The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation was established originally
in 1984 as the Mercury Seven Foundation by the six surviving
members of America's original Mercury Seven astronauts.
The angle between an observer's meridian and the hour circle on
which some celestial body lies. This angle is conventionally
expressed in units of time (hours, minutes, and seconds), which
gives the time elapsed since the celestial body's last transit at
the observer's meridian (for a positive hour angle), or the time
unit the next transit (for a negative hour angle).
"While all of us in the Diamond family -- customers,
service centers, distributors and Diamond Aircraft – are
negatively affected by the TAE insolvency to varying degrees, in
the interest of our customers and business partners we are doing
our utmost to make the best of a difficult situation. We aspire to
provide you with programs that will give you choices, and a better
opportunity to make the best out of the hand we all have been
dealt."
Source: From a Diamond Aircraft customer
communique sent hours after the planemaker publicly announced its
intent to forego bidding for the assets of troubled Thielert
Aircraft Engines. Diamond made it clear it plans for a future
without TAE powerplants in Diamond planes... but also said it
continues t
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