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Airborne 06.17.16: Thunderbirds Resume, Pilot Bonuses, FAA v Airport Hangars

Also: SkyRunner S-LSA, <40 Days To Oshkosh, Phenom 100E, MV-22 Osprey, Air Ambulance Reform, Cygnus Spacecraft, Edwards Testing

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds have announced the return to the 2016 demonstration schedule, beginning this weekend in Ocean City, Maryland. The Thunderbirds temporarily stood down for two weekends following an aircraft mishap on June 2nd after performing the 2016 U.S. Air Force Academy graduation flyover in Colorado Springs, Colorado. During the stand-down, the Team supported the safety investigation to collect details of the mishap. The mishap resu

Aero-TV: Empowering Educators - Wings Over the Rockies' Teacher Outreach

An Amazing Opportunity For Colorado’s STEM Educators…

In this video you’ll hear about a program that is designed to inspire teachers to inspire their students by sharing with them the excitement of flying in a 1942 Boeing PT-17 Stearman trainer plane. Hetty Carlson, of the Teacher Flight Program, explains how they use aviation as a tool to motivate and encourage students. Their Colorado-based operation has a goal of flying one teacher from every school along the Colorado Front Range. Counting up the school districts and the schools involved means that they are offering 1,600 teachers, through the year 2020, th

Klyde Morris 06.17.16

Actually,Kyde, It's Just That EVERYONE Likes Jam

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

Airborne 06.16.16: Cessna Longitude, NAA's Gaffney, Tuskegee Airman Whitfield

Also: Virginia Aviation Museum, AirVenture Innovation Preview, ALPA, UAV Phoenix 2, Flight Resource, Bell 505, CH-53K

In the world of electricity, there’s an old saying that goes, “Electricity should never create noise or smoke.” It appears Cessna passed that test as they made the first power-up of the electrical distribution system on their Cessna Citation Longitude super-midsize jet. Scott Ernest, the president and CEO of Textron Aviation said, “We continue to meet our milestones through an industry-leading development schedule in order to get the Longitude into

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (06.17.16)

“In the same week that our C Series aircraft surpassed 5,000 flight hours and the first SWISS aircraft readies for its first flight, we are celebrating another very proud moment with the receipt of the CS100 aircraft EASA and FAA Type Validations.” Source: Robert Dewar, Vice President, C Series Program, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft.