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Germany
To Require Its Pilots Undergo Radon Drug And Alcohol
Testing
December 30, 2015 -
In the wake of Germany's Germanwings Flight 9525 crash that
killed all 150 onboard,
Germany
plans to introduce legislation that would for the first
time require its pilots to undergo random drug and
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Wisconsin Based, Morgan
Aircraft Files For Bankruptcy
December 30, 2015 - Morgan Aircraft which was founded in
2005, had a vision to build and manufacture Vertical
Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) general aviation jets and
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), has filed bankruptcy as
a result of the company
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Pentagon Says F-35 Program On
The Right Track
December 29, 2015 - Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon's
F-35 Joint Program Office say they've finished
delivering jets for 2015, increasing their yield from
last year by 25 percent. Joe DellaVedova, a spokesman
with the F-35 office at the Pentagon, said 45
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Civil
Air Patrol Aircraft Crashes In Office Building In
Anchorage Killing Its Pilot
December 29, 2015 -
Just after 6 AM this morning, A Civil Air Patrol (CAP)
aircraft crashed into two office buildings in
Anchorage
Alaska killing the pilot. At this
time it is unknown if any one else was onboard the
Cessna 172, (N914CP)
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Graffiti
Taggers Tag Planes At Van Nuys Airport For A Second Time
December 28, 2015 -
Graffiti taggers cut a hole in perimeter fence at Los
Angeles' Van Nuys Airport on Sunday night or early
Monday morning and tagged three corporate jets belonging
to Fair Wind Air Charter, Private Air
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Japan's MJR Regional Jet
Faces Further Setbacks
December 24, 2015 – Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation
today announced that the company will change the first
delivery schedule of the MRJ (Mitsubishi Regional Jet),
their next-generation regional jet, from the second
quarter of 2017 to the second quarter of
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ICARUS, The Next Generation
Of IFR Training Glasses
December 23, 2015 - ICARUS Devices will soon introduce a
pilot training device that will fundamentally change the
way pilot train for instrument flight. ICARUS, which
stands for Instrument Conditions Awareness Recognition
and Understanding
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Epic
Aircraft E1000 Makes Maiden Flight Begins Flight Testing
December 23, 2015 -
Epic Aircraft, manufacturer of high performance, all
carbon fiber, single-engine turboprop aircraft, achieved
a significant milestone in its E1000 certification
program last week, with the successful maiden
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10 Years
After Fatal Plane Crash, Family Members Continue To
Search For Answers
December 21,
2015 - At approximately 11:40 PM on Thursday, April 20,
2006, a Cessna U206G, aircraft, registration N120HS
crashed while on a precision approach for runway 35 at
the Monroe County Airport
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Pilots And Cost-Sharing
Passengers Receive A Blow By DC Court Of Appeals
December 18, 2015 - On Friday the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the
District of Columbia
ruled against Flytenow, Inc. in the case of the FAA vs.
Flytenow, Inc. (No. 14-1168). After giving oral
arguments in their case before the court in
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Alcoa Awarded Multiyear
Supply Contracts With Boeing Worth Over $2.5 Billion
December 17, 2015 - Lightweight metals leader Alcoa
today announced long-term supply contracts with Boeing
valued at over $2.5 billion. Alcoa will supply
multi-material fastening systems for every Boeing
platform in its largest
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LightSquared And Garmin Reach Agreement On Spectrum Use
For L-Band
December 17, 2015 -
Today, New LightSquared reached agreement with Garmin on
spectrum use parameters for terrestrial service in the
L-Band relating to the new company’s licenses as
regulated by the Federal
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Commercial Flights To Begin Soon From US To Cuba
December 17, 2015 -
For over 50 years, the United States and Cuba has had limited communications.
However, that changed a year ago today when President
Obama addressed the nation to report a change in U.S.
Cuba policy. One year ago, President
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General Aviation
Manufacturers Association Calls On Small Airplane
Certification Rule
December 15, 2015 - General Aviation Manufacturers
Association (GAMA) President and CEO Pete Bunce issued
the following statement asking when the Obama
Administration will issue the rule to implement the
Small
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Senate Passes Pilot’s Bill Of
Rights 2 (PBOR 2)
December 15, 2015 - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, member of the
Senate General Aviation Caucus and certified flight
instructor with more than 11,000 flight hours, today
hailed the Senate’s unanimous passage of the Pilot’s
Bill of Rights 2 (S. 571). The bill has 70
cosponsors,
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FAA
Announces Small UAS Registration Rule
December 14, 2015 -
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) today announced a streamlined and
user-friendly web-based aircraft registration process
for owners of small unmanned aircraft (UAS) weighing
more than
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Four
Airlines Ban The Carriage Of Hoverboards On Their
Aircraft
December 11, 2015 -
On Friday, four major airlines banned the popular "hoverboards"
from being carried or stored on their aircraft. These
self-balancing devices are the year’s hottest
electronics as people everywhere are
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No Fly Zone Over Aliso Canyon
Fear Aircraft Flying Over May Ignite Methane Gas
December 10, 2015 - The FAA as issued a Notice to Airmen
(NOTAM), 5/3842 to alert aircraft pilots of the
potential hazards of a methane gas leak at a Southern
California Gas Company’s (SoCalGas) Aliso Canyon
storage facility in the
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HondaJet Receives Type
Certification From The FAA
December 9, 2015 — The HondaJet received type
certification from the United States Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) on Tuesday. Honda Aircraft Company
and the FAA made the announcement today at the Honda
Aircraft headquarters in Greensboro, North
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DOT
Explores Initiative To Make Flying Easier For
Individuals With Disabilities
December 2, 2015 -
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today
announced that the Department has hired a neutral
convenor to consider the feasibility of a negotiated
rulemaking to develop additional rules
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