Plans To Solo On Monday, His 16th Birthday

If everything goes according to plan, Robert Wilson Pinksten will become the youngest pilot to fly solo in a helicopter in the U.S., and he owes the milestone to the generosity of strangers. Pinksten, of Nashua, NH, will turn 16 on Monday, and he has plans to make his first solo flight the same day.

NuSTAR Captures First Test Images, Search For Black Holes To Begin Soon

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has snapped its first test images of the sizzling high-energy X-ray universe. The observatory, launched June 13, is the first space telescope with the ability to focus high-energy X-rays, the same kind used by doctors and dentists, into crisp images.

Demand Additional Contract Improvements Meeting FA Priorities

Flight attendants at Horizon Air, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), today turned down a tentative agreement with management. The union said in a news release that the vote makes clear that the more than 500 Horizon Air FA's expect more for their contributions to the airline.

WestJet To Acquire 20 Aircraft With Options For 25 More

Alberta, Canada airline partnership WestJet has inked a deal with Bombardier which includes a conditional order for 20 Q400 NextGen turboprops following the letter of intent to purchase the aircraft that was announced by WestJet on May 1, 2012. The transaction also includes options on an additional 25 Q400 NextGen aircraft.

Steve Hadley To Lead Program, Stacy Howard To Represent Western Region

Business aviation veteran Dan Burkhart, who joined the NBAA in 1998 to create NBAA’s Regional Program, will retire from his post as the director of regional representatives for the organization, effective July 6.

F-15 Program Test Milestone Validates CWB Design

Wind tunnel tests on the Silent Eagle Conformal Weapons Bay (CWB) were recently complted at Boeing's St. Louis facility. The tests validated the aerodynamics of the CWB design. CWBs are integral to the adaptable configuration and balanced survivability of the Silent Eagle.

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"Today, we obtained the first-ever focused images of the high-energy X-ray universe. It's like putting on a new pair of glasses and seeing aspects of the world around us clearly for the first time." Source: Fiona Harrison, the mission's principal investigator at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, who first conceived of NuSTAR about 15 years ago -- NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has snapped its first test images of the sizzling high-energy X-ray universe.

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