By Kim J Stevens Veteran NBC News Correspondent Tom Costello was awarded the prestigious NATCA James Oberstar Sentinel of Safety Award on Wednesday, during the Association’s Communicating For Safety Conference held in Las Vegas. The award honors members of the aviation community that have displayed outstanding achievement in the advancement of aviation safety. This is […]
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Flirtey Unveils Future of Drone Delivery at National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
Flirtey unveiled the Flirtey Eagle this week, the world’s most advanced drone delivery technology, with Senator Cortez Masto (D-NV) at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The company has released the much-anticipated first video of its next-generation delivery drone performing consumer and automated external defibrillator (AED) deliveries to customer homes. “We are thrilled to […]
Dassault to Highlight Falcon 8X, 900LX Trijets at RUBAE 2019
Dassault Aviation will showcase its Falcon 8X flagship and super versatile Falcon 900LX trijets at this year’s Russian Business Aviation Exhibition (RUBAE), which opens on September 11 at the Vnukovo-3 business aviation complex near Moscow. Dassault will also be exhibiting a full-scale mockup of its new Falcon 6X ultra-widebody twinjet which is on track for […]
Delair, Geosys Announce Strategic Partnership to Bring Enhanced Offerings to Precision Ag
Delair and Geosys, a leader in satellite and weather data analytics for agriculture, announced a partnership aimed at expanding the options for gathering and analyzing data for enhanced crop inputs placement, seed production and crop monitoring practices. This partnership will deliver a single analytics platform with seamless integration of high-value drone and satellite data to […]
James Ketchell Close to Completing Global Flight in Gyrocopter
Serial adventurer, motivational speaker and fund raiser James Ketchell has nearly completed the latest stage of his epic round the world Gyrocopter flight. James is using his Trig TY91 radio and TT21 transponder to safely communicate and aviate across 27 time zones and 37,000 kilometers. Having flown across Europe, Russia and every state in America […]
Surplus Airport Equipment Program Makes History in Colorado
Photo above – Surplus Program Manager Kaitlyn Westendorf officiates the draft order process for the 2019 Colorado Surplus Airport Equipment Sale. The annual Colorado Surplus Airport Equipment Sale took place on August 22 with 13 participating Colorado public-use airports looking for a shot to purchase quality, used airport equipment. This year’s sale marked the first […]
The End of an Era: American Says Farewell to the Super 80
Photo above by Thomas Beam – American Airlines is retiring the last of its McDonnell Douglas MD-80 fleet today as most of the remaining 26 aircraft take their final flights to Roswell, New Mexico (ROW). The MD-80, also known as the Super 80, was the workhorse of the airline’s fleet throughout the 1980s and beyond. The […]
NCDOT’s Use of Drones after Hurricane Florence Wins Award
Photo above – Drone-captured image of floodwaters in Chinquapin, NC after Hurricane Florence. In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Florence, the N.C. Department of Transportation used drones in an unprecedented manner to monitor and document flooding, road conditions and traffic impacts. In recognition of those efforts, NCDOT has earned a regional award in the 2019 […]
EAA Aviation Museum Adds Two Record Breaking Aircraft to Collection
Photo above – AutoGyro MT-03 on display at EAA. The EAA Aviation Museum is displaying two new aircraft that made appearances during EAA AirVenture 2019. These two displays include the BlackFly from Opener and the AutoGyro MT-03 from AutoGyro GmbH, adding to the world-class collection at the museum. The BlackFly is the very first addition […]
Camarillo Wings Hosts 39th Annual Wings Over Camarillo Airshow
The Camarillo Wings Association hosted this year’s “Wings Over Camarillo” Air Show August 17, 18, with support from volunteers from the Southern California Wing of the Commemorative Air Force, EAA Chapter 723 and the Ventura County 99s, and presented by California Aeronautical University. This year’s airshow includes aerobatic performances from classic warbirds from the CAF, […]
