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January 14, 2014

Airborne 01.14.14: SAFE Criticizes FAA, Van's Likes LSAs!, Zenith Shipping Cruzers

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The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators, known as SAFE, told the FAA last Wednesday that a proposed change in agency policy on Letters of Authorization (LOAs) for general aviation flight simulators will harm aviation safety and create a burden on the industry. Here is some good news for those of you looking for a factory built light sport aircraft. The Vans Aircraft RV-12 will continue to be produced as a ready to fly airplane. Zenith Aircraft has begun shipping kits for its newest model, the CH 750 Cruzer. Introduced last April in Lakeland, Florida, the Cruzer is based on the popular STOL CH 750 but built for actual runways with smaller wheels and

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Another Commercial Space Success: New NASA Science Arrives At Space Station

Commercial Resupply Spacecraft Cygnus Spacecraft Docked At ISS Sunday

The commercial space industry took another step forward Sunday as astronauts aboard the International Space Station used a robotic arm to capture and attach the Cygnus supply spacecraft, which carried dozens of new science experiments from across the country and the world to the orbiting laboratory.

'First Light' Milestone Reached At Marshall Space Flight Center

The modern avionics system that will guide NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket ever built, has seen the light. The flight software and avionics for SLS were integrated and powered for testing Thursday at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL, as part of a milestone known as first light.