A Government Accountability Office report published this week determined that as a result of the unfounded presumption that truckers are cheating the system, between $1 billion and $2 billion has been improperly held back from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and diverted to the Highway Trust Fund.
The GAO report determined that any uses of aviation fuel in ground vehicles over the past decade have been “rare,” and that both “economic and technological disincentives” further restrict the likelihood of such diversions taking place today. It’s hard to believe that any record in aviation could hold for 40 years, but 1976 was a different time. The Cold War with the Soviet Union was in full swing and Americans were standing in line to buy gas. That year was also the country’s bicentennial birthday. To celebrate, officials decided to attempt to break some records with an aircraft known as the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. On July 28, 1976, retired Major General, Eldon Joersz, the pilot, and retired Lieutenant Colonel, George Morgan, the reconnaissance systems officer, set the world absolute speed record for jet-powered airplanes with a speed of 2,193 miles per hour. It looks like a smaller version of the space shuttle is coming nearer to flying. Sierra Nevada
Corporation’s Dream Chaser full-scale flight test vehicle is ready for transporting to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California where phase two flight tests will be conducted in coordination with Edwards Air Force Base. Upon arrival at Edwards, the company will begin a series of pre-flight ground evaluations to verify and validate the vehicle’s system and subsystem designs. After successful completion of all ground testing, Dream Chaser will begin its Phase Two free-flight testing. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 08.12.16 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Friday, August 12th, 2016... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Brianne Cross and Christopher Odom, 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:
- GAO: Government Holding Back Up To $2 Billion From Airport Trust Fund
- SR-71 Pilots, Crew Relive Absolute Speed Record
- Dream Chaser Spacecraft To Begin Phase Two Flight Testing
- AVG Flying Tigers Veterans Headline Atlanta Warbird Weekend Dinner
- Barnstorming: Highs and Lows of Oshkosh 2016
- Company Launches By-The-Hour UAV Insurance
- SAIB Focuses On B737 Horizontal Stabilizer De-Icing Procedures
- Report: World Medium And Heavy Military Helicopter Market Declining
- Mobility Air Forces Awards KC-46A Mission Planning Delivery Order
- NTBAA’s 4th Annual Safety Show-Down Is Now NBAA CAM Certified
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