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Airborne 12.22.17: Navy UFO Video, Classic Jets At AirVenture, TBM 930 World Flt

Also: Boeing Complaint Against Bombardier, NTSB Obstruction, Mike Disbrow Retires, Private Jet Robbed

The U.S. Department of Defense has declassified and released a video captured in 2004 by a Navy jet that some say proves that extraterrestrials have visited Earth. In the video, a UFO described by pilot David Fravor as a "40-foot-long Tic Tac" is seen maneuvering rapidly and changing its direction. In the audio, one of the pilots says "there's a whole fleet of them, look on the S.A. They're all going against the wind. The wind is 120 knots to the west." The object appears to rotate as it flies. Some of

Klyde Morris 12.22.17

That's The Night That The Lights Went Out In Georgia ...

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Airborne 12.20.17: Stratolaunch Is Alive!, V-280 Valor Flies!, Rotax 915 Cert

Also: Stroudsburg-Pocono Airport, Mirabel Completes 5,000th, Continental Motors, Global Connected Aircraft Summit

This past weekend, the Scaled test team successfully executed a low speed taxi test of the Stratolaunch aircraft. During this initial taxi test, the aircraft moved down the runway under its own power for the first time. These first test points have demonstrated the fundamental ability to control the aircraft speed and direction on the runway. The V-280 Valor has achieved first flight. The V-280 Valor is a next-generation tiltrotor that is designed to provide agility, speed, range and payload

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (12.22.17)

"On behalf of all of our stakeholders, we applaud and thank Congress and the administration for their leadership in seizing this opportunity to unleash economic energy in the United States." Source: Boeing Chairman, president and CEO Dennis Muilenburg.