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September 24, 2014

Airborne 09.24.14: Public Benefit Flying Awards, Maven At Mars, More 737s!

Also: Bob Showalter, Aspen VFR PFD Certified, Air France Pilots Still Striking, Sling FAST-Build, Belite Sealite

The National Aeronautic Association, in partnership with the Air Care Alliance, a nationwide league of humanitarian flying organizations, is proud to announce the recipients of the 2014 Public Benefit Flying Awards. NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Spacecraft, known as the MAVEN, has been placed in orbit around Mars. It has been initially been placed into an elliptical polar orbit around the planet that is 35 hours long. Boeing commercial airplanes CEO Ray Conner said recently that the company plans to boost output of the 737 factory in Renton, Washington to 52 airplanes per month by 2018. That’s an increase of 10 planes per month. All this...

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Has Commitments For Fourteen Of The Aircraft In The Region

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Has Filed To Conduct Tests Over The Arizona Desert

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Could Lead To Advancement Of Supersonic Business Jet

Airbus Group and Aerion Corporation have agreed to collaborate on technologies associated with the future of high-performance flight. To further their mutual objectives, both companies will exchange knowledge and capabilities in design, manufacturing and certification.