolo...
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Missing MH370 pilot conducted suicide flight simulations over Indian Ocean [feedly]
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Missing MH370 pilot conducted suicide flight simulations over Indian Ocean
// Extremetech

New information suggests that the pilot of MH370 plotted a suicide course in Microsoft Flight Simulator X weeks before the plane vanished. It's information that's been kept away from the public for the past two years.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
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UAL Pilot/WV Legislator Suspended For Political Statement [feedly]
So much for freedom of speech. If she gets in there will no freedom.
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UAL Pilot/WV Legislator Suspended For Political Statement
// Aero-News Network
But It Was Pretty Extreme ... Said Hillary Clinton Should Be Hanged A United Airlines pilot who also is a member of the West Virginia state legislature has been suspended from flying duties after calling ... he says in hyperbole ... for Hillary Clinton to be hanged.
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Monday, July 18, 2016
Carrier Cable Break Creates Drama [feedly]
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Carrier Cable Break Creates Drama
// AVweb Top News
It could be argued that just about every trap on a carrier is a close call but video released this week by the Navy shows just how close it can get. An E-2C Hawkeye was landing on the deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower March 18 and while a gust lifted a wing just before touchdown, it appeared to be a normal landing.
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Friday, July 15, 2016
Soar Eagle! China's Coolest Looking Drone Enters Production [feedly]
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Soar Eagle! China's Coolest Looking Drone Enters Production
// Popular Science

From Our Blogs: Eastern Arsenal
New Xianglongs on the Way
One of the world's largest drones, the "box wing" Soar Dragon (Xianglong in Mandarin Chinese) is in serial production.
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Tuesday, July 12, 2016
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Face computers slowly find their place in business [feedly]
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Face computers slowly find their place in business
// TechCrunch
 Remember Google Glass? How could you not? Born with great fanfare just four short years ago, the device quickly became the object of derision. People who wore them were "Glassholes." There were hyper-privacy concerns related to wearing a head-mounted camera, and even the Glass Explorer program, which limited availability, seemed to contribute to the disdain people felt. Read More
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Delta Plane Mistakenly Lands at South Dakota Ai... [feedly]
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Delta Plane Mistakenly Lands at South Dakota Ai...
// Federal Aviation Administration News
More than 100 Delta passengers on board a flight bound for Rapid City, South Dakota got an unexpected surprise Thursday night when their plane mistakenly landed at an Air Force Base, about five miles north of the aircraft's intended target. Ellsworth Air Force Base confirmed in a statement to ABC that while it was an unauthorized landing, "Base officials followed the proper procedures to address the situation and ensure the safety of our Airman, their families and the passengers."
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Saturday, July 9, 2016
U.S. Department Of The Interior Bans Internal Use Of DJI Drones [feedly]
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U.S. Department Of The Interior Bans Internal Use Of DJI Drones
// Aero-News Network
Concerns Raised About Telemetry Being Uploaded To Chinese Servers It would appear that the U.S. Department of the Interior has banned internal use of DJI sUAS because they upload telemetry data to the cloud, and Chinese servers.
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Sunday, July 3, 2016
U.K.'s Youngest Airline Pilot 19 [feedly]
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U.K.'s Youngest Airline Pilot 19
// AVweb Top News
AVweb actually has a policy about ignoring coverage of "youngest pilot" aviation exploits since they can and have led to disaster but a story out of the U.K. is one of the exceptions.
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Friday, July 1, 2016
Sully Movie Trailer Released [feedly]
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Sully Movie Trailer Released
// AVweb Top News
The first trailer for Sully, the movie based on the ditching of US Air Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in 2009 was released Thursday. It doesn't take as long to watch as the 208 seconds it took Capt. Chesley Sullenberger and his FO Jeff Skiles to pull off the so-called Miracle on the Hudson but already there is "Oscar buzz."
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