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SpaceX conducted a successful test-fire of all 27 Merlin rocket engines on the Falcon Heavy last Wednesday at the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A. After the test, SpaceX founder Elon Musk tweeted that the hold-down firing was "good" and that the first flight would be "Launching in a week or so." When it does launch, the Falcon Heavy will become the most powerful in operation, generating a liftoff thrust of 5.1 million pounds. Musk is working to manage expectations, because a lot has to go ri

The Board Of Trustees Announce Future Sites Of The '“Oscar Night Of Aviation'

The Board of Trustees of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) is pleased to announce the site selections of Washington, DC in 2018, Denver, CO in 2019 and Dayton, OH in 2020. The nearly unanimous vote by the Board reaffirms the Board’s strategy of expanding the National Aviation Hall of Fame brand to a national audience.

Klyde Keeps Up The Pressure On SpaceX...

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As ANN has been for many of the most exciting XPrize efforts, we were there to document the exciting Google Lunar XPrize program a decade ago. BUT... on March 31, 2018, the window of opportunity to win the Google Lunar XPrize will close, and Google has no plans to again extend the deadline for sending a rover to the Moon. The Lunar XPrize was established 10 years ago to encourage a private, unmanned mission to the moon. In 2014, Google extended the deadline until this March. Four teams, Moon Exp

Waypoint A predetermined geographical position used for route/instrument approach definition, progress reports, published VFR routes, visual reporting points or points for transitioning and/or circumnavigating controlled and/or special use airspace, that is defined relative to a VORTAC station or in terms of latitude/longitude coordinates.

Aero Linx: Pop-A-Smoke The USMC/COMBAT HELICOPTER ASSOCIATION was begun by a few former helicopter pilots who wondered what had become of the people they used to fly with during the Vietnam War. Like so many, we had lost contact over the years with some close friends that we had made during our combat tours in Vietnam. Therefore, with a couple of phone calls, we began locating people. One thing led to another, and the next thing we knew we were having a reunion in Las Vegas in 1988. Approximately 200 people, representing all of the helicopter types that we flew, attended for a long weekend of fun. It was such a success that we began publishing a directory and a newsletter.

Aero-News Quote of the Day "The T-50A is an extraordinary aircraft to fly in that it's docile enough to teach new pilots basic airmanship skills and also capable of training them in the advanced tactical environment. "When you blend that aircraft capability with our Ground Based Training system, it takes training to an entirely new level." Source: Lockheed Martin test pilot Elliott "Hemo" Clemence, commenting as he reached a milestone logging 100 flight hours in the the T-50A, the company's offering for the U.S. Air Force's Advanced Pilot Training (APT) competition.