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June 12, 2015

Airborne 06.12.15: Gone West--Ray Stits, HAI Defends GI Bill, Sikorsky For Sale?

Also: SMA Aero-Diesel, How To Be Noticed At Oshkosh, Robotic Skies, Bahamas Ditching, Airbus in S America, Falcon Air Surrenders, New IATA Chairman

Ray Stits, EAA Lifetime member, aircraft designer and developer of Poly-Fiber coverings, died June 8 of natural causes just under two weeks shy of his 94th birthday. Founder of EAA Chapter 1 in Riverside, California, Ray contributed greatly to aviation and supported the early days of experimental aircraft development. The Helicopter Association International president and CEO, Matt Zuccaro, has released a statement opposing a bill pending before Congress that includes language to severely restrict the amount of money the Veterans Administration will pay for a veteran to attend a flight-training degree program at a public college or u

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A Senate subcommittee crafting NASA's budget for the next fiscal year has cut the proposed appropriation for the space agency's Commercial Crew program from NASA's requested $1.2 billion to $900 million, a move NASA administrator Charles Bolden says will delay the development and eventual launch of Boeing's CST-100 and SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft.