Tue, Feb 19, 2013
The airshow industry is in a flat spin as we again near the edge of the cliff and the sequestration going over will bring.
ANN is tracking an unsettling number of events, airshows and open houses that either have or soon will be preparing cancellation notices. Honeywell's Bendix/King division has revealed that you can now 'touch and go' even farther with the new myWingMan iPad app software version 1.1 update. NASA and its international partners are targeting Friday, March 1, as the launch date for the next cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX). All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 02.19.13 is chock full of info about the half-week period ending Tuesday, February 19th, 2013... 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 Glen Moyer, this episode covers:
- Airshow Industry Hit By Sequestration Damage
- Bendix/King Expands myWingMan App, Teams With Rob Holland
- NASA Targets March 1 Launch For Next SpaceX Station Resupply Mission
- Introducing The LSA-Compliant Carbon Pitts LS1 And LS2
- ICAS Says Don't Give Up On Military Jet Demonstration Teams
- Boeing's 777X May Have Folding Wingtips
- FAA Issues SAIB For Cessna Retractable Landing Gear Hydraulics
- AVW: Airplane Heli-Rescue
- Bahrain Air Parks Planes
- FAA Launches Second Phase Of General Aviation Airports Study (Tom video)
- Cundall Loses Funding For Spitfire Dig
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