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Airborne 06.16.16: Cessna Longitude, NAA's Gaffney, Tuskegee Airman Whitfield

Also: Virginia Aviation Museum, AirVenture Innovation Preview, ALPA, UAV Phoenix 2, Flight Resource, Bell 505, CH-53K

In the world of electricity, there’s an old saying that goes, “Electricity should never create noise or smoke.”

It appears Cessna passed that test as they made the first power-up of the electrical distribution system on their Cessna Citation Longitude super-midsize jet. Scott Ernest, the president and CEO of Textron Aviation said, “We continue to meet our milestones through an industry-leading development schedule in order to get the Longitude into the hands of our customers..." Changes are taking place at the National Aeronautic Association as Jonathan Gaffney, the President and CEO of the NAA, announced that he will resign from his position effective September 30, of this year. Having started at NAA in 2007, he is one of the longest-tenured Chief Executives in the history of the 111-year old organization. Under his leadership, NAA has recovered from near-default to seven consecutive years of sound financial results. Another Tuskegee Airmen has gone west, and the veteran of the Army Air Force and the Air Force, 2nd Lieutenant Malvin G. Whitfield, was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery, last week. Whitfield distinguished himself as the first U.S. military member to win Olympic gold medals while serving his country. Whitfield joined the Army Air Corps in 1943 as a Tuskegee Airman, one of more than 1,000 African-American pilots who fought in World War Two. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!

Airborne 06.15.16 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Wednesday, June 15th, 2016... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Brianne Cross and Christopher Odom, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:

  • Cessna Powers On The First Citation Longitude
  • NAA President And CEO Jonathan Gaffney Announces Departure
  • Tuskegee Airman 2nd Lt. Malvin G. Whitfield Laid To Rest
  • Virginia Aviation Museum Closing Its Doors
  • AirVenture Innovation Preview 2016--Last Chance!
  • ALPA Applauds New Canadian Drone Safety Campaign
  • Fixed-Wing UAV Phoenix 2 Launched
  • FAA Grants STC To Flight Resource For Reversing Option On Cessna Aircraft Props
  • Bell 505 Jet Ranger X Makes Japanese Debut
  • Twice As Nice - CH-53K Pacing For Operational Test

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