Tuesday, June 21, 2016
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Wright Factory Preserved [feedly]
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Wright Factory Preserved
// AVweb Top News
The state of Ohio has come up with $1 million to preserve what some consider to be the crucible of aviation manufacturing. The former Wright Aircraft factory in Dayton will be preserved and perhaps rekindle aerospace industry in Dayton.
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FAA Revokes Pilot's Airman Privileges For Flying A UAV [feedly]
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FAA Revokes Pilot's Airman Privileges For Flying A UAV
// Aero-News Network
So Far It Is The Only Known Time The Sanction Has Been Imposed Pilot David Quinones had a bad day last year on the 4th of July. The commercial pilot was flying his UAV on the beach in Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY while the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest was underway.
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Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Skydiver Falls 14,000 Feet [feedly]
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Skydiver Falls 14,000 Feet
// Aero-News Network
Fatally Injured After Collision With Another Skydiver Over South Carolina Two skydivers taking part in a skydiving festival in South Carolina Saturday collided after exiting an airplane at 14,000 feet, resulting in the fatal injury of one of the men.
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Monday, June 6, 2016
Monitoring pipelines from space [feedly]
More pilot jobs going.
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Monitoring pipelines from space
// Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories
Dutch company Orbital Eye has developed a service that uses satellites to monitor gas and oil pipelines. A major African pipeline operator has already signed up for the service.
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Friday, June 3, 2016
FAA Will Reportedly Offer $500 ADS-B Rebate [feedly]
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FAA Will Reportedly Offer $500 ADS-B Rebate
// AVweb Top News
The FAA and Department of Transportation are expected to announce at dual press conferences on Monday that the agency will try to stimulate lagging ADS-B sales by offering owners who install systems a $500 cash rebate.
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Thursday, June 2, 2016
Jets from the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels crash on same day [feedly]
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Jets from the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels crash on same day
// The Verge

Jets from both the US Air Force's Thunderbirds and Navy's Blue Angels aerobatics demonstration teams have crashed in the same day. The Blue Angels were practicing ahead of performances in Smyrna, Tennessee this weekend; the Thunderbirds had just finished flying at the Air Force Academy's commencement ceremony in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
#BREAKING Photo of crashed Thunderbird in Colorado Springs; pilot ejected, is OK https://t.co/btxLsHISLA pic.twitter.com/Q08ffCZKXh
— Barrett Tryon KKTV (@btryn) June 2, 2016
The pilot of the Thunderbirds aircraft — an F-16 fighter jet — was able to eject and parachute to safety, reportedly unharmed, according to KKTV. The fate of the Blue Angels pilot, flying an F/A-18, is unknown at this time.
PHOTOS: Reports of Blue Angels jet crashes in Smyrna. pic.twitter.com/77iUz9WBPc
— NewsChannel 5 (@NC5) June 2, 2016
Developing...
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Wednesday, June 1, 2016
JetBlue Will Run On Android [feedly]
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JetBlue Will Run On Android
// Popular Science
Or at least its new inflight entertainment will
Android users will feel slightly more at home on JetBlue flights in the near future. The airline has debuted an Android-powered user interface as part of an extensive…
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Monday, May 30, 2016
Pilot Shortage Threatens Online Shopping [feedly]
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Pilot Shortage Threatens Online Shopping
// AVweb Top News
The president of the Regional Air Cargo Carriers Association says the escalating pilot shortage could soon be hitting mainstream America where it hurts most. "Millions of Americans are not going to get their online purchases delivered to their front door if the situation does not improve," RACCA President Stan Bernstein told Global Trader magazine.
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Saturday, May 28, 2016
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India flight tests new reusable space plane [feedly]
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India flight tests new reusable space plane
// TechCrunch
India has successfully completed their first small step toward joining the other players in the market of reusable spacecraft. On Monday, the Indian Space Research Organization (India's version of NASA) launched a 22-foot winged spacecraft to an altitude of 65 kilometers (about 40 miles) and navigated the vehicle back down into the Bay of Bengal, east of India. The entire mission… Read More
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Report: Plane sat dormant for five years [feedly]
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Report: Plane sat dormant for five years
// Federal Aviation Administration News
Pilot Samuel Gore said he lacked power to clear trees at the end of the Pine Mountain Lake Airport runway when his plane crashed on May 10. A 40-year-old Beechcraft that took off and crashed May 10 about 600 yards from the end of the runway at Pine Mountain Lake Airport had not been maintained, operated or flown in at least five years, and possibly 10 years or more, until pre-flight maintenance was conducted before it crashed, according to a preliminary report released Monday.
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Sunday, May 22, 2016
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Automated systems watch skies as airports can't find enough controllers [feedly]
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Automated systems watch skies as airports can't find enough controllers
// Federal Aviation Administration News
The world's airlines have ambitious plans to double the fleet of commercial jets during the next two decades as the number of air travelers approaches 7 billion. A shortage of air traffic controllers may rein in expansion by the aviation industry and economic development by emerging nations such as India, which wants to activate hundreds of unused runways to spur growth.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Guy Straps Himself Into Falling Helicopter To Prove Neil deGrasse Tyson Wrong [feedly]
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Guy Straps Himself Into Falling Helicopter To Prove Neil deGrasse Tyson Wrong
// Neatorama
People who question or disagree with a scientific theory often have a hard time proving the theory is wrong, and if they want their proof to resonate with the internet community they must put the proof on video.
So when Destin Sandlin, host of SmarterEveryDay, took issue with a Tweet sent by Neil deGrasse Tyson claiming "A helicopter whose engine fails is a brick" he knew he'd actually have to ride in a falling 'copter to debunk the theory.
Strapping yourself into a falling helicopter to prove it can be landed safely using physics is both sheer lunacy and the most thrilling scientific theory debunking ever caught on video.
-Via Laughing Squid
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016
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Bonanza Pilot Declares Emergency Before In-Flight Breakup [feedly]
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Bonanza Pilot Declares Emergency Before In-Flight Breakup
// AVweb Top News
A Bonanza BE35 crashed in a residential area on New York's Long Island Tuesday after the pilot declared an emergency, reporting a failed vacuum system. All three people on board are dead and the aircraft appears to have broken up in flight.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Watch this man obliterate the world record for the longest hoverboard flight [feedly]
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Watch this man obliterate the world record for the longest hoverboard flight
// The Next Web
A few weeks back, French jet ski champion Franky Zapata released a video testing this amazing hoverboard that can (theoretically) propel its riders up to 10,000 feet in the air. The video quickly went viral and despite having impressed its viewers, Zapata's remarkable invention – that he calls the Flyboard Air – left many people in doubt about the authenticity of what they've seen. Last week, however, Zapata put out new footage of him flying the hoverboard that decisively answers the doubts of all the naysayers. In his latest video, Zapata not only proves the Flyboard Air is real, but also sets a new world record for the longest…
This story continues at The Next Web
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Monday, May 2, 2016
The Airplane Seating Arrangement that Triggers 'Air Rage' [feedly]
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The Airplane Seating Arrangement that Triggers 'Air Rage'
// io9
New research shows that the mere presence of a first class cabin on an airplane—plus the added experience of having to shuffle through this cabin while boarding—contributes to "air rage," both among economy and first class passengers.
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Probe Seeks Why EC225LP Rotor Detached in Flight video
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Probe Seeks Why EC225LP Rotor Detached in Flight
// Aviation Today :: Commercial
International investigators are seeking clues to why an EC225LP's main rotor detached in flight during a return flight from an offshore rig in Norway April 29. ...
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Thursday, April 28, 2016
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FAA Registration Expired For Trump Jet [feedly]
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FAA Registration Expired For Trump Jet
// AVweb Top News
A 1997 Citation X owned by Donald Trump has been flying with an expired FAA registration since January 31, according to a story in today's New York Times. Flying with a lapsed registration -- which costs $5 for three years -- could be a problem in the case of an accident, and also can subject the owner or operator to FAA fines of up to $250,000 and imprisonment up to three years. If the jet is grounded, however, to sort out the paperwork issue, Trump has backup -- three Sikorsky helicopters and a Boeing 757.
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