Ice Road Truckers Star Darrell Ward Killed In Aviation Accident | Aero-News Network

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=7a37b0cb-7cfd-4047-9edc-19c5ec4482b1

Southwest Engine Comes Apart At Altitude - AVweb flash Article

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Southwest-Engine-Comes-Apart-At-Altitude-226864-1.html

Help wanted: 2.1 million airline workers - Denver Business Journal

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2016/08/24/help-wanted-2-1-million-airline-workers.html?ana=e_ae_set4

Public ADS-B Performance Report

https://adsbperformance.faa.gov/PAPRRequest.aspx

World's Longest Airship Goes Bottoms Up In Crash | Popular Science

http://www.popsci.com/worlds-longest-airship-bottoms-up?dom=rss-default&src=syn

Airlander 10 Completes First Flight - AVweb flash Article

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Airlander-10-Completes-First-Flight-226816-1.html

Community Events Veterans Day celebration expanding to include bigger flight experiences and a Rosie the Riveter competition | CullmanSense

http://cullmansense.com/articles/2016/08/13/veterans-day-celebration-expanding-include-bigger-flight-experiences-and-rosie

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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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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Plane hit power line » Topix

http://m.topix.com/us/faa/2016/07/plane-hit-power-line?fromrss=1

Wallace Grad Rob Glenn Pilots Presidential Candidate Ben Carson | Cullman Today

http://cullmantoday.com/2016/07/29/wallace-grad-rob-glenn-pilots-presidential-candidate-ben-carson/

Students build the world's lightest electric paraglider trike -- ScienceDaily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160729093008.htm

VOR Minimum Operational Network - AOPA

https://www.aopa.org/advocacy/airports-and-airspace/navigation-and-charting/vor-minimum-operational-network

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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Swedish Man Builds Flying Chair With Eight Rotors | Popular Science

http://www.popsci.com/swedish-man-builds-flying-chair#page-2

Volocopter Expands Flight Testing - New video

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Volocopter-Expands-Flight-Testing-226654-1.html

Video shows small plane crashing into New England home | Local News - WCVB Home

http://www.wcvb.com/news/video-shows-small-plane-crashing-into-new-england-home/40862726

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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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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Medical reform becomes law - AOPA

https://www.aopa.org/News-and-Media/All-News/2016/July/15/Medical-reform-becomes-law?utm_source=ePilot&utm_medium=Content

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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House passes medical reform in FAA extension - AOPA

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2016/july/11/house-passes-medical-reform-in-faa-extension?utm_source=eBrief&utm_medium=Content

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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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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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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Watch "Disabled St. Jude patient sues airport and TSA after bloody scuffle with Airport Police" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/hAoIKNMAANM

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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Report: TransAsia ATR-72 Stalled After Engine Failure [feedly]

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Report: TransAsia ATR-72 Stalled After Engine Failure
// AVweb Top News

The crew of the TransAsia Airways turboprop that crashed in Taiwan in 2015 failed to follow procedures for an engine malfunction and then stalled the aircraft, investigators found. The Taiwan Aviation Safety Council's report, released Thursday, also confirmed previous reports that the captain of the ATR 72-600 shut down the working engine when the other failed just after departing the Taipei airport.
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First made-in-China jetliner makes debut commercial flight Good Bye Boeing.

http://phys.org/news/2016-06-made-in-china-jetliner-debut-commercial-flight.html

Seaplane

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Seaplane-Pilot-Keeps-Shiny-Side-Up-226478-1.html

777 fire

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/777-Burns-At-Singapore-241-Safe-226480-1.html

Drone Aviation's Tethered Drones In Compliance With New FAA Regulations [feedly]

Now you will have to look for invisible wires sticking up 400' everywhere.

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Drone Aviation's Tethered Drones In Compliance With New FAA Regulations
// Aero-News Network

Company Accelerates Production Schedule Following FAA Announcement Drone Aviation Holding Corp. has accelerated the production schedule of the WATT line of tethered drones, investing in expanded inventory levels as a result of the announcement of the FAA's first operational rules allowing the operation of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) into the National Air Space (NAS) for commercial purposes.
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Just noticed this airplane weather.

FAA Approves Terrafugia Flying Car Prototype As Light Airplane | Popular Science

http://www.popsci.com/faa-approves-flying-car-prototype-as-light-airplane

Vintage aircraft to soar into Gainesville

I wonder how long they will keep the name Cracker Flyin.

http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/m/section/201/article/117635/

This DJI Phantom 3 drone hit a Quebec woman in the head [feedly]

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This DJI Phantom 3 drone hit a Quebec woman in the head
// Engadget Mobile

Picture this: You're out enjoying a sporting event, just minding your own business. All of a sudden a 2.7-pound DJI Phantom 3 drone falls from the sky and beans you squarely in the head. What do you do? You file a lawsuit.
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Pilot Piccard says solar flight is dream come true

http://phys.org/news/2016-06-piccard-solar-flight-true.html

Here is where the website will be for certification.

Test link is about half way down. Hard to find.

http://www.faa.gov/uas/getting_started/fly_for_work_business/