Wed, May 16, 2012
A Year Later, The American Space Program Seeks Definition After The Shuttle Era
It was just a year ago... and the dream was nearly over. After decades of watching American ingenuity and perseverance launch hundreds of people into space, we were about to relegate our last manned launch system to the scrap heap of history... with no real way to know when that capability might someday be restored -- if ever.
It was STS-134... the last flight of Endeavour.
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Wed, May 16, 2012
Holland: Deal Is "Another Major Milestone" For The Re-Emerging Company
Just a few weeks ago, Eclipse CEO Mason Holland assured the aviation community that Sikorsky would continue to be a significant partner in the re-birth of the Eclipse twin jet. That was born out Tuesday as Sikorsky subsidiary PZL Mielec and Eclipse Aerospace announced they have signed an agreement to produce airframe components for Eclipse Aerospace in Poland and ship them to Eclipse's facilities in Albuquerque, NM, for final assembly and delivery.
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Wed, May 16, 2012
Will Be Available For Use In Future Missions
NASA has announced a modification of its NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract with Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, CA, to add an additional configuration of the Falcon 9 rocket to its fleet.
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Wed, May 16, 2012
Environmental Assessment Supports Expansion At Launch Complex 36B, Enables Joint FAA Launch Site Operators License For LC-36 And LC-46.
Space Florida will finalize an Environmental Assessment (EA) this summer that will enable the expansion of its two launch sites at Cape Canaveral Spaceport, Launch Complexes 36 and 46. The EA supports the expansion of LC-36 – specifically Pad B – to enable static test firing of all varieties and sizes of rocket motors and launch of university-developed or other small sounding rockets.
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Wed, May 16, 2012
Test Airplane Sets Unconfirmed Speed Record In Atlantic Crossing
Gulfstream's G650 made its first trans-Atlantic crossing on May 12 en route to the 12th European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva. The aircraft flew 3,780 nautical miles squawk-free and nonstop in just 6 hours and 55 minutes.
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Wed, May 16, 2012
CAP, WAI Honor The Lifelong Aviatrix
Aviation organizations worldwide are celebrating the life of Evelyn "Mama Bird" Johnson, who passed away recently at the age of 102. An honor guard of Civil Air Patrol cadets will salute CAP’s, and the entire aviation community’s, “Mama Bird” when she is laid to rest Wednesday morning in Jefferson City, TN.
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Wed, May 16, 2012
Interim Rules Allow UAVs Up To 25 Pounds For Some Public Safety Agencies
For more than five decades, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has compiled a proven track record of introducing new technology and aircraft safely into the National Airspace System (NAS).
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Wed, May 16, 2012
Hartzell Propeller Introduces New 3-Blade Conversion For The Popular Cessna
Hartzell Propeller has received an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for a 3-bladed propeller conversion kit for the Cessna 182S, 182T Skylane, T182T Skylane TC, up through models in current production.
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Wed, May 16, 2012
FAA Warned That It Was Too Close To Fulton County Airport
The planned expansion of a waste-transfer station in Cobb County, GA, appears to be dead in the water following an FAA assessment that the facility would draw birds, increasing the risk of a bird strike at nearby Charlie Brown Airport (KFTY) in Fulton County.
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Wed, May 16, 2012
A Year Later, The American Space Program Seeks Definition After The Shuttle Era
It was just a year ago... and the dream was nearly over. After decades of watching American ingenuity and perseverance launch hundreds of people into space, we were about to relegate our last manned launch system to the scrap heap of history... with no real way to know when that capability might someday be restored -- if ever.
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