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September 08, 2015

Airborne 09.08.15: MH370 Debris, Golden Knights StandDown, Robinson Heli Upgrades

Also: Unwanted UAV, Aero-Calendar, Bezos' Blue Origin, ATC Privatization, WWII Aircraft To Greenville, Hill AFB's F-35s, ERAU In TX

French authorities have now confirmed what was already a logical assumption. The flaperon that was found on a beach on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean is in fact part of the Boeing 777 that was operating as Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 it vanished on March 8, 2014. It’s reported that numbers on the flaperon matched those of the missing aircraft serial number. The U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team remains on a safety standdown and pulled out of an international skydiving competition while they look into an accident last month which fatally injured a team member. The standdown came after Master Sergeant Corey

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