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NEWS
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| DHS issues alert on potential avionics vulnerability |
| Aircraft owners and pilots are reminded to follow security best practices in the wake of a July 30 informational alert from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The DHS said insecure CAN buses—a type of data communications network—in aircraft might be exploited if an attacker had physical access to the aircraft and attached a device to the network, which could then inject false data.
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| Embry-Riddle to buy 60 Cessna Skyhawks |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will buy at least 60 Cessna Skyhawks from Textron Aviation between 2019 and 2022. The university with campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, signed a memorandum of understanding with Textron July 24 at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
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| Redbird unveils guided instrument program |
| Redbird Flight Simulations now has a guided independent flight training (GIFT) program for instrument students. Announced July 22 at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the GIFT program delegates some of the tasks an instructor would perform in a simulator session to software. Students review an online video and text overview for a mission at home, go over it with the instructor, and then are set loose to fly the mission on their own while the instructor works with another student. The program works with any Redbird simulator with the latest Navigator software.
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| Pipistrel trainer drafted for Air Force program |
| Pipstrel's Alpha Trainer has been chosen to train future U.S. Air Force pilots in a solo flight program coordinated by a California flight school. Students newly graduated from high school enroll in an intensive program designed to get them from zero flight hours to solo. The program helps the Air Force vet applicants and weed out those who wouldn’t be suited for the full Air Force program.
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| Avionics equipment stolen from airplanes at N.H. airport |
| Someone broke into at least nine aircraft at Boire Field (ASH) in Nashua, New Hampshire, and helped themselves to tens of thousands of dollars' worth of radios and GPS units. The thefts occurred over the weekend of July 27. Nashua officials said the thief or thieves used a crowbar to pry open doors and windows of locked aircraft, and did not remove transponders that could be easily traced since they are linked to an airplane's N number, according to WCVB.com.
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