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November 14, 2009

Newly Extended 5,000' Runway Opens at Flying Cloud Airport

'Going The Extra Mile...'

After years of planning and months of development, Flying Cloud Airport's south parallel runway has reopened with an extended length of 5,000 feet, making it a more efficient, attractive airport for business aviation.

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Openair Opens New Base At Tac Air In The Greenville Downtown Airport

OpenAir Expands To Fill SATSAir Void

 With the closure of SATSAir and their Southeastern Air Taxi Service, OpenAir has announced that it is expanding to fill the Southeastern Air Taxi transportation void. OpenAir will be based at TAC Air in the Greenville Downtown Airport.

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First Boeing 747-8 Freighter Leaves Factory

The airplane begins preparations for flight test

Boeing reports that progress is being made on it's 747-8 freighter. On Thursday afternoon, the first of the high-capacity cargo aircraft was towed out of the factory in Everett, Wash. The airplane, ultimately destined for Cargolux, will be painted and begin preparations for flight test.

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NASA Confirms There Is Water Ice On The Moon

LCROSS Impact Confirms Water In Lunar Crater

NASA announced Friday that preliminary data from NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, indicates the mission successfully uncovered water in a permanently shadowed lunar crater. The discovery opens a new chapter in understanding of the moon.

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FAA Takes Steps To Ensure 'No-Radio' Flights Are Properly Tracked, Reported

Babbitt Says Procedures Will Be Strengthened

The FAA is updating training and procedures for handling the loss of two-way communication with aircraft and how other agencies are notified, after a detailed review of air traffic contact with Northwest Airlines Flight 188 on October 21, 2009

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Boeing Still Hopes To Fly 787 This Year

Side-of-Body Installations Complete On First Dreamliner

Boeing has completed installing reinforcements within the side-of-body section on the first 787 Dreamliner. The modification entails installing new fittings at 34 stringer locations within the joint where the wing is attached to the fuselage. Installations were completed Wednesday.

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Water On The Moon Raises The Stakes For X Prize

Groundbreaking Discovery Will Enable Exploration On, And Beyond, The Moon

A team of scientists from NASA announced Friday that significant amounts of water ice have been found at the Moon's South Pole. This landmark finding provides a great boon to an international community of scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs cultivating a new era of lunar exploration.

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Former Vietnam POW Gets His Wedding Ring Back

Returned 44 Years After Being Captured

On October 5, 1965, Colonel James Hivner, then a Captain, had just dropped a load of munitions on a target from his F-4C Phantom fighter-bomber when his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire. It was the second time he'd been hit during that sortie, and that one brought the aircraft down.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (11.14.09)

"The concentration and distribution of water and other substances requires further analysis, but it is safe to say Cabeus holds water." Source:  Anthony Colaprete, LCROSS project scientist and principal investigator at NASA's Ames Research Center.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (11.14.09): Dead Reckoning

Dead reckoning, as applied to flying, is the navigation of an airplane solely by means of computations based on airspeed, course, heading, wind direction, and speed, groundspeed, and elapsed time.  

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (11.14.09)

Water On The Moon

The announcement Friday that the LCROSS Mission had confirmed the presence of water ice on the Moon has the scientific community buzzing about the possibilities.

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