Vern Raburn left the helm at Eclipse Aviation accompanied by a two-minute standing ovation from those in attendance at the company's Monday press conference at AirVenture 2008.
The company was first established as a Texas-based commuter
carrier called Muse Air, named for its founder and one time
president of Southwest Airlines, Marion Lamar Muse. It began
service between Dallas and Houston in 1982 with two Douglas DC-9
aircraft.
The ratio of the mass airflow, in pounds per second, through the
fan section of a turbofan, to the mass airflow that passes through
the gas generator portion of the engine.
"FAA has been given the hook, now we're waiting for FAA
to swallow so we can yank and reel them in."
Source: Robin Hayes (D-NC) speaking about the
FAA's desire to implement ADS-B during a Monday forum at AirVenture
2008. Five members the House of Representatives took a break and
came to Oshkosh for the day to hold the town hall style meeting, to
answer questions and brief attendees on issues being discussed in
the House Aviation Subcommittee.