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The petition supporting the Planes of Fame Air Museum Air Show has crossed the 15,000 signature mark, on the way to 25,000. In an update, Planes of Fame Executive Director Steve Hinton said the museum is moving ahead with all plans and preparations for the show, which will continue "until the court tells us otherwise." Comments and letters have come from people in our own community, all over the state of California, the midwest and east coast, and places like Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, the U.K. Germany and Japan. As one upset followed another at the second stop of the 2017 Red Bull Air Race World Championship in San Diego, C
"After briefings and discussions with our aircrew, their training wing leadership, the engineers, and aeromedical experts, we have identified a way forward to resume flight operations safely by limiting the maximum cabin altitude to below 10,000 feet in order be able to operate without using the OBOGS system. This will remain our top safety priority until we fully understand all causal factors and have identified a solution that will further reduce the risks to our aircrew." Source: Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker, Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF), announcing that the Navy's T-45 Goshawk trainers would be returned to flying status.
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