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Klyde Morris 01.12.15

Klyde's Already Cruising eBay!

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Airborne 01.09.15: Terrafugia Petitions, Boeing Delivers, AMA: Don't Ground Us!

Also: AirAsia Crackdown, UAV Exemptions, Avidyne Update, FAA InFO, GROB-WERKE AD

Terrafugia has petitioned the FAA to grant waivers to allow its Transition roadable aircraft to exceed weight limits and stall speed requirements for an LSA. The petition asks the FAA to allow the Transition to have a gross takeoff weight of 1,800 pounds, and a correspondingly higher stall speed of 54 knots. Boeing employees helped the company set a record for the most commercial airplanes delivered in a single year at 723 in 2014, breaking the company record for a second consecutive year. The company's sales team also booked 1,432

Suitcase Is The First $1 Million Kickstarter Campaign Of 2015

'Trunkster' Luggage Is GPS Enabled To Allow Tracking

You can almost hear the commercials now. "Never lose your luggage again!" That's the theory behind "Trunkster", luggage that is GPS enabled to help travelers locate lost or stolen luggage.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (01.12.15): Translational Motion

Translational Motion

Motion along a straight line, such as an axis. The translational motions of an aircraft are forward and back along the longitudinal axis, side to side along the lateral axis, and up and down along the vertical axis.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.12.15)

Aero Linx: The Silver Wings Fraternity Welcome to Silver Wings Fraternity! You are cordially invited to join if you have an interest in aviation, regardless whether or not you are a pilot. An ACTIVE MEMBER is someone who has logged a solo flight in a powered aircraft at least 25 years ago. (Application for membership may be made three months prior to that anniversary). An ASSOCIATE MEMBER is anyone over the age of 16 who does not otherwise qualify for Active Membership. Membership in Silver Wings Fraternity is open to men and women of all nations regardless of race, creed, color or national origin. We look forward to welcoming you into the Fraternity.

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (01.12.15)

"This time, though, they actually hit the barge. Again, they have gained a large volume of data -- and what this means is that SpaceX is now much, much closer to actually solving the equation and accomplishing the soft landing of a spent first stage." Source: From an article by ANN Space Correspondent, Wes Oleszewski, on the recent first attempt by SpaceX to soft-land the first stage of a Falcon 9 vehicle on a robotic barge, at sea.