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February 27, 2014

Airborne 02.26.14: New Bell Jet Ranger, ABQ To Host World Champs?, MV22 at OSH!

Also: AW609 Readying For Cert, Aero-TV On A PPC, WI Protects Airports, ALPA Wants One Level of Safety

The new Bell 505 Jet Ranger X is a five-seat, single-engine, turbine helicopter. With a cruise speed of 125 knots, range of 360 nautical miles and useful load of 1,500 pounds, the Bell 505 is designed to be a multi-mission helicopter, designed to meet a wide variety of missions with a fully flat floor, increased cabin volume and clam shell doors. The City of Albuquerque, New Mexico and the Balloon Federation of America is inviting the world’s hot air ballooning community to return to the Land of Enchantment for the 2016 World Hot Air Balloon Cham

"Even though it will decline in size over the next 10 years, the medium/heavy military rotorcraft market is where rotorcraft manufacturers will play for the biggest stakes and hope for the biggest payoffs." Source: Forecast International's senior aerospace analyst Raymond Jaworowski.

The wavelike effect, characterized by severe updrafts and downdrafts, that occurs in the lee of a mountain range when rapidly flowing air is lifted up the steep front of a mountain range.

Scott Crossfield Foundation: Update

In memory of one of the great aviators of our time, The Scott Crossfield Foundation commemorates his accomplishments and recounts the impact he had on so many of us.