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Airborne 08.27.15: Golden Wings Flying Museum, AUVSI v CA, FAA Delays Pilot DB

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You won’t see us run very many for-sale stories on Airborne Unlimited, but this one caught our attention. The collection of airplanes at the Golden Wings Flying Museum in Blaine, Minnesota, is for sale. And by the collection, owner Greg Herrick means the entire collection ... as a complete package. According to the Golden Wings Flying Museum website, the collection features such rarities as NASA's first aircraft, a stainless steel amphibian and the first airpl

Aero-TV: ForeFlight 7 Update - Procedure Preview & ForeFlight Connect

How Many Features Can You Cram Into An APP, Anyway????

While at Sun ‘n Fun 2015, ANN News Editor, Tom Patton, took the opportunity to check up on the latest version of ForeFlight. He met up with Angela Anderson, the director of marketing for ForeFlight to get the latest information. Anderson listed a number of improvements and changes as a result of the ForeFlight 7 update. Some of these improvements include a procedure preview, downloading data is now up to 70% faster, and the ForeFlight Connect program has been expanded to include pre-flight with their ADS-B out solution. ForeFlight Connect allow

Airborne 08.26.15: New U-2?, Carter PAV Update, AK TFR Concerns

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Is it possible that the concept of a manned spyplane is still valid enough to beat out drones and the satellites for the job? The Air Force is set to retire the iconic U-2 surveillance airplane, which first flew in 1955, in 2019, but now the Popular Science website is stating that the Lockheed Martin Skunkworks is considering a follow-on aircraft to the U-2 that would be stealthier and have a longer flight time. Carter Aviation Technologies, LLC is conti