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March 20, 2014

Airborne 03.19.14: CubCrafters 300th, G650 Record, FAA's Upset Regs

Also: Sean Tucker, F-35 at Luke, AEA Scholarship, USPA Says You Have to Be 18 to Jump

Cub-like planes are popping up all over, and you can blame a LOT of it on CubCrafters. They have now delivered their 300th LSA Cub. CubCrafters’ Light Sport family includes the Carbon Cub SS and Sport Cub S2 LSA models. Just in case you need to get to Mumbai, India in a hurry, check out the Gulfstream G650 corporate jet. Gulfstream’s G650 recently set another city-pair record, this time between White Plains, New York, and Mumbai, India. The FAA continues to expand its guidelines for upset recovery and correct responses to stalls. A Notice of Proposed Rulem

"While this was an extremely difficult decision to reach, we believe it is in the best interest of Mesa’s long term strategic objectives, particularly given the Company’s ongoing expansion of aircraft in service with United Airlines and US Airways.” Source: Jonathan Ornstein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, MESA Air Group.

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The North American Trainer Association (NATA) is an independent, non-profit corporation dedicated to the restoration and safe flying of North American Trainers such as the AT-6/SNJ/Harvard, NA-64, NA-50, TB-25, TF-51, and T-28 aircraft.