Annual Event Frees Airshows To Commit To Event Dates
Ask any show organizer, and they'll tell you the United States
Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, also known as the Blue
Angels, is the top air show ticket seller in the US. The 2012
airshow calendar will start to fall into place quickly now. The
Navy has published the Blue Angels final schedule for the upcoming
season, and it includes 36 stops, most of them civilian airshows,
between March 10 and November 3, 2012.
Lieutenant Singled Out In MH-60 Accident in July, 2010
A US Coast Guard helicopter co-pilot who was the only survivor
of a wire strike last year off the coast of Washington state has
recovered and been cleared to retrain. But for now, 31-year-old
Lieutenant Lance Leone is flying a desk, and the Coast Guard has
charged him with negligent homicide, dereliction of duty and
destruction of government property in the crash of the MH-60
Jayhawk.
Defense Department Estimates A 61 Percent Increase Over Three
Years
New figures from the Department of Defense indicate that the
cost of flying and maintaining the Marine Corps' V-22 Osprey fleet
of 360 aircraft has jumped from $75 billion over 30 years to $121
billion ... or about 61 percent.
Eurocopter Provides Video Link from France For Important
Customer
The Royal Malaysian Air Force’s first EC725
helicopter was unveiled Tuesday at the Langkawi Maritime &
Aerospace Exhibition 2011 (LIMA) in a live video feed from
Eurocopter’s French headquarters.
GE, Rolls Face Reality As Defense Budgets Are Threatened
When the US Department of Defense finally ordered an end to the
development of an alternative jet engine for the F-35 in April, GE
and Rolls-Royce said their F-136 engine was 80 percent through
development, and that they would continue its development at their
own cost. Now, GE and Rolls have announced they'll discontinue
further development.
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