Happy Holidays!

No matter which holiday you're celebrating these days (and believe me, we're covered back here at ANN... with a diverse variety of Christian, Jewish and Buddhists among our families, these days). The hard-working and long-suffering gnomes that publish ANN, Airborne, and Aero-TV will finally get to take a short holiday break this week [we gnomes thank you --ed]. ANN's normal DAILY news schedule will be on a somewhat reduced Holiday schedule, through the 2nd of January. Keep in mind that our staff will be on duty if anything important breaks. No matter what or when, we'll STILL do our best to keep you updated on anything critical or time-sensitive, while normal DAILY news coverage will resume by Wednesday, January 

"The current info I have is that we will not remain a part of EASA. The Prime Minister said the future relationship with EASA is to be based on capabilities and the legal format will happen in the next phase of negotiations after the U.K. has left the EU. Source: Martin Robinson, director of AOPA UK, on the future of the relationship between the U.K. and EASA post-Brexit.

The science of the action of air on an object, and with the motion of air on other gases.

Dirigibles, Zeppelins, and Blimps: The Differences Explained

A dirigible is any lighter-than-air craft that is both powered and steerable (as opposed to free floating, like a balloon). Blimps like the Goodyear blimp, rigid airships like the Hindenburg, and semi-rigid airships like the Zeppelin NT are all dirigibles.