Wed, Jun 17, 2015
Captain Gregory McWherter, the former commander and lead pilot of the Blue Angels, has announced that he will be retiring from the Navy after 25 years in uniform.
A year ago, McWherter was officially reprimanded by the Navy for allowing a culture of sexual harassment to continue in the Blue Angels organization during two stints as its commander between 2008 and 2012. Here’s some news for those of you using WingX Pro on your iPad. The version 8.5 upgrade now includes a new feature they have named, ‘traca’. Traca enables pilots to create or modify a route simply by drawing the route on the screen. Traca also includes advanced modes of tracing such as snapping to navaids, airways, and other known points. It’s quite common for those of you who are interested in recreational aviation to also dabble in model aircraft. EAA has announced that AirVenture 2015 that will now allow RC aircraft activities to take place in a designated area on Pioneer Airport. This area will allow the operation of small UAVs, drones, and model aircraft. Not only will you be able to watch the action, you can even make arrangements to bring your own aircraft. All
this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 06.17.15 is chock full of info in this Daily news episode for Wednesday, June 17th, 2015... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Brianne Cross, 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:
- Former Blue Angels Boss Announces Retirement
- Hilton Software Introduces traca Technology
- More Model Aircraft At EAA AirVenture
- North Myrtle Beach Rejects New Helicopter Business
- Classic Aero-TV: AIRBOSSINC -- Providing An Alternative to the FAA
- Major Assembly Starts On Bell V-280 Valor Fuselage
- WestJet Encore Places Firm Orders For Six Bombardier Q400 Airliners
- TFR Put In Place Over Hillary Clinton Campaign Re-Start
- Appeal Successful: National Guard Soldier To Be Buried In Arlington
- Gone West: NASA Former NASA Launch Commentator Jack King
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