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Airborne 07.14.17: XP-82 Twin Mustang, KSFO Near-Miss, Pelton's Appeal

Also: Commercial Pilot Database, AEA ADS-B Sweepstakes, F-35s, ecoDemonstrator, Heathrow Expansion, Sun Country, Draken Deploys

Tom Reilly's XP-82 Twin Mustang restoration project reached several milestones over the past month, and the aircraft restoration expert says that the project is "nearing completion." On the blog on which he provides updates, Reilly wrote at the first of the month that in the past month, the outboard fairings from each leading edge to trailing edge of the fuselage-to-wing have been completed. The final seam welding of the two outboard forward fairings was completed as June came

Aero-TV: High-Speed Match-up - Venom and GE Rebirth A Legend

Major Engine Supplier Joins Forces With Small Aircraft Manufacturer…

GE recently made an agreement with Venom Aircraft to supply engines for the kit-built airplane which the company hopes can gain some traction in the military and para-military market. Roy Plackis, Director of Operations for Venom Aerospace, told ANN news editor Tom Patton at Sun 'n Fun in April that the engine that is being offered with the airplane is a GE H-80 family engine producing 750 horsepower...

Klyde Morris 07.14.17

Airborne 07.13.17: Amelia Earhart Pix, CAF Corsair, Hawaii Mars Wants To Fight

Also: AEA Pilot's Guide, #OSH17COOL, Hartzell, Hubble Stars, ALPA, FAA Commercial Space Office, Piaggio P.1HH

Investigators for a U.K. newspaper say that a photograph central to a documentary which aired Sunday on The History Channel, about Amelia Earhart, does not show the lost aviatrix about to board a boat on the island of Jaluit in the Pacific Marshall Islands. The photo shows a group of people on a jetty on a Pacific island. It was allegedly found in the National Archives in a Navy file by Les Kenny. But, investigators for the paper say that the photo was taken after 1940, three years after Earhart

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (07.14.17)

“The entire field of officer applicants this year was phenomenal.” Source: Lt. Col. Jason Heard, Commander of the USAF Thunderbirds, on the selection of officers for the 2018 season.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (07.14.17): Words Twice

As a request: “Communication is difficult. Please say every phrase twice.”

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (07.14.17)

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