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AVweb’s search of aviation news this week found milestones from high school and college students, a recent maintenance competition, and new research on “millennial pilots.” The Flying Musicians Association announced that its first FMA Solo Scholarship Award recipient, Drew Medina of Vero Beach, Florida, a senior in the Vero Beach High School Jazz, Symphonic, and […]

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Google: Drone Deliveries In Two Years

Even as the FAA struggles to formulate drone regulations, Internet giant Google says it will begin delivering packages by drone sometime in 2017. David Vos, who leads Project Wing for Google’s parent, Alphabet, said the company is in discussions with the FAA to set up an air traffic control system for drones that would use […]

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China’s C919: Big Hat, No Cattle

Somewhere in the not-that-distant past, the rollout of a new airliner morphed from a simple tow out of the hangar to polite applause into industrial theater with a cast of thousands. Give China’s COMAC—the government-owned consortium responsible for commercial aircraft—credit for nailing the theater part, albeit with a slight party twist not of the balloon […]

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NASA: Engine Defects Behind Antares Rocket Explosion

Faulty design and manufacturing of engine components were among likely causes of the Orbital Sciences rocket explosion a year ago, according to a report (PDF) this week from a NASA-appointed review team. The unmanned Antares rocket, carrying cargo to the International Space Station, exploded at a commercial launch site in Virginia on Oct. 28, 2014. […]

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New This Week

AVweb’s search of aviation news around the world turned up a major expansion for Yingling Aviation,ONE Aviation’s new Chinese distributor,and two announcements from the education front – a new aerospace event in Nevada, and K-12 grants awarded to two teachers.Yingling Aviation has announced a significant expansion to its propeller maintenance, repair and overhaul operations with […]

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Podcast: NASA’s All-Electric X-Plane

A team headed by NASA engineer Mark Moore plans to fly a modified Tecnam P2006T driven by an array of small propellers powered by electric batteries. Moore explains to AVweb’s Mary Grady how this project could completely upend the design rules for GA aircraft of the future. Duration: 5:34 File Size: 6.4 MB download here

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New This Week

AVweb’s search of aviation news around the world found a first flight for a customer-built Sonex jet, a new home for the Seaplane Pilots Association, upcoming inductees to EAA’s Halls of Fame, and a partnership between two Canadian aviation organizations. Sonex Aircraft extends its congratulations to Redge Greenberg of Durango, Colorado, who made the first […]

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Richard Taylor, “Father Of The B-737,” Dead At 93

Richard “Dick” Taylor, known for his decades of work on jet designs, died earlier this month at 93 at his home in Seattle. He was a test pilot and later director of engineering for Boeing, where his portfolio included the B-29 tanker, the B-47, B-52 and later, the 737. The Seattle Times noted that Taylor […]

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New This Week

AVweb’s search of aviation news around the world found an Amazon Fire release from Hilton Software,progress on Pratt & Whitney Canada’s new turboprop engine, updated products from Mountain High Oxygen, andKansas State’s opening of its new UAS facility.Hilton Software LLC, a leader in advanced mobile aviation technology and a United States Department of Defense contractor, […]

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