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Buyers who participate in the program can gain a delivery position for the German company's coming four seater, the C4, plus an additional discount. http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=b0c71e44-173f-45f4-8318-30814fc9b88b Fri, Feb 03,2012 12:00:22AM New Directors Bring Extensive Aviation, EAA And Business Backgrounds Three directors have been added to the Experimental Aircraft Association board, which governs the 176,000-member aviation organization. The three new directors ... Jack Pelton, Stuart Auerbach and Darren Pleasance ... bring extensive aviation and business background to the board, in addition to longtime EAA involvement and thousands of hours of flight time. http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=85ef2775-e399-46c3-8781-15c24a7c1939 Thu, Feb 02,2012 09:44:19PM Also: Upgraded Bell 47s, LaHood Optimistic, 'Aero-Integrity', Darkside of the Moon, Flying People, 400th Mustang and SO Much More! Airborne 02.03.12 is chock full of info about the week ending Friday, February 3rd, 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: 1) The FAA Closes In On Long-Term Authorization 2) Labor Unions Oppose FAA Bill Compromise 3) LaHood Optimistic for Long-Term FAA Bill 4) Scotts-Bell Announces Upgrade Program 5) Bell vs Eurocopter Sue -- Each Claims Victory 6) New Bell Helo Named 7) Barnstorming: Jim Has A Few Things To Say About 'Aero-Integrity.' 8) Pilot Charged With Manslaughter 9) House to Hold Hearing on FCC, LightSquared 10) NASA GRAIL Dark Side Video 11) NASA Retirements 12) AEA and media-partner, ANN, Prepare for AEA2012 Convention/Tradeshow! 13) NFlightCam Reviewed 14) Flying People in New York City 15) Rockwell Collins Optimism 16) Cessna Builds 400th Citation Mustang 17) Corvus Fusion 18) Canadian Lego-Man In 'Space' http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=54ab130b-77bd-4ea5-9954-8fc3b3f4f34a Thu, Feb 02,2012 09:25:36PM Document Will Help NASA Define Technology Developments Going Forward NASA has received the National Research Council (NRC) report "NASA Space Technology Roadmaps and Priorities," which provides the agency with findings and recommendations on where best to invest in technologies needed to enable NASA's future missions in space. The NRC report will help define NASA's technology development priorities in the years to come. http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=80272450-56de-4c38-9f15-ff55d677f692 Thu, Feb 02,2012 09:15:20PM Tenth Annual Team America Rocketry Challenge Is Set For May 12 Nearly 700 teams of middle and high school students across 48 states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands are gearing up for the 2012 Team America Rocketry Challenge, the world's largest student rocket contest and a critical piece of the aerospace industry's workforce development pipeline. http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=de28d21a-5565-4c8f-927b-b8df220a6d18 Thu, Feb 02,2012 09:14:36PM Event Survived High Winds Saturday, Had Great Flying Sunday Approximately 80 Miles North Of Las Vegas The inaugural Mesquite Hot Air Balloon Festival Jan. 28-29 did more than bring color and a level of mystique to the city about 80 miles north of Las Vegas. Two dozen participants were involved in what was a first for Mesquite. http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=8f5d3102-bc16-4c0e-bd93-59eb93dc7362 Thu, Feb 02,2012 06:16:32PM Sessions To Be Held At Florida Institute Of Technology In Melbourne The International Space University (ISU) has selected the United States' Florida Space Coast as a natural fit to convene its Space Studies Program as the US gateway to exploring, discovering and understanding our universe. There are only five months to go before the launch of the 25th annual Space Studies Program (SSP) session at the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) in Melbourne, Florida, and the NASA Kennedy Space Center north of Melbourne. http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=e6099759-8bb3-4558-987b-588045f45803 Thu, Feb 02,2012 06:14:46PM Flight School Also Celebrates 25 Years In Business The Chamber of Commerce for the City of Santa Paula, CA recently named CP Aviation, Inc. its 2011 Business of the Year. Presented annually since 1983, CP Aviation is only the second airport business in Santa Paula to receive such recognition. The flight school will be honored at an awards luncheon on February 7, 2012. http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=d88c7b7d-8f9f-464e-b3e2-09f492699ef5 Thu, Feb 02,2012 06:13:42PM System Exceeds European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) Requirements A new system for screening and detecting liquids contained inside passenger baggage has been successfully tested by Reveal Imaging, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), the company said in a news release Monday. http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=4f434804-c897-4ede-90ee-7e8fe04c45bb Thu, Feb 02,2012 06:12:54PM AD NUMBER: 2012-02-07 PRODUCT: General Electric Company (GE) CF6-45 and CF6-50 series turbofan engines with certain low-pressure turbine (LPT) rotor stage 3 disks installed. http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=e4442848-266f-4430-a1fe-ed0bfa4d9760 Thu, Feb 02,2012 06:11:48PM AD NUMBER: 71-13-01R1 PRODUCT: Lycoming Engines model TIO-540-A series reciprocating engines. http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=70f0e468-ef01-46cc-8b10-4a9d477da219 Thu, Feb 02,2012 06:11:32PM European Private BizAv Organization Planning Expo In Prague CEPA, the three-year old Central European Private Aviation organization, announced the appointment of Brendan Lodge as its new Chairman on Thursday. Brendan, based in the UK where he is Business Development Director of JetBrokers Europe, brings to the Association a new skillset in the field of international aircraft financing and trading. He will serve CEPA for a 12-month term. http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=1acc2f8c-7eea-40da-9fc3-b67aee4d82d2 Thu, Feb 02,2012 06:11:15PM Scott's - Bell 47 To Refurbish The Iconic Helo Scott's - Bell 47, Inc. (SB47) says it will launch a Model 47 Upgrade Program at Heli-Expo in Dallas on February 12. This program gives customers the choice to have their existing Model 47 upgraded or to purchase a refurbished/upgraded 47G-2A configuration (narrow body) or 47G-2A-1 (wide body) configuration helicopter direct from the OEM. http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=f261a156-7a8a-4c72-94dc-0b656c988eb9 Thu, Feb 02,2012 06:10:40PM Engineers Could Not Seal The Spacecraft, Delaying Mission The Soyuz spacecraft that was to carry the next ISS crew to the station on March 30 has developed problems and will not be able to fly, according to sources inside the Russian space agency Roscosmos. http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=4c61f28e-3d3c-43e5-b278-a16f92367efb Thu, Feb 02,2012 06:01:40PM Fifteen Regional Controller Recognized At Eighth Annual Archie League Medal Of Safety Awards Ten remarkable flights assists were honored at the National Air Traffic Controllers Association's (NATCA) eighth annual Archie League Medal of Safety Awards banquet, part of NATCA's annual safety conference. http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=d17d95d0-3030-427e-8360-4ff230c94def Thu, Feb 02,2012 05:55:54PM