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June 09, 2011

ANN Special Feature: Challenges Facing Experimental Rotorcraft - 06.09.11

ANN's Paul Plack talks with Doug Barker, President of the Utah Rotorcraft Association, about the group's Rotors Over The Rockies event this weekend, and about the unique challenges facing experimen

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Admire Them While You Still Can: Extraordinary Shuttle/ISS Images Released...

Unique 'Portrait' Of Shuttle And International Space Station Are Inspiring... In A Sad Way

In a matter of months, such a sight will never be seen again... no matter how high you fly. Recently released pix of the International Space Station, docked with the space shuttle are being seen for the next to last time in history. The shuttle, the vehicle that helped build the complex during the last decade, is about to fly its last flight and this next-to-last flight has produced some exquisite, and somewhat heart-breaking imagery. Interestingly; the photos are the first taken of a shuttle docked to the station from the perspective of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

Aviation Safety Resources Granted New Patent for 'TriChute' Safe Landing System

Aviation Safety Resources has been awarded patent No. 7934682 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its TriChute Safe Landing System. The new patent revises and updates the technology from a previous patent. The TriChute Safe Landing System is designed to equip GA aircraft with a pilot-controlled mechanism that lands passengers and aircraft safely in the event of an in-flight emergency. The technology activates a series of ballistic systems that separate the passenger compartment from the fuel-containing wings and deploys three parachutes that bring the passengers and wings down in separate, controlled level landings.

Another Victim of These Tough Economic Times Succumbs

We keep hearing about how the economy is about to turn around any minute now... but in the mean-time, the aviation landscape is being littered with a terrifying body count... this time a major airframe parts fabrication plant. Goodrich Corporation has announced it will close its Marble Avenue landing gear facility in Cleveland, Ohio by the end of 2012 due to 'program volume decline and the lack of appropriate new work to cost-effectively fill available capacity.'