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June 17, 2015

Airborne 06.17.15: Blues Boss Retires, WingX 'traca', AMA at AirVenture

Also: Heli Business Rejected, Bell V-280, AIRBOSSINC, Bombardier Q400 Order, Hillary's TFRs, Fallen Helo Crewman To Be Honored, Gone West: NASA's Jack King Captain Gregory McWherter, the former commander and lead pilot of the Blue Angels, has announced that he will be retiring from the Navy after 25 years in uniform. A year ago, McWherter was officially reprimanded by the Navy for allowing a culture of sexual harassment to continue in the Blue Angels organization during two stints as its commander between 2008 and 2012. Here’s some news for those of you using WingX Pro on your iPad. The version 8.5 upgrade now includes a new feature they have named, ‘traca’. Traca enables pilots to create or modify a route simply by drawing the route on the screen. Traca also includes advanced modes of

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U.S. And France Sign Memorandum Of Cooperation

Will Share Commercial Space Transportation Research And Development Activities

FAA Administrator Michael P. Huerta and French National Space Agency (CNES) President Jean-Yves Le Gall have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) to cooperate on research and development related to the safety of private sector orbital space launches and re-entry activities. The research-related, non-binding arrangement between France and the United States is the first of its kind covering research into commercial orbital space operations.