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October 09, 2012

ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 10.10.12

High Winds Force Baumgartner to Abort His Skydive…

SpaceX Now Says A Secondary Payload Failed to Make Its Orbit…

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MGL Avionics Integrates EFIS And Sandia STX 165R Remote Mode-C Transponder

Devices Intended For Experimental And LSA Aircraft

MGL Avionics is proud to announce integration of the Sandia Aerospace STX 165R Remote Mode-C transponder with several EFIS systems for Experimental and Light-Sport Aircraft.

But Move Not Supported By The 81-Year-Old Student Who Nearly Fell To Her Death

An 81-year-old skydiving student who nearly fell from a tandem-jump harness that the FAA says was not properly secured by her instructor does not favor a fine against him. Rather, she says he saved her life.

Flight Was From Harvey Field (S43) In Snohomish, WA, To Pendleton, OR And Back

An 84-year-old pilot from Washington State has set what appears to be a new record for airplane fuel efficiency during a flight from Harvey Field (S43) in Snohomish, WA, to Spokane, WA and on to Pendleton, OR, and back. The flight took place Friday.

First Installation Completed On Factory Demo Plane

WACO Classic Aircraft has won FAA STC approval for installation of the S-TEC System 55X autopilot in the WACO YMF-F5C and 5D.

ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 10.09.12

Space X Falcon Nine Survives a Launch Anomaly…

Bombardier Learjet Employees Vote to Strike…

Gas Balloonists Could Reach the Eastern Seaboard…

Weather Delays Record-Setting Free-Fall Attempt

Felix Baumgartner Now Plans To Attempt The Jump Tuesday

Anyone in aviation knows that you simply can't control the weather, and so it was for the record-setting free-fall attempt known as the Red Bull Stratos Project. The jump was planned for Monday morning, but Mother Nature apparently had other ideas.

Teams Used Tactics To Gain An Advantage During The Launch

The 17th America’s Challenge got off to a glowing start Sunday – literally – on a gorgeous fall evening in Albuquerque. With the setting sun painting the Sandia Mountains a gorgeous salmon hue and hundreds of hot air balloons preparing to glow in the background, the five America’s Challenge competitors headed out to destinations unknown – in all likelihood, to the east.