Fixed Base Operation Established At U.K.'s Birmingham Airport

Marshall Aviation Services, the business aviation-focused arm of the Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group, says it is entering the FBO arena. It has secured the executive aviation handling facility (FBO) at Birmingham Airport in the U.K., and will formally open for business under the Marshall Aviation Services name within the next few months.

Terma To Field Aircraft Survivability Equipment On The Aircraft

The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has entered into an agreement to integrate the Terma Modular Aircraft Survivability (MASE) Pod onto the Dutch air force’ NH-90 helicopters.

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“This decision is not a contract award to procure 747-8 aircraft. We still need to finalize the overall acquisition strategy and conduct risk-reduction activities with Boeing.” Source: Col. Amy McCain, the Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization (PAR) program manager.

The initial tendency of an aircraft to continue away from the original state of equilibrium after being disturbed.

C133 Cargomaster Project

It seems as if there's a website out there for almost any type of airplane that's ever flown, and while roaming around the Internet, we came across this one dedicated to the Douglas C133 Cargomaster.

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Piper Aircraft has introduced its newest top-of-the-line M-Class single-engine Meridian M500 turbine business aircraft with the latest in Garmin avionics, enhanced safety features and a number of other significant product improvements. The route has been set for the Solar Impulse 2, referred to as the Si2, attempt to circumnavigate the globe in a solar-powered airplane. The first solar-powered plane able to fly day and night will land in 12 locations across the world and travel approximately 18,800 nautical miles in the first attempt to fly around the globe without using a drop of fuel. For pilots Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, the drive behind their mission is to demonstrate how clean technologies and a pioneering spirit can change the world.  Pipistrel this week released

Separate Meeting Held At The Same Times As Orbital's

The stockholders of Alliant Techsystems have approved the issuance of ATK common stock, par value $0.01 per share, to Orbital Sciences Corporation ("Orbital") stockholders in connection with the previously announced merger between ATK's Aerospace and Defense Groups and Orbital.

Google Awards ME $1M For Historic Commercial Lunar Lander Achievement

Moon Express has been awarded $1 million by Google Lunar XPRIZE for its recent lander test flights, taking home the only Lander System milestone prize awarded for a full lander system demonstration. The tests were conducted at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, utilizing a test range located at the north end of the Shuttle Landing Facility.

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As the media hype continues to grow regarding the occurrence of a small unmanned aerial system landing on the White House lawn, Bob Brown, President of the Academy of Model Aeronautics, sent a letter to FAA administrator Huerta indicating AMA’s continued interest in working with the FAA to resolve UAV issues. In Brown’s letter, he said in part, that the “AMA has always believed that the best, and perhaps the only, way to successfully manage the recreational community is through a community-based set of safety guidelines and the combined efforts of the FAA and AMA.” An investigator on the team working to determine what happened to AirAsia Fight 8501 says that the Cockpit Voice Recorder captured the sound of stall