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July 01, 2019

Airborne 07.01.19: Riley's LONG CrossCountry, Pilot Sues Boeing, Vet Freed

Also: 'Fat Albert' Replacement, Cookies In Space, AEA Educational Foundation, MTU Aero Engines

A few weeks back we told you the story of a young girl from California, Riley Speidel, who celebrated her 14th birthday, soloing in the family Pipistrel Sinus motorglider after undertaking well over 100 hours of dual in the motorglider, alone, with her Father. Now... there’s even more to the story... just hours after school let out for the summer, young Riley took off from California, with her Father following along in another airplane, and undertook a LONG cross country which resulted in her arrival in the state of Maine 8 days later. A 737 MAX pilot has filed a lawsuit against Boeing alleging "demonstrated reckless indifference and conscious disregard for the flying public

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NASA Awards Contract For Second Mobile Launcher At Kennedy Space Center

Bechtel National To Design And Build The New Structure

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