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July 04, 2019

FAA Suspending Operations At KDCA For July 4 Celebration

Airport Will Be Closed To Traffic For A Little More Than Two Hours Over Two Periods

The FAA is suspending operations for a total of two hours and 15 minutes over two periods Thursday to accommodate the July 4th flyovers and fireworks display in Washington, D.C.

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Mars 2020 Rover's 7-Foot-Long Robotic Arm Installed

Will Launch From Cape Canaveral Air Force Station In Florida In July Of Next Year

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have installed the main robotic arm on the Mars 2020 rover. The main arm includes five electrical motors and five joints (known as the shoulder azimuth joint, shoulder elevation joint, elbow joint, wrist joint and turret joint). Measuring 7 feet long, the arm will allow the rover to work as a human geologist would: by holding and using science tools with its turret, which is essentially its "hand."

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P-40 Warhawk 'American Dream' Withdraws From Reno

Cites Cost Of Insurance As The Primary Reason For The Scratch

A major change in insurance requirements for the National Air Race in Reno, NV has forced at least one team to withdraw from the event this fall.

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Canadians To Benefit From New And Expanded Air Transport Agreements

Deals Signed With Ecuador, Tunisia And Grenada

From visiting friends and family to getting goods to markets around the world, Canadians rely on a robust aviation industry with diverse international air services. Expanding Canada's existing air transport relationships allows airlines to introduce more flight options and routes which benefits passengers and businesses by providing greater choice and convenience.

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Restored Aircraft At EAA Chapter 534 Hangar Goes To A New Home

Mini Max Airplane Had Been Nearly Destroyed By A Tornado

For two years the members of the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 534 and their Aviation Youth Program have been restoring a damaged bright yellow aircraft to flight status.

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Elon Musk Predicts Electric Airplanes Will Be Viable In The Near Future

SpaceX And Tesla Founder Is A Strong Proponent Of Electric Propulsion

SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk may be turning his attention to an electric airplane, which he thinks could be viable in just a few years.

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NASA Selects Flying Mission To Study Titan For Origins, Signs Of Life

Dragonfly Will Launch In 2026 And Arrive In 2034

NASA has announced that its next destination in the solar system is the unique, richly organic world Titan. Advancing the search for the building blocks of life, the Dragonfly mission will fly multiple sorties to sample and examine sites around Saturn's icy moon.

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American Airlines Teams Up With Stand Up To Cancer

Donors Can Have A Name Added To Special Livery For An AA A321

American Airlines will provide a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to add a loved one’s name to one of its planes in honor of those who are cancer survivors, current cancer fighters and those who lost their battle with cancer. Anyone who makes a donation of $25 or more to Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) during the month of July can add the name of a person they stand up for to an American Airlines Airbus A321. The plane, which will begin flying this fall, will be wrapped with a special SU2C design that includes names submitted.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (07.04.19)

"With the Dragonfly mission, NASA will once again do what no one else can do. Visiting this mysterious ocean world could revolutionize what we know about life in the universe." Source: NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (07.04.19): CAMP

Continuous Airworthiness Maintenance Program (CAMP) is a combined program of maintenance and inspection that functions used to fulfill the total maintenance needs.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (07.04.19)

Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)

ADS-B is transforming all segments of aviation. Real-time precision, shared situational awareness, advanced applications for pilots and controllers alike — these are the hallmarks of ADS-B NextGen surveillance.

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