Planemaker Teams With Oracle To Help Build Light, Fast Sailboats

OK, we'll admit this one is a bit of a stretch, but anyone who watched the last America's Cup yacht race gets that the rigid "sail" is really a wing, and that those boats just flat fly.

ANN Has Withheld This ID Until Scaled Notified Families

The Scald Composites organization has officially released the names of the crew that flew SpaceShipTwo, N339SS, on its final flight. An official statement released late Saturday states, "The Scaled Composites family lost a respected and devoted colleague yesterday, Michael Alsbury, who was the co-pilot for the test flight of SpaceShipTwo. Peter Siebold, the Director of Flight Operations at Scaled Composites, was piloting SpaceShipTwo. He is alert and talking with his family and doctors. We remain focused on supporting the families of the two pilots and all of our employees, as well as the agencies investigating the accident. We ask at this time that everyone please respect the privacy of the families."

Device Receives Level D Qualification From The FAA

Airbus Training Center (ATC) in Miami has integrated a new A320 full-flight simulator. Produced by FlightSafety International, provider of aviation training, simulation equipment and software, the A320 simulator received Level D qualification from the FAA and is ready to provide training on CFM and IAE engines as well as the Honeywell Flight Management Guidance Computer (FMGC). This is the Miami Training Center’s first FlightSafety simulator and complements two A330/A340 and three A320 full-flight simulators. 

Visitors Allowed To Get 'Up Close And Personal' With Planes, Pilots

“The Cradle of Naval Aviation,” Naval Air Station Pensacola, celebrates its 100th birthday this year, and the festivities continue in November with spectacular day and night flight performances featuring the famous Blue Angels and aviation acrobats during the Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show. The air show takes place at Sherman Field aboard NAS Pensacola on November 7, 8 and 9.

ICPS To Fly On First Orion Mission

Some elements of a rocket can be familiar, like the boosters and engines. But there are several important parts on NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), that may be less widely known. Case in point? The interim cryogenic propulsion stage (ICPS).

Would Use Spacecraft Based On Gemini Capsule From The 1960s

A 'grassroots' company is looking for investors to help it get a nascent commercial space program off the ground.

Revenue Increased 124 Percent Over 2013

Business aircraft services company Spirit Aeronautics says its revenue has grown significantly over the past year, and the company is now in a position to outline plans for the future.

Advanced Helicopter Helps Army Meet Global Commitments

Boeing has delivered the 300th CH-47F Chinook helicopter to the U.S. Army. Since the completion of the first CH-47F Chinook in 2006, 18 U.S. Army and National Guard units have been trained and equipped with the aircraft. 

Developing Stronger, Lighter Antenna Components For Use Off-Planet

Raug Space, with the support of Altair ProductDesign in Troy, MI has built a redesigned, optimized antenna support for an Earth observation satellite, to be produced using industrial additive manufacturing, or 3D printing. The objective was to create an aluminum component that would be significantly stiffer while at the same time lighter, taking full advantage of the design freedom afforded by 3D printing.

Aero Linx: The National Association of Priest Pilots Since its humble beginnings in the 1964, the National Association of Priest Pilots has become an international group of “Flying Priests.” The membership roster lists men and women from as far north as Alaska all the way to southern Brazil. Members are to be found in European and African Countries, as well as Australia and some of the Pacific Isles. Hierarchically charter and regular members, Secular and Religious Order, rank from Archbishops to newly ordained Associate Pastors. Associate members are men and women from all walks of life supportive of the purposes and goals of NAPP. Whatever the type of membership, all value the special bond that exists am

Specific Impulse A measurement of a rocket's relative performance. Expressed in seconds, the number of which a rocket can produce one pound of thrust from one pound of fuel. The higher the specific impulse, the less fuel required to produce a given amount of thrust.

"It's been almost 4 years since the U.S. has launched people into orbit. Some space experts say the current 'spaceflight gap' could go on for several more years. The fact is nobody knows for sure how long it will last. If you've ever wanted to be personally involved with a manned spaceflight program, this is your chance. Let's orbit SOONER than later!" Source: Craig Russell, founder of SpaceOps, a 'grassroots' company is looking for investors to help it get a nascent commercial space program off the ground.