Also: O-100 Engine Update, Chinese Mooney, DoT Loves Music, Stangarone Starts Consultancy, Airbus/AgustaWestland/Sikorsky Compete

Sixty-one years ago Robert L. Taylor - pilot and mechanic - saw the future and saved the past. He formed the Antique Airplane Association in Ottumwa, Iowa at a time when many of the airplanes we now consider classics hadn't even been built.

Now, after six decades serving as AAA president, the AAA Board of Directors has elected pilot/mechanic and AAA Executive Director, Brent Taylor, to become the new AAA President. ANN’s Jim Campbell wrote, in part, “One of the most distressing events of 2014 may have been found in our observations of the US Navy's investigation and judgment of someone who had once been one of that service's most lauded flyers and commanding officers.” Jim is referring to the former Navy Blue Angels commanding officer, Capt. Gregory McWherter. Through it all, Capt. Gregory McWherter remained silent. Now, a Facebook posting on a page created to show support has published his first comments, which expressed his gratitude. When someone says "Triplane" ... something from Fokker in the early part of the last century immediately comes to mind. However, the three-wing configuration has been resurrected for an airplane that may someday fly on solar power and biofuel. They call the plane a Bio Electric Hybrid Aircraft. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!

Airborne 01.06.15 is chock full of info in this thrice-weekly news period ending Tuesday, January 6th, 2015...

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 Earl Downs, this episode covers:

• AAA Under New Leadership
• Embattled Blue Angel Leader Speaks Out, Gives Thanks For Support
• New Hybrid Triplane Seeks Kickstarter Funding
• Progress Report On The Pegasus O-100 Engine
• Aero-Calendar: AMA Expo, EAA’s B-17 and More!
• First 'Made In China' Mooney Rolls Off Assembly Line
• U.S. DOT Issues Final Rule Regarding Air Travel With Musical Instruments
• Seven-Year-Old Girl Survives KY Airplane Accident
• Stangarone & Associates Brings Together Industry Leaders
• Airbus, AgustaWestland, Sikorsky Compete For Polish Military Contract

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