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PUBLICATIONS Vol.49 | No.9 $9.00 SEPTEMBER 2018 | ainonline.com Bizav shines in Brazil The cautious optimism about the future of business aviation in Latin America, and in Brazil in particular, was borne out last month at the 15th LABACE fair. The event attracted new exhibitors and foreign delegations as the industry works to overcome obstacles to growth. Industry Bizjet shipments flat in first half. page 12 Pilot Report AIN flies newly certified INTOSH C G500. page 24 DAVID M DAVID Security Crashes higlight mental Attack stokes fresh drone fears health. pages 16, 42 by Mark Huber Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Federal Bureau of Investigation. Meanwhile, a rivals’ cannabis fields and either seize the was giving a nationally televised speech group calling itself the “Soldados de Frandela” crops or extort the growers. ISIS has made August 4 on the Avenida Bolivar in Caracas (the T-shirt Soldiers) claimed responsibility drone bombs a regular part of its retinue. in front of hundreds of assembled troops for the failed attack and warned that success In joint testimony before the Senate Home- to celebrate the 81st anniversary of the was “only a matter of time.” land Security and Government Affairs Com- National Guard, a major annual military That’s creating fresh worries for security mittee on June 6, David Glawe, Department event. “The time for economic recovery experts worldwide who have been tracking of Homeland Security (DHS) undersecretary has arrived,” he proclaimed. the increasing popularity of drones, displac- continues on page 40 The sentence was punctuated by the first ing the Russian AK-47 assault rifle as the explosion. A commercial-grade DJI Matrice weapon of choice for bad actors. Read Our SPECIAL REPORT 600 Pro UAS carrying an estimated 2.2 They point out that Mexican drug car- pounds of C-4 plastic explosives detonated tels are graduating from using drones to 100 yards away. Fourteen seconds later, a sec- routinely carry merchandise to delivering ond DJI Matrice 600 similarly equipped and enforcement “messages.” Earlier this year Product Support apparently off course, crashed into a concrete they wired two deactivated grenades to one AIN readers rate the support they have apartment building two blocks away, blowing UAV and landed it on the lawn of Baja, Cal- received for their avionics and cabin a substantial hole into it that first responders ifornia’s state security chief; last October electronics. A perennial favorite holds initially attributed to a natural gas explosion. Mexican federal police confiscated a quad- the number one spot in the flight deck Maduro’s government announced a week copter armed with an improvised explosive category, while two OEMs shared the later that it would be willing to accept investi- device known as a potato bomb (“papas top spot for cabin equipment. gation assistance from the leading federal law bombas”), a ball-shaped charge mixed with enforcement agency of the nation with which nails and metal shards. UK gangs have fit- page 20 it arguably has the worst relations—the U.S. ted drones with infrared sensors to identify INSIDE this issue 36 JAMES HOLAHAN (1921-2015), FOUNDING EDITOR WILSON S. 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