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April 01, 2015

Airborne 04.01.15: April 1st Special Episode!, David Bowie In Space, New Thunderbird Planes

Also: Inhofe Demands Media Aero-Accountability, "Super Duper" Cub, RANS' Exclusive WalMart Deal, Obama To Keep Air Force One, Cessna Bringing Back Bamboo Bomber

Pop-star legend, David Bowie, has moved to Russia to begin training as the next tourist to visit the International Space Station, and he has a very specific reason for traveling the orbiting outpost -- to sing the ultimate ‘Space Oddity.’ Bowie said, “Hadfield got it all wrong. I gave him permission to record “Space Oddity” on the Space Station, but nobody can do the song like the original... A group of Democratic U.S. Senators have written a letter to Piper president and CEO Simon Caldecott urging him to re-brand many of the company’s iconic airplanes because the names are &

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Airborne 04.01.15: April 1st Special Episode!, David Bowie In Space, New TBirds!

Also: Inhofe Demands Media Aero-Accountability, "Super Duper" Cub, RANS' Exclusive WalMart Deal, Obama To Keep Air Force One, Cessna Bringing Back Bamboo Bomber

Pop-star legend, David Bowie, has moved to Russia to begin training as the next tourist to visit the International Space Station, and he has a very specific reason for traveling the orbiting outpost -- to sing the ultimate ‘Space Oddity.’ Bowie said, “Hadfield got it all wrong. I gave him permission to record “Space Oddity” on the Space Station, but nobody can do the song like the original... A group of Democratic U.S. Sena

Classic Aero-TV: The Nature of Airventure-A Unique Look at the Planes of Oshkosh

Aero-TV Takes A Creative Look At The Wilder Side Of Oshkosh

Sometimes, after a week of watching airplanes fly, they begin to seem to almost ... well ... begin to take on a life of their own. When videographers and writers start to look at airplanes in that way, strange things can happen. We call our airplanes "birds." They have names like KitFox, Goose, BearHawk, and ... yes ... Cub. And at an event like Oshkosh they do gather, like all the different animals at the watering hole on the African savannah, for a brief time before moving on. There are the fragile, the small and agile, the large and ponderous, and t

04.01.15 Special: David Bowie Next Space Tourist

Says He Can Do A Better Job Of “Space Oddity” Than Hadfield

ANN’s April 1st “April Fool” Special Edition Glam-pop legend David Bowie has moved to Russia to begin training as the next tourist to visit ISS, and he has a very specific reason for visiting the orbiting outpost.

04.01.15 Special: Lycoming's New Electric Propulsion/Advanced Battery Technology

Lycoming's Latest Innovative Technologies Unveiled In Surprise Announcement

ANN's April 1 "April Fool" Special Edition Lycoming Engines is set to unveil its newest engine technology to the public today, designated the HHO-360-HCCH.

04.01.15 Special: Walmart Going Into The Aircraft Business

Rans Aircraft To Join With Walmart In The Production And Sale Of Rans Kit Built Aircraft And Light Sport Aircraft

ANN's April 1 "April Fools" Special Edition Rans Designs of Hays, Kansas has joined with Walmart to reach a broader base of aviation enthusiasts and make it “Walmart convenient” to become a pilot and own an airplane. The joint venture will provide airplane kit building assistance and the sale of factory-produced Rans S-20 Raven and S-19 Ventura light sport airplanes.

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04.01.15 Special: AMA To Train Secret Service, Others In Model F-16 Flight

Aircraft Will Be Used To Escort UAVs Out Of Restricted Areas

ANN April 1 “April Fools” Special Edition The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) has been awarded a contract valued at $10 million to train various government personnel in the operation of remote-controlled F-16s.

04.01.15 Special: President Obama Will Keep Air Force One After Leaving Office

Says It Will Be Perfect For Personal, Business Travel

ANN’s April 1 “April Fool” Edition President Barack Obama has signed an executive order transferring ownership of Air Force One to himself as of 1200 EST on January 20th 2017.

04.01.15 Special: New Apple Watch May Eliminate Medical Exams For Airline Pilots

Combining The Capabilities Of Apple Technology And ADS-B Out May Replace Airline Pilot Medicals, But There Could Be A Catch

ANN's April 1 "April Fool" Special Edition As the Pilots Bill of Rights 2 moves through Congress it looks like many general aviation pilots will catch a break on being required to have a 3rd class medical. Now, the FAA has finally stepped up to look at medical requirements for airline pilots. They are exploring technology provided through the new Apple Watch that could eliminate the first-class medical exams for ATPs.

04.01.15 Special: AeroSports Update--CubCrafters Introduces The Super-Duper Cub

CubCrafters New Super-Duper Cub Provides Room For More Passengers, Unique Twin-Engine In The Works

ANN's April 1 "April Fool" Special Edition CubCrafters' Jim Richmond wanted to produce an airplane that could carry more passengers and have unique performance capabilities while still maintaining the basic profile of his dreams; the Piper Cub. Through unique engineering concepts, he has found a way to do this.

04.01.15 Special: Inhofe -- Media Reporting On Aviation Should Be Knowledgeable

Proposes Legislation To Have Journalists Pass A Basic Written Exam

ANN’s April 1 “April Fools” Special Edition Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) has proposed legislation that would require any media organization presenting stories about aviation to have the reporters covering those stories pass a basic knowledge test.

04.01.15 Special: Sonex Wins Contract With The U.S. Air Force

SubSonex Jets Will Replace Thunderbird's F-16s

ANN's April 1 'April Fool' Special Edition Sonex has landed a contract with the U.S. Air Force to provide SubSonex jets as the next aircraft for the Thunderbirds demonstration team.

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04.01.15 Special: Regional Airline Looks To Undocumented Immigrants

Carrier Says Americans Unwilling To Take The Jobs At What It Can Afford To Pay

ANN’s April 1 “April Fool” Edition It may just be the tip of the iceberg, but Republic Holdings Inc. announced April 1 that it would be recruiting pilots from among the millions of undocumented aliens that are covered under President Obama’s amnesty program.

04.01.15 Special: Google Enters ADS-B Business

Google Play Store Will Offer GA ADS-B To Satisfy 2020 mandate

ANN's April 1st "April Fools" Special Edition With the 2020 deadline for ADS-B compliance just five years away, Google is getting into the game with an Android-based solution.

04.01.15 Special: FAA To Recruit 950,000 Inspectors

All Between The Ages Of 9 And 12

ANN's April 1 "April Fool" Special Edition FAA Administrator Michael Huerta announced today that the FAA will begin recruitment of a legion of new inspectors to enforce UAV rules. All of the new inspectors will be between the ages of 9 and 12 years old.

04.01.15 Special: Roscosmos Sues Boeing, SpaceX

Tries To Prevent Launches From Returning To American Soil

The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos has filed a lawsuit in a Russian court against Boeing and SpaceX, saying the two U.S. companies represent unfair competition for their transport business to the International Space Station.

04.01.15 Special: SR-71 To Make AirVenture Debut

Airplane Sold In Unmarked Crates At Surplus Auction

ANN’s April 1st “April Fool” Special Edition North Carolina resident Mike Parnell regularly buys U.S. military surplus items by the crate, reselling the items on eBay and Craigslist. But when he started uncrating a lot he bought in 2001, he found he was in possession of the last remaining unassembled SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. And like a spy, he kept the discovery a secret.

04.01.15 Special: Spirit Mulls Cabin Pressurization Zones

‘Breathing Or Non’ Could Soon Be A Question For Passengers

ANN’s April 1 “April Fools” Special Edition An internal memo from Spirit Airlines president and CEO Ben Baldanza obtained by ANN indicates that the carrier is considering airplanes with graduated cabin pressure zones, with fees scaled for the different cabin pressurizations.

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04.01.15 Special: U.S. Senate Democrats To Piper: Change Airplane Names

Letter To The Company Says That ‘Cherokee’, ‘Apache’, ‘Seminole’, Others Are Demeaning

ANN’s April 1 “April Fools” Special Edition A group of Democratic United States Senators has written a letter to Piper president and CEO Simon Caldecott urging him to re-brand many of the company’s iconic airplanes because the names are “demeaning" to Native Americans.

04.01.15 Special: King Schools Introduces Sleep Teaching

‘Most Restful Groundschool Ever Devised' John King Says

ANN’s April 1 “April Fool” Special Edition The latest innovation in ground schools has been introduced by John and Martha King. “Aviation While You Sleep” will allow student pilots to learn the fundamentals of flying while they sleep.

04.01.15 Special: Cessna To Bring Back The Bamboo Bomber

Notes Success Of Other Retro Designs In Decision

ANN’s April 1 “April Fools” Special Edition One of the iconic aircraft of the 1940s is being revived by Textron subsidiary Cessna. The company plans to certify an updated version of the T-50, better known as the Bamboo Bomber, sometime next year.

04.01.15 Special: NASA Has Resolved The Problem With PMS

NASA Reveals PMS As A PC Solution For Measuring Planet Size

ANN’s April 1 “April Fools” Special Edition As announced recently in an ANN report, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is getting set to begin its study of the dwarf planet Ceres. Since that report, problems have arisen with the project that are serious, but not of a technical nature.

04.01.15 Special: Leaked Documents Show China Considered AOPA Buy

Deal Collapsed When Membership Numbers Revealed

ANN’s April 1 “April Fool” Special Edition Documents obtained by ANN reveal that a group of Chinese investors made a bid to purchase AOPA last year, but the deal collapsed when the potential buyers got ahold of the organization’s books.

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