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As we were preparing this webcast of Airborne, ANN’s Jim Campbell got some very much unwanted news... one of the grand gentlemen of aviation, NASAO CEO and president Henry Ogrodzinski, passed away after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Is cash flow a concern at Bombardier? The company just announced that it will lay off about 1,700 workers in its aerospace division shortly after saying the entry into service of the CSeries aircraft will be delayed until sometime in 2015. Specially modified aircraft originally created for Alaskan bush-pilot necessity, turned into one of

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Foehn A warm dry wind on the lee side of a mountain range, whose temperature is increased as the wind descends down the slope. It is created when air flows downhill from a high elevation, raising the temperature by adiabatic compression. Classified as a katabatic wind.

Aero Linx: The International Black Aerospace Council (IBAC) The International Black Aerospace Council (IBAC) was founded in 1996. Our purpose is to work in unison to chart the future of black aviation. To achieve this, our organization serves as a funnel that feeds a pipeline with many branches representing the career options in aviation/aerospace. Our goal is to encompass the entire domestic and international aviation/aerospace arena to increase minority and female numbers across the board, not just focus on pilots. IBAC is uniquely positioned to accomplish this. Our member organizations span aviation from entry level small airplane operations to US military and international commercial airlines including all aspects of t

"Let me summarize the state of this industry, what's good is very good (and getting better)… and what's not so good is better than it used to be. Still; way too many of the manufacturers and dealers, themselves, continue to show a stunning lack of salesmanship, marketing, and professionalism. One REALLY wonders what activity might result if the industry learned some lessons about the art and craft of sales and marketing… I suspect that the results would be impressive." Source: ANN E-I-C, Jim Campbell, summarizing his impressions of the recently concluded USSAE 2014 SportPlane event, in Sebring, FL.