Tue, Aug 28, 2012
The NTSB has published Probable Cause report on the tragic accident that took the life of Air racing Legend, Jimmy Leeward and 10 spectators at Reno 2011.
No one has been able to look up at the moon in quite the same way after the events of July 20th, 1969. The first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, passed away Saturday afternoon as a result of complications following recent coronary surgery at the age of 82.... with as firm a place in history as any man. The bankruptcy judge overseeing the Hawker Beechcraft court case has denied plans to award bonuses of $5.3 million for 8 top HBC executives. Judge Stuart Berstein says HBC so called Key Employee Incentive Plan did not meet legal standards that require executives to face challenging goals to qualify for such bonuses during a bankruptcy. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 08.28.12 is chock full of info about the half-week period ending Tuesday, August 28th, 2012... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Glen Moyer, this episode covers:
- NTSB's Issues Reno Accident Report
- Armstrong Goes West
- HBC Bonuses Denied/Pension Plan Approved
- Cessna Regains BizJet Speed Crown
- Lee Bottom Fundraiser
- PPC Pioneers Lost
- Foreflight Mobile Updated
- AVW: 1/10th Scale Saturn V Launch
- A-7C Corsair Wreckage Found In Atlantic
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