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Airborne 06.05.15: Sikorsky Layoffs, F-35B Testing, Tavares Loves Seaplanes

Also: NTSB Video, AirVenture Innovation Preview, Gone West: Bob Hall, Proton Launch Anomaly, Illinois Airports, UAL Glitch, WAI Scholarships

While the recent drop in oil prices has been welcomed by drivers and other users of petroleum products, it has also suppressed the market for oil production support equipment, such as helicopters used in offshore exploration for oil. That, along with a softer market for international military products, means that Sikorsky has sent layoff notices to some 1,400 workers, over 700 from its Coatesville, Pennsylvania facility, alone. Marines and sailors have worked togeth

Klyde Morris 06.05.15

The Internet'll Getcha If You Don't Watch Out

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Airborne 06.04.15: Sullenberger Movie!, First B737 MAX, Airbus Explains A400M

Also: Google's Project Loon, IMC Clubs, ULPower, Emirates v Emanuel, FedEx, NASA v Bugs, Women's Progress In USAF

Clint Eastwood has announced his next movie project, and it's one that will tackle a story for which we all know that outcome, and will probably go see anyway. Eastwood will direct a movie based on the life of Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the pilot who ditched a US Airways Airbus A320 in the Hudson River after a bird strike in January 2009. Not a single life was lost when the airplane went down in the river. The first Boeing 737 MAX is on its way! Boeing’s Renton, Washington fa

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (06.05.15)

"We take this failure rate by TSA very seriously and, at a time when we are evaluating a nominee to lead this agency that hasn’t had a Senate-confirmed leader since December, this underscores the concerns we raised with the Administration earlier this year.” Source: Joint statement from Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee chairman Sen. John Thune (R-SD) and ranking member Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL).

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.05.15): Glideslope Intercept Altitude

The minimum altitude of an intermediate approach segment prescribed for a precision approach that ensures obstacle clearance.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.05.15)

First Flight Society

One of the most important times of the year for the First Flight Society is December 17th when they commemorate and celebrate the historic achievement of the first powered flight. The Society annually marks this event on the grounds of the Wright Brothers National Memorial, maintained by the National Park Service in Kill Devil Hills, NC.