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Airborne 10.06.15: AA Captain Lost Inflight, UAV Groups v FAA, Tecnam Summer

Also: Hi-Res Moon Images, Aero-Calendar, 49ers Tackle Drones, Joe Clark/Bob Showalter Honors, C-130 Accident, CRJ Sales, Wingsuit Flyer Lost

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Aero-TV: Driving and Flying – The Switchblade Multi-Mode Aircraft

Innovation Comes In Many Forms... Some Of Them Quite Unexpected

While at EAA AirVenture 2015, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, stopped to get some information about a project that is in the works, but according to the developer, it’s on the way. Jim met with Sam Bousfield, the CEO of Samson Motors Inc., and talked about a unique car…no… let’s call it a motorcycle…or maybe we should call it an airplane. This vehicle of the future is called the Switchblade. Bousfield says they call this vehicle a multimode. He says it’s thr

Airborne 10.05.15: Moon Express, Sullenberger At NBAA 2015, F-35 Ejection Seats

Also: B-29 'Doc' Flight Testing, AVW; Inhofe on PBoR2, Chicago ATC Fire, United Launch Alliance, CA Aviation Partnership, Air Freight Flat, Florida WW II Bomber

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (10.06.15)

"We've taken a blow, but I'm proud of the way we've come together and supported each other. That must continue." Source: Lt. Col. Mitchell Spillers, the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron commander.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (10.06.15): Aerodynamic Coefficient

Any nondimensional coefficient relating to aerodynamic forces or moments, such as a coefficient of drag, a coefficient of lift, etc.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.06.15)

American Heroes Air Show

Established in Los Angeles in 1992, the American Heroes Air Show began as a grass-roots community effort to celebrate the dynamic role of helicopters in law enforcement, fire service, search and rescue, homeland security, communications and national defense.