Aero-News Network: The aviation and aerospace world's daily/real-time news and information service

STS-124 To Deliver BIG Part Of ISS

With all the (well-deserved) to-do this week at NASA over its successful Mars Phoenix mission, it's easy to forget NASA has another high-flying mission set to lift off Saturday afternoon.

AD NUMBER: 2008-11-19 MANUFACTURER: Rolls Royce SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-11-19 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product.

AD: Rolls-Royce

AD NUMBER: 2008-11-16 MANUFACTURER: Rolls Royce SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-11-16 SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for RR RB211 Trent 553-61, 553A2-61, 556-61, 556A2-61, 556B-61, 556B2-61, 560-61, and 560A2-61 turbofan engines.

Groen Brothers Announces Cost-Cutting Measures, Slashes Workforce

Capital Markets, DARPA Delay To Blame; Company Hopes To Sell Off Sparrowhawk

Chalk up yet another aviation company to feel the sting of slumping investment markets. Gyroplane and rotor-wing developer Groen Brothers Aviation announced Friday that following the delays in its Heliplane program for DARPA and current conditions in capital markets, it is undertaking cost-cutting measures -- including significant jobs cuts -- that it hopes will allow it to continue to develop its technology on a reduced scale.

CEOs Say United/US Airways Merger Is REALLY Dead... For Now

Tilton Reportedly Turned Down Parker's Last-Ditch Overture

We now know more of the nature of Thursday's meeting between US Airways CEO Doug Parker, and his counterpart at United Airlines. We also know the outcome of that meeting.

Mars Phoenix Lander Robotic Arm Camera Sees Possible Ice

Minor Glitch Detected In Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer

Scientists have discovered what may be ice that was exposed when soil was blown away as NASA's Phoenix spacecraft landed on Mars last Sunday. The possible ice appears in an image the robotic arm camera took underneath the lander, near a footpad.

Utah State University Rocketeers Win NASA Competition

Awarded Top Prize In University Student Launch Initiative

A team of enterprising student rocketeers from Utah State University in Logan has won the 2007-2008 University Student Launch Initiative, according to event organizers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL.

FAA Grounds Florida Air Ambulance Company

Safety Problems Cited In Air Trek Closure

The FAA suspended operations by a Florida air ambulance service Friday, saying the company failed to adhere to numerous safety practices.

OC Air Show To Feature US Coast Guard SAR Demo

Firebirds Team Will Replace US Jet

Officials with the OC Air Show announced this week additions to the performer lineup for the inaugural event, taking place above the beach and boardwalk in Ocean City, MD on June 10-11. The show will feature military aircraft demonstrations, low-altitude flyovers and civilian aerobatic performances from noon to 3 p.m. both days.

DOT Announces Open Skies Agreement With Kenya

20th Such Pact With An African Nation

US Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters announced Friday the United States and Kenya have negotiated an Open-Skies agreement between the two countries. The agreement, the first aviation accord between the two countries, was reached after two days of negotiations in Washington.