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During the last year, we at ANN have covered a lot of aviation and aerospace stories in our airborne broadcasts. We came up with the idea of presenting a review of the most important stories covered in 2016, but we realize it’s not what was important to us that counts, it’s the stories that caught the attention of our viewers that matters. We’re looking for your input on stories that were of particular interest to you. It may have been some shattering news or

As 2016 Winds Down, ANN Is Looking For Your Favorite Stories Over The Year!

This past year is not likely to go down as one of our favorites... though it had a lot of exciting aspects to it that are worth noting for the future. In hundreds of episodes, Airborne featured the most noteworthy and newsworthy stories in aviation and aerospace, good and bad, hopeful and depressing... ranging from the exciting launch of great new airplanes, and some deplorably atrocious scandals, to the rise of a number of aviation companies/persons and the loss of the some of the most beloved.  ANN, instead of just telling you what we believe to be the most important, wants to hear from YOU. This is YOUR industry... and its up to us to LISTEN to what YOU what you think made the most impact

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The U.S. Air Force is getting a step closer to replacing its aging T-38 trainers as Boeing, along with their partner Saab, completed the first flight of their all-new T-X aircraft earlier this week. The T-X is in competition with other companies to be chosen as the next generation of high performance Air Force jet trainers. During the 55-minute flight, lead T-X Test Pilot Steven Schmidt and Chief Pilot for Air Force Programs, Dan Draeger, validated key aspects of the single-eng

Say Hello To Aero-Twitter!

Twitter is designed to work on a mobile phone as well as on a computer (and can be accessed via your IM clients). All Twitter messages (called "Tweets", naturally) are limited to 140 characters, so each message can be sent as a single SMS alert. Brevity is a virtue when using Twitter, since you can't say much in 140 characters (then again, the world would probably be a better place if people spent less time reading their cell-phones, anyway).

"When tackling the issue of emissions in aviation, the industry has three options. Designing and building more efficient engines and airframes, developing sustainable alternative fuels and flying aircraft more efficiently from point A to point B." Source: Dr. Karen Marais, author of the report "Environmental Benefits of Space-based ADS-B".

The estimated flying time from departure point to destination (lift-off to touchdown).

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