ANN Daily Touch-And-Go:
03.07.11 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News
Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing:
03.07.11 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News
Program)
ANN Special Feature: Type Ratings for Composite
GA Planes? - 03.07.11 (ANN Special Report,
with CFI Bob Miller)
Helipad
A small,
designated area, usually with a prepared surface, on a heliport,
airport, landing/takeoff area, apron/ramp, or movement area used
for takeoff, landing, or parking of helicopters.
Aero-Linx: Alec Buck's EMS
Helicopter Site
This EMS Heli page was started around 13 years ago with 'just a
couple of helicopter photos.' As their audience grew, they started
receiving photos of EMS Helicopters from all over the world. They
enjoyed the photos so much that they 'decided to share them with
everybody.' The site's goal is to have every EMS Helicopter in the
US displayed. Based on what we see so far, they seem to be off to a
good start... check this site out...
"Launch is a very demanding business and having what
appears to be a successful launch is always welcome news... It
is important to remember that this is an experimental vehicle; that
this is just the second launch; and that we have just started what
is a very systematic checkout of the system."
Source: Deputy Under Secretary of the Air
Force for Space Programs Richard McKinney, commenting on the laucnh
of the second USAF X-37B unmanned spacecraft.
"The fee-for-service arrangement provides the academy
with a flexible, cost-effective, comprehensive system to train
Cadets in the planning and executing UAS missions... The
academy will be able to draw upon the considerable assets of this
AAI system as they train a core group of future U.S. Air Force
leaders."
Source:Stephen Flach, division vice president
of AAI's Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems. commenting on the fact
that cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy will learn about Unmanned
Aircraft Systems (UAS) using AAI's Aerosonde Mark 4.7 system under
a fee-for-service contract announced by AAI Wednesday.