Recognized At The Association's Fall Awards Dinner November 27
At the National Aeronautic Association Fall Awards Dinner on November 27, 2018, the NAA added 4 more individuals to the list of Distinguished Statesmen of Aviation. The list includes Mark Burns, the President of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, William Garvey, the Editor-in-Chief of Business and Commercial Aviation magazine, and most unusually, the husband-and-wife team of John and Martha King, Co-Chairmen of King Schools.
Flameout Pattern
An approach normally conducted by a single-engine military aircraft experiencing loss or anticipating loss of engine power or control. The standard overhead approach starts at a relatively high altitude over a runway (“high key”) followed by a continuous 180 degree turn to a high, wide position (“low key”) followed by a continuous 180 degree turn final. The standard straight-in pattern starts at a point that results in a straight-in approach with a high rate of descent to the runway. Flameout approaches terminate in the type approach requested by the pilot (normally fullstop).
Aero Linx: The Distinguished Flying Cross Society
Whether you are a DFC recipient or just browsing to learn more about our rich history, we hope you enjoy our site. In August, 2012 our Society members and families enjoyed themselves at our National Convention in Seattle, WA. The three day event, with the focus being our WWII members, was praised by all who attended. The highlights were a very moving talk by Jonna Doolittle Hoppes (Jimmy Doolittle’s granddaughter) and the presentation of plaques to the 16 WWII members attending including one of the five remaining Doolittle Raiders, a Tuskegee airman and a Navy night fighter Ace. The Society continues to grow and now numbers over 6000
"I think this is the first case where this is so dramatic in terms of planetary evolution. It's one of the most extreme examples of a planet undergoing a major mass-loss over its lifetime. This sizable mass loss has major consequences for its evolution, and it impacts our understanding of the origin and fate of the population of exoplanets close to their stars."
Source: Lead researcher Vincent Bourrier of the University of Geneva in Sauverny, Switzerland, commenting on the phenomena whereby astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope found that one of the warmest known Neptunes (GJ 436b) (described as hot Jupiter-sized planets and hot super-Earth-type planets no more than 1.5 times Earth's diameter) is losing its atmosphere.
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