As our favorite spokesman for the common man, Yogi Berra, once said – “it’s déjà vu all over again.” It was only a couple of weeks ago that Southwest Airlines was all but grounded because of some sort of computer system glitch.
Now, the same thing has reportedly happened at Delta Airlines. It’s reported the IT problems took hold early Monday morning and initially led to concerns that delays would be encountered. It now appears that the term, ‘delay,’ was a gross understatement regarding the ricochet effect being caused by the inability to process passengers through the computer system. When our AirVenture ANN staff held their final meeting before heading home, the common feeling was that AirVenture 2016 was well attended and that EAA had made this a great event. You could say that there was simply “something in the air” that told us things went well. Now, the number-crunchers at EAA have released the final accounting for AirVenture 2016, and the numbers of attendees, warbirds, showplanes, homebuilts and exhibitors all increased. Leonardo-Finmeccanica has confirmed that the first AW609 TiltRotor prototype has resumed flight testing in helicopter and airplane modes. Flight testing was suspended
after one of the prototype aircraft went down in October of last year, resulting in the fatal injury of both pilots on board and the total loss of the aircraft. Ground testing of the aircraft resumed in May. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 08.09.16 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Tuesday, August 9th, 2016... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Brianne Cross and Christopher Odom, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:
- Delta Airlines Melt-Down Results in GroundStop
- AirVenture Shows Slight Attendance Increase Over 2015
- AW609 Resumes Flight Testing
- Marine Corps Orders One-Day Aircraft Safety Standdown
- Aero-Calendar
- St. Marys, GA Officials Decline AIP Grant
- 'Wildcats' Commander Makes 1000th Arrested Landing
- Miracle Flights Coordinates 692 Medical Flights In June
- FAA Proposes $500,000 Civil Penalty Against SeaPort Airlines
- Alaska Airlines Moves Forward With Anchorage, AK Maintenance Facility
Get Comprehensive, Real-Time, 24/7 coverage of the latest aviation and aerospace stories anytime, at aero-news.net. And be sure to join us again next week for the next edition of "Airborne Unlimited" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, tomorrow!
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