April 2010 - Posts

• Major Incentive ... Carter Signs $4 Million Agreement With Wichita Falls

  Texas Company Inks 40 Year UAS Licensing Deal Carter Aviation Technologies, LLC (Carter) of Wichita Falls, TX has completed negotiations with the Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation (WFEDC) on a $4 million job incentive program. The final agreement... Posted Apr 30 2010, 10:51 PM by Aero-News Network

• Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Friday 04.30.10

  ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 04.30.10 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 04.30.10 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature: The Ed Jeszka Matter, Part III - 04.30.10 (ANN Special Report, with Pilot and Former... Posted Apr 30 2010, 10:51 PM by Aero-News Network

• Pratt & Whitney Awarded $65 Million Contract For F100 Engine Maintenance

  Work To Be Performed In San Antonio Facility The U.S. Air Force awarded Pratt & Whitney a $65 million contract to provide maintenance for F100 engines powering F-16 fighter aircraft from various international F100 customers, including Egypt, Jordan... Posted Apr 30 2010, 10:47 PM by Aero-News Network

• Sitting For Hours On The Tarmac? There's An App For That

  Flyers Rights Announces Launch Of New Application To Record Flight Status As new rules regarding tarmac delays went into effect Thursday, National Airline Passenger Rights Advocate and Executive Director of FlyersRights.org, Kate Hanni announced the launch... Posted Apr 30 2010, 10:15 PM by Aero-News Network

• Odd Hit-And-Run: Plane Hits Prius

  Gives New Meaning To The Phrase "Crash And Dash" The pilot of a Beech Bonanza landing in gusty winds at Boulder, CO Wednesday lost control of the airplane after one of the wheels hit the ground hard. The plane was turned into wind and careened... Posted Apr 30 2010, 10:11 PM by Aero-News Network

• Elliptical Winglet STC For Citation X Approved By EASA

  Winglets Reduce Induced Drag Resulting In Performance Improvements EASA approved Winglet Technology's STC permitting the installation of the Elliptical Winglets on the Cessna Citation X business jet earlier this month. Cessna's Wichita Service... Posted Apr 30 2010, 10:10 PM by Aero-News Network

• FAA Certified: Rolls-Royce AE 3007A2 Engine

  Powerplant For Embraer's Legacy 650 Executive Jet Rolls-Royce has received type and production certification from the FAA for the AE 3007A2, the latest member in the AE 3007 engine series, which powers Embraer's new large executive jet - the Legacy... Posted Apr 30 2010, 10:09 PM by Aero-News Network

• Coyne Challenges CA Flight School Fees In Letter To Gov Schwarzenegger

  Flight Schools Being Regulated Like Private Colleges And Trade Schools NATA President James K. Coyne addressed California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger this week in a letter asking that the state reconsider its inclusion of flight training providers... Posted Apr 30 2010, 10:07 PM by Aero-News Network

• FL Legislature Approves Change To Aviation Use Tax Law

  Benefits Out-Of-State Visitors, State Aviation, Tourism Businesses In the waning days of the Florida legislative session, The Florida Senate passed House Bill 173, which exempts visiting aircraft from the state's use tax. Passage of the bill came... Posted Apr 30 2010, 03:49 PM by Aero-News Network

• ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.01.10): Supercritical Wing

  Wing of relatively deep, flat-topped profile generating lift right across upper surface instead of concentrated close behind leading-edge. Read More... Posted Apr 30 2010, 02:18 PM by Aero-News Network

• Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (05.01.10)

  "Like most other small businesses, flight training providers do not have the resources or staff time available to submit to annual audits. These providers cannot bear the cost of the new regulations, [and] will be forced to leave the state."... Posted Apr 30 2010, 02:13 PM by Aero-News Network

• ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.01.10)

  Target Drones Long before the development of today's sophisticated UAV's, the military used target drones ... unmanned aircraft that would allow pilots the chance to actually shoot something down before encountering targets that shot back. Read... Posted Apr 30 2010, 02:13 PM by Aero-News Network

• Aero-TV: Service in Aviation Pt. 2 - Hersman Honors Women's Contribution

  NTSB Chairman Details the Tradition of Women's Service in Aviation On February 25th through February 27th, 2010, the Women in Aviation International organization held their 21st annual conference; over 3,000 women and men gathered at Disney's... Posted Apr 30 2010, 12:02 AM by Aero-News Network

• Data-Driven Systems Have Pluses And Minuses For Aviation Safety

  NTSB Chair Deborah Hersman Addresses Air Safety Investigators In a speech to the International Society of Air Safety Investigators, National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman said Thursday that the use of data to manage and improve... Posted Apr 29 2010, 10:50 PM by Aero-News Network

• Navy Awards Contract For Composite Airframe Sensor System

  Aurora Sensors Will Allow Non-Destructive Evaluation In Composite Parts The Navy has awarded Aurora Flight Sciences a contract to develop an innovative sensor system to perform aircraft damage detection and evaluation. Read More... Posted Apr 29 2010, 04:28 PM by Aero-News Network