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December 08, 2009

Bye Energy Completes MOU With Vertical Power

Initial Focus Is On Experimental And LSA Markets

Bye Energy has announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Vertical Power on the incorporation of Vertical Power's electrical power management system into Bye Energy's electric hybrid propulsion system (EHPS). The collaboration will initially focus on the experimental and light sport markets.

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United Places Major Order For B787, A350 XWB Aircraft

Company Awards 25 Firm Orders Each To Airbus and Boeing

United Airlines appears to be pulling out the stops with the announcement Tuesday of a significant investment in the company's future. The company placed widebody aircraft orders for 50 aircraft of designs that have not yet flown.

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Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Tuesday 12.08.09

ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 12.08.09 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 12.08.09 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature: Bob Poole, NextGen Equippage Incentives - 12.08.09  (ANN Special Report, with Reason's Bob Poole)

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Cascade Aircraft Conversions Will Buy GE's M601 For AgConversions

Engines STC'd For Thrush And Air Tractor Ag Planes

Cascade Aircraft Conversions has signed a contract to purchase GE's M601 turboprop engines for its conversion STCs on Thrush and Air Tractor 300, 400 and 500 series agricultural aircraft.

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CVG Falls From FAA's Busiest List

Airport No Longer Handles At Least 1% Of Nation's Air Traffic

Scheduled flights at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport have been cut to the point that CVG will not be listed as one of the nation's busiest airports for the first time since 1993, according to the FAA.

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Wind Farms Cause Problems For UK ATC Radar

Raytheon Awarded Contract To Study Radar Blackout Zones Caused By Spinning Turbines

Raytheon Company has been awarded a contract by the United Kingdom's NATS, formerly National Air Traffic Services, to conduct software modeling and field trials of technology that minimizes the effects of wind turbines on radar signals.

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A350 XWB Begins To Take Shape In France

First Composite Lay-Up Manufactured In Nantes

The first composite lay-up for the A350 XWB has been manufactured today in Nantes, France, and marks the 'coming to life' of Airbus's new long range aircraft. This panel for the center wing-box (CWB), entirely made of carbon, has a surface area of 387 square feet.

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ClearFuels And Rentech Tapped By DOE For Integrated Bio-Refinery Grant

Advance Bio Jet Fuel One Of Several Products To Be Produced

ClearFuels Technology and Rentech made a joint announcement Monday to say they have been selected to receive up to $23 million as a grant from the U.S. DOE to construct a biomass gasifier at Rentech’s Energy Technology Center (“RETC”) in Denver.

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It's A Successful First Flight For AH-64D Apache Block III Test Aircraft

Increased Use Of Composites And New Engines In Block III Aircraft

The Boeing AH-64D Apache Block III program has completed the first flight of its structures test aircraft. The test, conducted November. 23 in Mesa, AZ demonstrated flight characteristics and handling maneuvers. Tests are expected to continue for the next several weeks.

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FAA To Look At Tucson Tower

Upgrade Or Replace Are The Two Options

The FAA is taking a look at the control tower at Tucson International Airport to see if the 1950's era facility should be replaced, or if an upgrade would address controller's concerns.

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Air Algérie orders 4 ATR 72-500s

Will Bring The African Airlines' ATR-72 Fleet To 12

ATR and the Algerian national airline Air Algérie announced Monday they have entered into a contract for the purchase of 4 ATR 72-500s by the African airline. This agreement, which is valued at some $82 million, was inked in Algiers.

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Astronaut Tweet Up For 'Tweet Of The Year'

First Tweet From Off-Planet Nominated For Online Award

Astronaut Mike Massimino (pictured) sent the first ever Twitter message from space back in May, with the message "From orbit: Launch was awesome!! I am feeling great, working hard, & enjoying the magnificent views, the adventure of a lifetime has begun!"

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Aero-TV: The Heart of Team MS760 - Lt. Colonel Jerry ‘Jive’ Kerby

Meet Lt. Colonel Jerry ‘Jive’ Kerby, One of the Two Team MS760 Pilots

Beginning today, nearly 1,600 air show professionals will gather at the International Council of Air Shows Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.  To celebrate the 2009 ICAS Convention, Aero-TV is profiling some of the most extraordinary air show performers we’ve had the honor to meet over the last year.
 

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Aero-TV: The Heart of Team MS760 – Lt. Colonel Jerry ‘Jive’ Kerby

Meet Lt. Colonel Jerry ‘Jive’ Kerby, One of the Two Team MS760 Pilots

Beginning today, nearly 1,600 air show professionals will gather at the International Council of Air Shows Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.  To celebrate the 2009 ICAS Convention, Aero-TV is profiling some of the most extraordinary air show performers we’ve had the honor to meet over the last year.

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Unnamed Source Says First Dreamliner To Fly December 18th

Second Plane Could Fly 10 Days Later

A source close to the project says the first Dreamliner flight is planned for December 18th, with the second flight possible just after Christmas. However, Boeing officials said in an e-mail a date has not been set for the maiden flight.

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Preliminary NTSB Report Issued In Glider-Tow Plane Mid-Air

Neither Aircraft Performed Any "Abrupt Or Evasive Maneuvers"

The NTSB has issued a preliminary report in the November 28th mid-air collision between a tow plane and the glider it had released over Crazy Creek Private Gliderport in Middletown, California. Both the tow plane and glider pilots were killed in the collision, and both aircraft were destroyed.

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GE Aviation Set To Test New H80 Turboprop Engine

Expects Certification Of Czech-Built Powerplant Early Next Year

GE Aviation's wholly owned subsidiary, GE Aviation Czech is set to begin by year-end certification testing of its new H80 turboprop engine, which will produce up to 800 shaft horsepower (shp) to power utility, agriculture and business and general aviation aircraft.

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FAA Solicits $7 Billion In Bids For NextGen Contracts

Largest Contract Award In The Agency's History

The FAA announced Friday it is soliciting bids from companies interested in competing for NextGen support contracts with an approximate combined value of $7 billion, the largest award in the agency’s history.

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Flight 188 Pilots Say ATC Partly At Fault For Overshoot Incident

They Contend Air Traffic Control Rules Were Not Followed During Flight

The two pilots who flew a Northwest Airlines jet about 150 miles beyond its intended destination say ATC bears at least part of the responsibility for the incident. The pilot's responses to an Administrative Law Judge were made on November 24th, but just made public Monday.

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Korean Air To Buy Five New 747-8's

Deal For The Intercontinental Reportedly Worth $1.5 Billion

Boeing and Korean Air announced Friday that the Asian carrier has ordered five 747-8 Intercontinental jetliners. Korean Air is the first Asian airline to order the passenger version of the 747-8.

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Moon Work Design Contest Offers A Unique Prize ... Paid NASA Internships

Initial Deadline For Submissions Is December 15th

Talented engineering students who have ideas on how future explorers might live on the moon could find themselves working at NASA as paid interns.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (12.08.09)

“Today is the culmination of a dream that began many decades ago, was stimulated by Paul Allen’s funding of our X-Prize winning SS1 and then moved forward to commercial reality by Sir Richard and Virgin’s visionary investment in a new future for space transportation.” Source: Burt Rutan.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (12.08.09): Under The Hood

Indicates that the pilot is using a hood to restrict visibility outside the cockpit while simulating instrument flight.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (12.08.09)

National Agricultural Aviation Association

News is coming today from the National Agricultural Aviation Association, which according to its website represents more than 1,500 members in 46 states.

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