Month: December 2020

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Gulf Air and IAI seal maintenance pact after Bahrain-Israel tie-up

Normalisation of diplomatic relations between Bahrain and Israel has led to a new maintenance agreement under which Gulf Air aircraft will undergo line maintenance from Israel Aerospace Industries. IAI states that its Aviation Group will offer a “comprehensive technical response”...

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Airborne-Unmanned 12.02.20: Drone Certs, Drone Pilot Busted, Flirtey-Vault

Also: 100 Falcon 9 Launches, Submarine Drone Delivery, Walmart Drone Shows, FAA Drone Registrations The FAA published airworthiness criteria for the proposed certification of 10 different UAS as special class aircraft. This is a crucial step to enabling more complex...

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Airborne 11.30.20: NEW Fisher ARIA, AN-124 Grounding, Walmart Drone Shows

Also: Entry-Level Colt S-LSA, Warbird Adventures, AEA v GPS Interference, FAI Awards Ceremony Fisher Flying products is alive and well... and readying an all-new aircraft design -- a small low-wing tandem speedster. The aircraft is an all wood design with...

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Airborne-Unmanned 12.02.20: Drone Certs, Drone Pilot Busted, Flirtey-Vault

Also: 100 Falcon 9 Launches, Submarine Drone Delivery, Walmart Drone Shows, FAA Drone Registrations The FAA published airworthiness criteria for the proposed certification of 10 different UAS as special class aircraft. This is a crucial step to enabling more complex...

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (12.01.20)

“Adapting a small number of our healthiest B-1s to carry hypersonic weapons is vital to bridge between the bomber force we have today, to the force of tomorrow. This is a major step forward in our global precision fires capability...

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ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (12.01.20): Go Around

Go Around Instructions for a pilot to abandon his/her approach to landing. Additional instructions may follow. Unless otherwise advised by ATC, a VFR aircraft or an aircraft conducting visual approach should overfly the runway while climbing to traffic pattern altitude...

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EASA certifies ATR 72-600 freighter

ATR has obtained European approval for the manufacturer’s purpose-built freighter, based on the ATR 72-600 airframe. The manufacturer, which launched the programme in 2017 based on an order from cargo operator FedEx, stared flying the first example of the -600F...

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SAS not counting Norwegian out as rival plans $450m share issue

Scandinavian operator SAS believes that it will face a fiercely competitive situation in the region during crisis recovery, irrespective of the survival – or otherwise – of budget rival Norwegian. Norwegian disclosed plans on 3 December to pursue a new...

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Doha tests Typhoon pilots in Epic Skies IV deployment

Six Eurofighter Typhoons from a joint UK/Qatar training squadron commenced a two-week exercise in Doha on 29 November. Six Eurofighter Typhoons from a joint UK/Qatar training squadron commenced a two-week exercise in Doha on 29 November. “Pilots will be challenged...

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SAS shifts deliveries of A350s and A320neos to align with recovery

SAS has shifted deliveries of a pair of Airbus A350-900s due to arrive in the current fiscal year, shifting them to fiscal years 2022 and 2023 instead. It has also deferred introduction of eight Airbus A320neos, pushing back the delivery...

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