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 | Drink Guinness, Win a Space Flight. |
 coondoggie writes "Belly up to the space bar boys. The dark beer masters are serving up a wild contest that will let two lucky people ride for free aboard the suborbital Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo spacecraft. Full Story."
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Posted by gil on Friday, July 03 @ 10:04:17 EDT (80 reads)
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| World's Only Flying Pitcairn PA-18 Arrives in Oshkosh. |
 Around this time last year, Jack and Kate Tiffany, of Spring Hill, Ohio, Jim Hammond, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, and the crew of Leading Edge Restorations were anticipating the flight of the recently restored Pitcairn PA-18 Autogiro to Oshkosh for AirVenture 2008. However, the rotor blades were significantly damaged during testing about a week prior to Oshkosh and the flight had to be called off. Full Story.
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Posted by gil on Wednesday, July 01 @ 10:11:55 EDT (224 reads)
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| Marines Fly First MV-22 Osprey MEDEVAC. |
 The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit made history June 25 when it used two MV-22B Ospreys assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (Reinforced) to conduct a ship-to-shore emergency medical evacuation of a Sailor from the USS Bataan. Full Story.
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Posted by gil on Wednesday, July 01 @ 10:11:28 EDT (180 reads)
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| Assembling of First JF-17 Fighter Aircraft Begins. |
 KAMRA: The final assembling of Pakistan''s first JF-17 Thunder multi-role fighter aircraft began on Tuesday. The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, inaugurated the work at the Aircraft Manufacturing Factory (AMF) of the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex. Full Story.
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Posted by gil on Wednesday, July 01 @ 10:11:14 EDT (193 reads)
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| Solar-Powered Airplane Rolls Out. |
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A follow on to the Solar Impulse electric airplane that rolled out in Switzerland in June may circle the world in 2012. The development model, unveiled by Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, will fly at the end of 2009 and gather data for the final model. It can fly both night and day using batteries and solar power. Full Story.
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Posted by gil on Wednesday, July 01 @ 10:10:49 EDT (143 reads)
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| NASA Moon Shot Gets Rocket Blast, More Money. |
 coondoggie writes "NASA continued to develop its future moon landing program this week by getting a positive test on the rocket it might use to land humans on the moon and increasing the budget for the spacecraft it will use to get them there. Full Story."
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Posted by gil on Wednesday, July 01 @ 09:21:09 EDT (128 reads)
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| Boeing Awarded $750M B-52 Engineering Sustainment Contract. |
 WICHITA, Kan.: Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has received a $750 million, 10-year contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide engineering support for the B-52 bomber. Under the Engineering Sustainment Program (ESP) contract, Boeing employees in Wichita, Oklahoma City, and Shreveport, La., will perform engineering assignments that maintain the B-52 as a ready, reliable and viable asset to the Air Force.
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Posted by gil on Wednesday, July 01 @ 09:19:16 EDT (130 reads)
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| Space Station Appearing Nationwide Over July 4 Weekend. |
 HOUSTON: As America celebrates its 233rd birthday this holiday weekend, there will be an extra light in the sky along with the fireworks. Across the country, Americans will be treated to spectacular views of the International Space Station as it orbits 220 miles above Earth.
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Posted by gil on Wednesday, July 01 @ 09:18:51 EDT (213 reads)
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| Boeing Joins the Wing to Body for First 747-8 Freighter. |
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EVERETT, Wash. (PRNewswire-FirstCall): Boeing (NYSE: BA) has completed another milestone in the assembly of its first 747-8 Freighter by joining the wing to the fuselage. Workers attached the 40-foot (12 m) fuselage section to the center wing box in the final assembly bay at the factory in Everett, Wash. The wing and center section are now being prepared for final body join, when the assembly will be connected to the forward and aft fuselage sections.
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Posted by gil on Monday, June 29 @ 12:01:10 EDT (278 reads)
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| How NASA connects to its Moon Orbiters. |
 coondoggie writes "Flying to the moon is not easy feat but communicating with as well as relaying information to and from rocketing space probes is the most critical part of the mission. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission launched June 18 is using modified General Dynamics Advanced Multi-Mode Transceivers that support data rates of up to 512 kbps to send health and status updates and receive command instructions from NASA. LRO will communicate at S-Band frequencies through the NASA Ground Network and Deep Space Network (DSN). The S band ranges between 2 GHz and 4 GHz and is the usual frequency for many satellites. Full Story."
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Posted by gil on Friday, June 26 @ 13:50:56 EDT (326 reads)
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| What's Your Weather? Americans See 300 Billion Forecasts Each Year. |
 coondoggie writes "One way or another nine out of 10 adult Americans get weather forecasts an average of more than three times each day, adding up to 300 billion forecasts each year. And not only that, most people were satisfied with weather forecasts and had fairly high confidence in forecasts with a lead time of one to two days, despite appearances to the contrary. If you lived in the oft-clouded-over Northeast this month, you pretty much hate the weather folks at this point, but that wasn’t part of the survey. Full Story."
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Posted by gil on Thursday, June 25 @ 07:00:00 EDT (479 reads)
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| Waco Classic Introduces New Model. |
 Waco Classic President Peter F. Bowers got to thinking one day, “What’s changed about our product?” Little had changed with the luxury Waco Classic biplane, other than the introduction of glass cockpits and aircraft entertainment systems. So he developed a new model with a larger, 300-hp Jacobs R755-A2 radial engine. The 275-hp engine of the older model is still available. Full Story.
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Posted by gil on Thursday, June 25 @ 07:00:00 EDT (347 reads)
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| FAA Administrator Calls For Commitment to Regional Airline Safety. |
 WASHINGTON, D.C.: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Randy Babbitt today announced an expedited review of flight and rest rules and called on U.S. airlines and unions to respond, by July 31, with specific commitments to strengthen safety at regional and major airlines by insisting that airlines obtain all available FAA pilot records, among other actions.
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Posted by gil on Wednesday, June 24 @ 21:24:06 EDT (321 reads)
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| WhiteKnight Makes Public Landing at Phoenix Airport |
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Posted by gil on Wednesday, June 24 @ 21:14:44 EDT (403 reads)
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| Lawmaker: Time to Put Osprey Out of its Misery. |
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The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee recommended Tuesday that the production of all MV-22 Ospreys be halted, saying that after more than two decades the hybrid aircraft still can’t complete the missions for which it was designed. Full Story.
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Posted by gil on Wednesday, June 24 @ 10:17:20 EDT (366 reads)
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| 787 Delay Adds To Bottom Line Concerns At Boeing. |
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CHICAGO (Dow Jones): Boeing Co.’s (BA) announcement Tuesday of another holdup on its new 787 Dreamliner didn’t sit well with investors already wary of problems surrounding the company’s defense programs and pension-cost headwind. Shares of Boeing, which have sunk on worries about the 787 as well as the weak commercial aircraft market, traded recently at $43.46, down 7.5% for the day. That’s well off the year-high of $76.48.
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Posted by gil on Wednesday, June 24 @ 10:16:59 EDT (293 reads)
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| United Airlines to Lay Off 600 Flight Attendants. |
 United Airlines said Monday that it plans to cut 600 additional flight attendant jobs, effective Aug. 31, as the carrier struggles with lower-than-anticipated attrition and a steep drop in air travel. Full Story.
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Posted by gil on Wednesday, June 24 @ 10:16:40 EDT (316 reads)
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| Its Boeing Jets Delayed, Virgin Atlantic Turns to Airbus. |
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LONDON (Reuters): Virgin Atlantic plans to take delivery of 10 Airbus A330-300 aircraft by 2012, allowing the airline to expand while awaiting delivery of Boeing’s long-delayed 787 Dreamliner. Full Story.
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Posted by gil on Wednesday, June 24 @ 10:16:21 EDT (336 reads)
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| Tuesday, June 23 | | · | Boeing Postpones 787 First Flight. |
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| Sunday, June 21 | | · | Kavlico Introduces Low Range, Low Cost Pressure Sensor for Aircraft and Ground A |
| Saturday, June 20 | | · | The Future of Military Aviation is Unmanned. |
| · | Electric Plane Makes Maiden Flight. |
| · | Cirrus Faces Expensive Lawsuits. |
| · | Pilot Dies Midflight, Jet Lands Safely. |
| Friday, June 19 | | · | Airbus: Possible $12.9B Orders From Paris Air Show. |
| · | Paramount Airways to Buy Airbus Aircraft. |
| · | Wizz Air Commits to Buy 50 Airbus A320s. |
| · | Aigle Azur Orders its First Brand New Airbus A319. |
| · | ZestAir Places Its First Order for A320. |
| · | Final Assembly Begins on First Boeing 787 Dreamliner for ANA. |
| · | Dassault, French Pres: UAE Rafale Talks Progressing. |
| · | Sikorsky Cuts 2 Percent of Work Force. |
| · | DHS Inspector General: GA Operations Pose No Homeland Security Threat. |
| · | Gates Calls US Congress Move on F-22 Jet a 'Problem'. |
| Thursday, June 18 | | · | Pilots Set Light-Sport Aircraft Speed Record. |
| Wednesday, June 17 | | · | Satellite Glitch Rekindles GPS Worries. |
| · | Pilots and Fatigue. |
| · | EADS May Have String of U.S. Purchases Up to $500 Million Each. |
| · | Boeing, MCAP Announce Order for Two 737-800s. |
| · | Boeing and Industry Study Shows Biofuels Perform Effectively as Jet Fuel. |
| · | Fuel Leak Again Postpones Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour. |
| · | Women's Air Race Classic Starts June 23. |
| · | Air Tractor Turns Lowly Crop-Duster Into Tactical Attack Plane. |
| · | Bombardier Confident Its CSeries Will Fly In 2012. |
| · | Space Station Headed for Population Explosion. |
| · | Boeing Creates Unmanned Airborne Systems Division. |
| · | Bell Boeing Team Awarded Contract for Next Phase of V-22 Osprey Support. |
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