Millions of New Yorkers saw a fleet of six WWII airplanes promote safety awareness messages of thanks and hope in the skies above New York City last week. The airplanes flew over hospitals creating giant messages in the sky that were as tall as the Empire State Building, spanning 5-10 miles and could be seen […]
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Daher Introduces HomeSafe™ Emergency Autoland System
Daher has unveiled technical details for its TBM 940 turboprop aircraft in the Model Year 2020 version, which is equipped with HomeSafe™ – an emergency system that automatically brings the airplane to a runway touchdown if the pilot becomes incapacitated. The system is activated manually by an easily recognizable orange button atop the cockpit instrument […]
The MWS®-C600 Micro Weather Sensor Adds a LIDAR Ceilometer to Serve the Needs of Aviation Customers
Intellisense Systems, Inc., has introduced the MWS®–C600, the third product in Intellisense’s new Commercial Series of Micro Weather Sensors (MWS®). Since 2016, the U.S. Air Force has deployed hundreds of the military qualified version, the MWS-M620, around the world. Now, similar technology is available for commercial applications and connected over cellular networks. Like all its […]
Dassault Aviation Places two Falcon Aircraft at Service of Operation Resilience
To deal with the health crisis linked to COVID-19, Dassault Aviation has made two Falcon business jets available to the French Defense Ministry as part of the Operation Resilience intended to supply logistics and medical support for civilian corona virus control activities. The first mission, involving the two aircraft, took place on Sunday, April 5. […]
F-35, F-22, F-16 Demo Teams Bring Speed and Power to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2020 Air Show Schedule
Current military fighter jets are among the most popular draws every year during the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh air shows, and the 2020 schedule lives up that reputation with demo teams with three of the top fighters in the U.S. military fleet. This year’s Experimental Aircraft Association fly-in convention features demo teams flying the F-16 Fighting […]
Astro Adds Med-Evac Pod to the Fleet
Astro Aerospace has added another new model to its ALTA platform line-up in the form of a Med-Evac/Ambulance vehicle. The ALTA LaFRa (Low-altitude Fast Response aircraft) is the newest pod concept to join Astro’s ALTA fleet of Pods and will target the search and rescue, and ambulance/medical markets. The LaFRa design modification was an obvious […]
New Mexico’s Sandia Labs Funded to Work on Three-Year Project to Address UAS Threats
Sandia National Laboratories robotics experts are working on a way to intercept enemy unmanned aircraft systems midflight. They successfully tested their concept indoors with a swarm of four unmanned aircraft systems that flew in unison, each carrying one corner of a net. Acting as a team, they intercepted the flying target, trapped it in air […]
American Airlines Announces $550 Million Investment to its Tulsa Maintenance Base
Photo above – Doug Parker, Chairman and CEO of American Airlines, shares the historic investment announcement with team members at Tech Ops – Tulsa. American Airlines announced today it will invest $550 million at its Base Maintenance facility in Tulsa (Tech Ops – Tulsa). It is American’s largest Base Maintenance facility and is an integral […]
GAMA Announces 2019 Year-End Aircraft Billing and Shipment Numbers
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) presented the 2019 year-end aircraft billing and shipment numbers, during its annual State of the Industry press conference. In 2019, aircraft deliveries reached a value of $26.8 billion, an increase compared to $24.3 billion in 2018. The number of piston airplane deliveries experienced the largest growth among the segments […]
North Carolina Announces Winners of 2020 Aviation Art Contest
Photo above – 1st Place Intermediate Category – Daniel Kim The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation announced today the winners of this year’s Aviation Art Contest, an annual competition among students across North Carolina. NCDOT received more than 2,400 entries carrying this year’s contest theme “Flying Yesterday and Tomorrow.” After weeks of judging […]
