Also: Schumer Attacks, XCOR Soars, 300th Phenom, Aero-Innovation, ECi A.D., Aero-Gadgets... and Hoover To The Rescue!

The week was not nearly the downer that last week was (as the GAMA numbers showed how badly GA fared in 2011), and in fact, we discovered we still have friends!

The week's big stories started with the announcement of the FAA's long awaited re-write of the regs covering minimum Airline pilot experience levels (and associated issues), and was made even more intriguing as the USAF broke months of silence and killed the LAS deal... as Hawker-Beech had hoped. And best of all, we have clear proof that GA has good friends in high places... and they're all fighting those @#$%^&* user fees! All this and SO MUCH MORE in this week's edition of AIRBORNE!

As always, PLEASE keep sending us your feedback and ideas... you have no idea how important that is to us as we evolve the Airborne mission. As we listen to your critiques, we're getting a far better idea as to how to tweak and fine-tune future Airborne programming to fit your needs. We think you're going to like what we have in mind for the future.

 
Airborne 03.02.12 is chock full of info about the week ending Friday, March 2nd, 2012... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton and Paul Plack, this episode covers:

• New FAA Airline Crew Regs
• Air Force Cancels LAS Award
• LightSquared CEO Kicked To Curb
• Aviation Still Has Friends!
• Anti-Helo Schumer Is At It Again
• XCOR Continues to Make Progress
• 300th Phenom
• More Good News For Diamond A/C -- And GA!

• Barnstorming: Using Innovation To Reinvent GA
• Tragic USMC Helo MidAir
• A.D. For ECi Cylinders
• $1 Trillion Lifetime For F-35
• 10000 Missions For The B-1
• Aero-Gadgets From Eclipse and Adventure Pilot
• AVW: Masten Space Xaero
• Bob Hoover To The Rescue!

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