Late last year, ANN's Aero-TV crews spied a truly marvelous piece of flight simulation technology... NASA Glenn's icing flight training simulator. Demonstrated at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), we were incredibly impressed at the apparent accuracy of the model ...

As universal military service fades from the public experience, many members of the American public will never get to meet their soldiers and learn of our military's legacy of service and contribution to our Country. Our military's deeds will be recorded in history books but our veterans will not be heard.

The reference line used in a magnetic compass or directional gyro to indicate the nose of the aircraft. The heading of the aircraft is shown, in degrees, on the card or dial of the instrument opposite the lubber line.

It was ironic when the personal airliner of former Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong was erected as a static display in the parking lot of an icon of capitalism -- a shopping mall in the seaside city of Zuhai, in southern China.

Goodrich Corporation has received a contract from the US Army to provide up to 1,000 Vehicle Health Management Systems (VHMS) for UH-60A/L Black Hawk helicopters. The five-year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is potentially valued at up to $300 million and covers deliveries through 2013.

Diamond Aircraft has announced that ATP (Airline Transport Professionals) will provide factory-authorized initial and recurrent type rating flight training for the Diamond D-Jet personal jet.

Lockheed Martin's F-35A successfully flew from Fort Worth, TX to California's Edwards Air Force Base on October 1, to begin expanded flight testing and initiate test activities at Edwards. Flying non-stop for more than 1,000 nautical miles, this was the aircraft's first long-range, cross-country flight.

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has awarded Curtiss-Wright Corporation a multi-year production contract valued at over $14 million to provide leading edge flap rotary actuators and attachment tie bars for the F-16 Fighting Falcon. The agreement is a follow-on contract to Curtiss-Wright's existing production contract with Lockheed Martin.

Sagem Avionics announced this week at NBAA 2008 it has earned a Supplemental Type Certificate from the FAA for installation of the company's ICDS glass cockpit avionics suite in the Commander 690 series of turboprop aircraft.

AgustaWestland collected a pair contracts this week that added 12 new AW319 helicopters to its order book.

Add two more aviation "letter groups" to the list of those which plan to carefully review Thursday's notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) issued by the Transportation Security Administration, regarding sweeping changes to security requirements on all aircraft over 12,500 lbs MTOW.

Mesa Air Group has reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) with its pilots after only 10 months of negotiations, according to a joint release from the airline and the Air Line Pilots Association.

Astronomers made a first-of-its-kind prediction earlier this week, discovering a new space object on a collision course with Earth just hours before the two paths converged.

<strong>ANN REALTIME REPORTING 10.09.08 1815 EDT:</strong> Officials confirm a Canadian CT-114 Tutor training jet crashed near 15 Wing Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Thursday afternoon... but there's no word yet on possible survivors.

Boeing is either pursuing an extremely aggressive tactic to bring its striking employees back to the table, or actually considering what in the Pacific Northwest would be unthinkable. Having already moved its corporate headquarters to Chicago a few years ago, Boeing officials are now openly talking about the possibility that it could move aircraft assembly to Alabama, or elsewhere.

Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell announced Thursday that four state airports will begin marketing efforts to raise community awareness and attract more passengers with the help of a federal and state investment of nearly $440,000.

The days of relatively unfettered travel onboard large business aircraft may soon come to an abrupt end. Thursday morning, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) unveiled its proposed rule that will govern operations for all aircraft weighing more than 12,500 pounds, which would require those operators to implement an approved security program.

A De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter carrying tourists from Germany, Australia and Nepal crashed on approach to land in foggy conditions near Mount Everest Wednesday, claiming the lives of 18 passengers onboard but apparently sparing the life of the pilot.

The Bush Administration will commit almost $90 million over the next eight years to expand capacity at John F. Kennedy International Airport, US Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters announced Thursday. She also unveiled new rules designed to lower fares, increase consumer choices and improve service for air travelers using JFK, Newark and LaGuardia airports.

<strong>"Developing flight simulators that incorporate the aerodynamic effects of icing will provide a critical element in pilot training programs by giving pilots a pre-exposure of icing-related hazards, such as ice-contaminated roll upset or tailplane stall. Integrating these effects into training flight simulators will provide an accurate representation of scenarios to develop pilot skills in unusual attitudes and loss-of-control events that may result from airframe icing."</strong>

<strong>Source:</strong> From the NASA documentation saupporting the development of an Icing Encounter Flight Simulator at the NASA Glenn Research Center, documented in today's episode of Aero-TV.

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