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Bell Helicopter and Textron Aviation to highlight advanced commercial and defence products at FIDAE 2016

Bell Helicopter, Textron AirLand, Textron Aviation Inc. and Textron Systems, all businesses of Textron Inc., have announced their plans for the 19th edition of the International Air and Space Fair (FIDAE 2016) in Santiago, Chile, held March 29 through April 3. Textron will be displaying in Chalet C2 – C6. For more than 35 years, FIDAE has brought together experts from diverse indust...

FlightSafety celebrates 65th anniversary

FlightSafety International has announced that today marks the 65th anniversary of its founding. “Today we commemorate and celebrate FlightSafety’s 65th anniversary,” said Bruce Whitman, chairman, president and CEO. “Throughout our history, we have focused on our mission to enhance aviation safety while providing outstanding customer service and the highest quality traini...

Boeing Becomes #4 Most Shorted Dow Stock, Replacing International Business Machines

The most recent short interest data has been released by the NASDAQ for the 03/15/2016 settlement date, and we here at Dividend Channel like to sift through this fresh data and order the underlying components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average by “days to cover.” There are a number of ways to look at short data, for example the total number of shares short; but one metric that we find...

USAF Seeks Industry Wisdom On Disposable UAS Engines

The U.S. Air Force is requesting information from industry on technologies that could produce lower-cost engines for future subsonic “Group 5” unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), the largest vehicles in the fleet with sizes and capabilities similar to the General Atomics Reaper or Northrop Grumman Global Hawk. The request is linked to the Air Force’s Low Cost Attritable Aircraft...

Airport aims to use Uber drivers' fingerprints to check past

A battle over background checks for Uber drivers at the world's busiest airport comes as cities like Los Angeles and Austin, Texas, consider more thorough screenings to prevent criminals from getting behind the wheel. Uber has objected to the Atlanta airport's plan to use fingerprints to check criminal records of its drivers, saying its own record checks are sufficient. But the distr...

women in aviation and space history

AMY JOHNSON In 1930, Amy Johnson became the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia and did so with very little flying experience. She had only received her license in 1929, learning to fly at the London Aeroplane Club at Stag Lane, but she was an impressive secretary-turned-pilot who earned an aircraft ground engineer's license as well. Flying a Gipsy Moth named Jason, Jo...

JetBlue Plane Which Fueling Van Hit Last Month Makes Emergency Landing Without Nose Landing Gear

A JetBlue Airways flight from Washington to Nassau, Bahamas ran into trouble Friday afternoon, as the nose landing gear of the aircraft failed to extend. The aircraft, Embraer ERJ-190AR, registration N273JB, is the same aircraft which a refuelling van slammed in February while it was at the Gate C11 at Terminal C of Boston’s Logan International Airport (BOS). JetBlue flight B629 d...

Drunk American Airlines Pilot Arrested Right Before His Flight

A pilot was arrested and his flight grounded after airport officials determined that he’d had too many early morning drinks before takeoff. An eagle-eyed Transportation Security Administration agent noticed the unidentified American Airlines pilot acting strangely at a security checkpoint and conducted a breath test, which the suspect allegedly failed. The Federal Aviation Admini...

Startup beats Amazon: Drone delivers ‘emergency’ package to Nevada residence

In the first fully autonomous urban flight, a drone made a parcel delivery to a residence in Hawthorne, Nevada. It wasn’t from Amazon though. A startup company dispatched the package containing bottled water, emergency food, and a first aid-kit. Created by a Nevada-based startup Flirtey, the drone test flight beat out competitor Amazon.com, Inc. “Conducting the first drone delive...

Affordable Hypersonic Jets Could Be High-Flying Reality by 2023

Hypersonic aircraft and weapons that can fly more than five times the speed of sound may seem like a futuristic fantasy, but defense giant Lockheed Martin says it is committed to making these ultrafast innovations a reality. In fact, Lockheed Martin is doubling down on hypersonic aerospace technologies, Lockheed officials said recently at the company's Media Day. "Lockheed Martin co...

747-400 Global SuperTanker gets ready for action

The world’s largest aerial firefighting asset, the Boeing 747-400-based Global SuperTanker, is almost ready to begin commercial operations. Jim Wheeler, president and chief executive of Global SuperTanker Services, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, expects the US Federal Aviation Administration to approve an amended supplemental type certificate in early May. Investment group A...

Comlux America gains EASA 145 certificate

Comlux America has been awarded a Foreign EASA 145 Certificate making them the first stand-alone EASA certificate holder in the USA. The certificate allows Comlux to perform base maintenance and interior completions on European Union (EU) registered aircraft not type certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Since 2011 Comlux America has held an EASA supplement to their FAA...