Tue, May 20, 2014
The group working to restore the B-29 bomber named 'Doc' to an airworthy condition says that the airplane should be ready to fly by the end of the year.
The B-29 project, is located in Wichita Kansas and is housed in a hangar donated by Boeing. The donation of space runs out at the end of this year. They hope to find a permanent home for Doc in Wichita, from where they will fly it around the country as a living museum. The Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) has released its first-quarter 2014 Avionics Market Report. In the first three months of the year, total worldwide business and general aviation avionics sales amounted to almost $651 million. Dassault Aviation's Falcon 7X has set a new transatlantic speed record, flying between Teterboro, New Jersey and London City Airport at an average speed of Mach .88. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 05.19.14 is chock full of info in this thrice-weekly news period ending Monday, May 19th, 2014...
Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:
- B-29 'Doc' Nearly Airworthy
- VAA To Celebrate Post-WWII Aircraft Boom
- AEA Announces First-Quarter 2014 Avionics Market Report
- FAA Issues SAIB For Some Chipmunk Airplanes
- AVW: Flying through the Corinth Canal with Peter Besenyei
- Dassault Falcon 7X Sets New Speed Record
- Happy 60th Birthday To The Boeing Dash 80
Get Comprehensive, Real-Time, 24/7 coverage of the latest aviation and aerospace stories anytime, at aero-news.net. And be sure to join us again next week for the next edition of "Airborne" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, in just a few days!
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