A formal Nationals Site Review Process was ordered by the International Aerobatic Club Board of Directors at the annual Fall Board meeting in November of 2018 in order to find a new home for the aerobatic world’s national contest.
Forty-four centrally located airports were assessed including previous U.S. Nationals sites, Sherman-Denison, Texas, and Oshkosh, Wisconsin. On February 15, the IAC Board of Directors met by teleconference, where the Board voted unanimously to select Salina, Kansas, as the location for the 2019 US Nationals. The contest dates have been confirmed for Saturday, September 21 through Friday, September 27th. A roaring jet stream traveling at more than 230 mph over the eastern US last week appears to have helped push a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 to a record speed for the airplane ... 801 miles per hour. The flight was traveling from Los Angeles to London, at 35,000 feet over Pennsylvania when it encountered massive tailwinds. And while it didn't stay in the zone for long, it did help the flight arrive at its destination about 48 minutes early. ANN seeks YOUR help in getting a little crazy! Our Annual April 1st Editions are LEGENDARY and a highlight in the aviation world. And we want YOU to be a part of
it! We’re putting out the call for April 1st story ideas, parodies and other crazy ideas so that we can have as much fun with this year’s edition as we have had over the last many years. We need YOUR ideas for how we might step up the insanity for 2019! All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 02.25.19 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Monday, February 25th, 2019... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Skylar Vanel, Laura Hutson, Brianne Cross, and Christopher Odom, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalist Tom Patton, this episode covers:
- IAC To Move U.S. Nationals In 2019
- Virgin Atlantic Dreamliner Sets Speed Record In The Jet Stream
- Counting Down! ANN's Infamous April 1st Edition Is Back--With A Vengeance!
- Australian Pilot Spells Out 'I'm Bored' In The Sky
- Two Indian Air Force Jets Collide During Performance Rehearsal
- Max-Viz 2300 EVS Receives Amended STC For Leonardo Helicopters
- Annual FAA UAS Symposium To Be Held In Baltimore
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