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February 29, 2016

Airborne 02.29.16: New USAF Bomber, Senate FAA Bill, UAV Channel Flight

Also: R66 Aux Tank, Whisperliner Meets Dreamliner, True Blue Power, Teamsters, Airline Complaints, Gogo Deal, Air Transat Pilots

Air Force Secretary, Deborah Lee James, revealed the first rendering of the Long Range Strike Bomber, designated the B-21, and it’s obvious the acorn doesn’t roll far from the Northrop Grumman design tree. At the announcement, James said the Air Force will be taking suggestions from Airmen to help decide the name of the bomber. The artist rendering, which is not much more than a proposed plan form, is based on the initial design concept. The designation B-21 recognizes this design as the first bomber of the 21st century. The U.S. House of Representatives seems to be starting over on the FAA Reauthorization act

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NASA, UN Announce Final Winner Of #whyspacematters Photo Competition

Images Have Been Submitted Over The Past Year

As astronaut Scott Kelly’s one-year mission aboard the International Space Station draws to a close, NASA and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) are announcing the final winner of a global photography competition highlighting how the vantage point of space helps us better understand our home planet and provide benefits to humanity.

Spacecraft Launched On December 3 Now In Working Orbit

The two cubes housed in the core of ESA’s LISA Pathfinder were left to move under the effect of gravity alone earlier this week – another milestone towards demonstrating technologies to observe gravitational waves from space.

Mission Scheduled For Launch In September

NASA is calling all space enthusiasts to send their artistic endeavors on a journey aboard NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft. This will be the first U.S. mission to collect a sample of an asteroid and return it to Earth for study.

The Single-Place Merlin Personal Sport Aircraft From Aeromarine-LSA...

In this video from the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo 2016, being held in Sebring, Florida, you’ll not only see a neat little airplane, you’ll also see some nasty looking weather in the background as ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, takes a look at an airplane called the AeroMarine Merlin PSA. To get the details, Jim talks with Chip Irwin the owner of AeroMarine LSA.