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The Secret Service announced it will conduct “exercises” using unmanned aerial vehicles around Washington, D.C., in the coming weeks. While the agency didn’t disclose further details, including what kinds of drones are involved or the nature of the activities, it’s fair to surmise they will include some kind of security-related testing. A Washington Post blog […]

AVweb’s search of the news in aviation found a new FTD for Canadian helicopter pilots, AOPA’s latest loan program, updates to the Red Bull Air Race, and a new STC approval for Sikorsky helicopters. FRASCA International Inc. has contracted with HNZ Group Inc. of Montreal, Canada, for the supply of an AS350 Level 7 Flight […]

AVweb’s search of aviation news worldwide found some developments in the UAS industry, international shipments for FlyThisSim’s Robinson trainer, and an STC in the making for helicopter lithium-ion batteries. SkyWard and Robotic Skies announced a partnership that teams the aviation expertise of each company to provide safety, compliance and maintenance solutions to the unmanned aerial […]

Did you happen to catch the Super Bowl commercial that had a 20-years-younger Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric discussing “the little a with a circle around it” then asking their off-camera producer to explain what this thing, the internet, was? The spot was funny because anyone who sees it now will marvel that just two […]

Airtime Aircraft of Florida has brought wind-in-your-face fun to amphibious flying with its Cygnet weight-shift amphib. CEO Michael Percy describes the aircraft and its niche. view on YouTube

AVweb’s search of aviation news worldwide found shipments starting up for Garmin’s new ADS-B assembly, a new guidebook from Power Flow Systems, an aircraft app from Pilot John, and a Wi-Fi mod connecting Dynon’s SkyView with ForeFlight.Garmin has announced that initial orders of the GDL 84, the latest addition to Garmin’s comprehensive lineup of certified […]

Sonex Aircraft has shipped its first SubSonex JSX-2 personal jet kit, launching the initial set of deliveries from the microjet’s first production run as a quick-build kit. The SubSonex’s arrival to Redge Greenberg of Durango, Colorado, “marks the conclusion of an intense six-month effortto bring JSX-2 from prototype aircraft to a fully-developed quick-build kit product,” […]

The other night, I saw a video report-one of several, actually-about how some government agency was lit up because it’s beginning to look like 3-D printing will be capable of making parts for firearms. In passing, it mentioned that complex airplane parts would soon be producible by 3-D technology. Yeah, I thought, when pigs fly. […]

Maybe you haven’t used a 3-D printer to make your own cogs or dowels (yet), but Jim Bertel and Joel Smith of Stratasys Direct Manufacturing are putting additive manufacturing to work in mankind’s final frontier – outer space. Duration: 13:43 File Size: 12.5 MB download here

When I was reading over the draft small UAS regs and analysis that leaked out of the FAA over the weekend, I couldn’t help thinking … man, this feels like a breech birth assisted with a crowbar. For one thing, the timing caught the FAA off guard. Thanks to the wonders of the web, the […]