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July 15, 2020

Airborne-Flight Training 07.15.20: Armless Pilot, MS FlightSim, MTSU Expands

Also: Rod Machado Awarded, GoFundMe For Rachel, SAFE Updates Leadership, King Schools Giveaway

To those of your struggling with flying lessons, you should be inspired by a friend of ours. Few student pilots had more to overcome than Jessica Cox... now a Private PIlot and aircraft owner. Jessica Cox is the world’s first person without arms licensed to fly an airplane. She shares her life story with the world as a motivational speaker and disability rights advocate. On the morning of July 24, 2020, Cox will host retired Iowa Senator Tom Harkin (Dem) on a flight in her airplane, N26R (“two-six-Romeo”), from Fredrick, MD, north of Washington, D.C. The event is in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). The long awaited updat

No Rest For The Weightless... Busy Day of Spacewalk Preps and Human Research

Final Set Of Power Upgrade Spacewalks Upcoming

Two astronauts are concentrating on the final set of power upgrade spacewalks on the International Space Station beginning this week. Meanwhile, their Expedition 63 crewmates continued focusing on biology research to ensure humans stay healthy in space during long-term missions. Flight Engineer Bob Behnken and Commander Chris Cassidy for preparing for a pair of spacewalks to wrap up battery swaps and ready the orbiting lab for a new airlock. The duo collected and organized spacewalk tools then studied their tasks step-by-step on a computer during the afternoon. Fellow NASA astronaut Doug Hurley assisted the pair and installed their spacesuit batteries and metal oxide canisters to remove carbon dioxide

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