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AirCorps Aviation Acquires NAA Original Drawings

The "Ken Jungeberg Collection" Preserved For History

AirCorps Aviation acquired what is knowns as the "Ken Jungberg Collection" ... original North American Aviation engineering drawings, hand-drawn in pencil on tracing vellum, which was used to develop and build the P-51, B-25, T-6, P-82, and many more.

Homemade Rocketeer Fatally Injured In Amateur Rocket Launch

Was Being Filmed For The Science Channel Program 'Homemade Astronauts'

Michael 'Mad Mike' Hughes, who was attempting to build a steam-powered rocket to carry him to an altitude of about 5,000 feet, was fatally injured last week during the filming of a segment for the Science Channel program "Homemade Astronauts".

iWOAW Calls For Elimination Of The Term 'Airmen'

Starts Online Petition To FAA Administrator Steve Dickson And Three Others

The Institute for Women Of Aviation Worldwide (iWOAW) has posted an online petition directed at FAA Administrator Steve Dickson and three others calling for the elimination of the word 'Airman' and 'Airmen' from the official nomenclature, saying the term reflects gender bias.

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (02.26.20)

“These new training requirements for flight crews will go a long way in providing the nation’s commercial pilot workforce with the latest and safest flight deck practices and procedures.” Source: FAA Administrator Steve Dickson

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (02.26.20): Final Monitor Controller

Air Traffic Control Specialist assigned to radar monitor the flight path of aircraft during simultaneous parallel (approach courses spaced less than 9000 feet/9200 feet above 5000 feet) and simultaneous close parallel approach operations.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (02.26.20)

Taking flight together, United Airlines celebrates Black History Month

If you walk into the famed Museum of Science and Industry on Chicago's South Side, you'll pass scores of artifacts and tributes to our progress as human beings, our boundless ingenuity and endless curiosity, and — above all — our capacity to come together in pursuit of a better future.