Last week saw the 2018 FAA Reauthorization Act become law, and the new legislation has quite a few implications for people who fly small drones or model aircraft as a hobby. Before diving into the latest changes, it’s worth reviewing how the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has regulated such things in the past.
Article source: https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/drones/new-faa-rules-for-drones-go-into-effect
The Boeing Co. (BA – Free Report) delivered 190 airplanes in the third quarter of 2018, marginally lower than 202 deliveries in the year-ago quarter. However, on a year-to-date basis, deliveries touched 568 compared with 554 airplanes delivered in the year-ago period.
The 737 model continues to be a major pillar of Boeing’s strength in the commercial airplane sector. Year to date, the company delivered 407 airplanes from its 737 model compared with 381 deliveries in the year-ago period. Boeing is on course to meet its commercial airplane delivery target for 2018, which is expected in the range of 810-815. Boeing expects the commercial airplane segment to generate within $59.5-$60.5 billion in 2018.
The commercial airplane market is showing gradual signs of improvement, as reflected in the order books of the commercial airplane manufacturer. Net order received by the company in the first nine months of 2018 was 631 airplanes versus 529 in the year-ago period.
Defense Deliveries Budget
During the quarter, the company delivered 25 items to the defense department, including helicopters, fighter jets and satellites. However, year-to-date defense deliveries were 66, much lower than the year-ago level of 131 items.
Fiscal 2019 defense budget is fixed at $717 billion. Boeing along with Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT – Free Report) are expected to benefit from the strong U.S. defense budget. Both the companies have a wide presence in the defense space, given their wide assortment of products.
Long-Term Outlook for Commercial Airplane
The demand for commercial airplanes is expected
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The six years of experience and hundreds of hours of flight time needed to become a pilot of the US Air Force’s oldest spy plane are no more, and now trainee pilots will be eligible to take the controls of the venerable Dragon Lady.
The new U-2 First Assignment Companion Trainer, or FACT, program will allow Air Force student pilots to jump directly into the U-2 pipeline and join the 9th Reconnaissance Wing.
“Our focus is modernizing and sustaining the U-2 well into the future to meet the needs of our nation at the speed of relevance,” Air Force Col. Andy Clark, commander of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, said in a release.
The new program is meant to create “a new reconnaissance career path for
Article source: https://www.businessinsider.com/air-force-changing-recruiting-process-for-u-2-dragon-lady-spy-planes-2018-10
Boeing finally began to reduce its 737 delivery backlog in Renton last month, shown by figures in third-quarter jet delivery data released Tuesday by the manufacturer.
The jet maker delivered 61 of the single-aisle 737s in September, up from 29 in July and 48 in August.
As Boeing continues to roll 52 planes off assembly lines each month, that means the backlog of unfinished and undelivered planes was cut last month by nine aircraft, the first reduction since the buildup began in the year’s second quarter.
Company spokesman Paul Bergman declared “good progress on our 737 production recovery plan in September.”
“Our team remains focused on executing the plan and meeting our customer commitments,” he added.
The logjam of planes, parked in all available spaces around the Renton assembly plant and the adjacent airfield, peaked at around 53 aircraft at the beginning of September.
Boeing attributed the delays in finishing planes to a lagging supply of LEAP engines for the new 737 MAX model from CFM International, as well as late deliveries of fuselages from Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kan. The late arrival of these parts caused a cascade of unfinished jobs to travel down the assembly lines.
Managers added some 600 workers in Renton to help clear the backlog, but getting them up to speed proved difficult. Brought in either as new hires or transferred from other jet programs, many had no
Article source: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-finally-begins-to-reduce-its-737-delivery-backlog-in-renton/
Harrison Morosky is an aviation enthusiast with an entrepreneurial spirit.
Specifically, the 18-year-old from Grandview Heights and senior at the Wellington School in Upper Arlington enjoys the visual perspectives obtained from drones — unmanned aerial devices that aren’t your grandparents’ model airplanes.
Equipped with a camera stabilized by a gimbal — a pivoted support that allows an object to rotate about a single axis — Morosky’s newest drone can fly up to 400 feet high and stay airborne close to 30 minutes before being recharged.
It’s the tool behind Intelligent Roof Services, a company Morosky founded this summer. He uses the drone to perform commercial- and residential-property inspections.
“My neighbor asked me to clean his gutters — this was back in the summer,” Morosky said. “I noticed some (roof) damage, but it was hard to see it.
“So I thought, ‘Oh, maybe my drone could help with this.’ I fly my drone up there, inspected the property and was like, ‘Hey, wait a minute. There’s a lot of damage here.’ “
Morosky showed his neighbor the video, which led to about $45,000 in repairs.
“He had no idea,” he said.
That first application was an epiphany for Morosky, who for five years contemplated how to parlay his hobby into a business.
Though drones are being used in other markets to conduct inspections, Morosky found there weren’t many central Ohio roofing companies employing the technology.
Using lessons from a data-analytics course he had taken at Wellington and property-search features on the Franklin County Auditor’s Office website, he developed
Article source: http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20181008/wellington-student-harrison-moroskys-business-depends-on-drones
Sherilyn Johnson unloads her arms of lesson materials after walking into Sweet Briar School, the sounds of playing children behind her.
model airplanes and a solar system hang from the ceiling. Maps, artwork and lesson plans cover the walls and boards. A bearded dragon basks in a terrarium.
“Our latest addition. Isn’t that great?” Johnson said, looking at the tiny reptile that’s the subject of a science project.
Students raise the American flag before morning classes at Sweet Briar School west of Mandan.
“I always felt like an alien,” says Juliana McCarthy looking back at her Texas youth. Modeling was this punk’s ticket out, and at 17, she orbited into the world of high fashion in Paris, where she was compared to another celestial being, David Bowie, aka Major Tom. Ironically, it was astrology that helped bring the super-shy McCarthy down to earth; not only did it give her a topic to chat about on set, but it also helped her make sense of the world. Having studied the topic in depth, she’s now written her first book, The Stars Within You: A Modern Guide to Astrology, to introduce the subject in an approachable way. “My goal was to write the book I always wish existed when I was studying astrology,” she says. “I wanted a book that was beautiful and had richness and depth.” Adding to the book’s appeal are its illustrations, by Prada and Proenza Schouler alum Alejandro Cardenas.
Here, McCarthy charts her fascinating trajectory from lunchroom outcast to author with stops in Paris, chez Shire, and a Buddhist retreat along the way.
McCarthy’s new book.
Where did you grow up?
I was born in Dallas, which never felt right; it’s super conservative and
Article source: https://www.vogue.com/article/juliana-mccarthy-model-turned-astrologer-on-her-new-book-the-stars-within-you
