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March 04, 2010

Aero-TV: Belite Aircraft – New Ultralights Make Their Debut

Belite Aircraft Announces Expansion to Product Line at SAE 2010

At the 2010 U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, Belite Aircraft unveiled the successors to their existing Belite ‘254’ FAR Part 103 compliant ultralight aircraft. Belite Aircraft hopes the two new models, deemed the “Trike” and the “Superlite,” will provide higher aircraft performance than the Belite 254 while maintaining economical pricing. Both models feature the same weight-saving carbon fiber design as the original Belite 254, but as C.E.O. James Wiebe explained, “the results go beyond simply making an existing design lighter and incorporating some optional features. At Belite, we’ve been able to adapt and refine our desi

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Texas Senator Introduces Legislation To Extend Shuttle Program

Kay Bailey Hutchison Calls Obama's NASA Budget "Short Sighted"

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, introduced legislation Wednesday to close the gap in U.S. human space flight that will occur if the space shuttle is retired before the next generation of space vehicle is developed.

Tank Will Fly On STS-133 In September

As the Space Shuttle program winds down, we're going to see a lot of these kinds of stories over the next few months. The program's final flight tank - designated External Tank-138 - has completed a critical production milestone at the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility.