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August 12, 2016

Airborne 08.12.16: Airport Trust Fund, SR-71 Pilots, Dream Chaser Spacecraft

Also: AVG Flying Tigers, Oshkosh 2016, UAV Insurance, B737 SAIB, Heli Market, KC-46A Mission, NTBAA’s Annual Safety 

A Government Accountability Office report published this week determined that as a result of the unfounded presumption that truckers are cheating the system, between $1 billion and $2 billion has been improperly held back from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and diverted to the Highway Trust Fund. The GAO report determined that any uses of aviation fuel in ground vehicles over the past decade have been “rare,” and that both “economic and technological disincentives” further restrict the likelihood of such diversions taking place today. It’s hard to believe that any record in aviation could hold for 40 years, but 1976 was

Payload Preparation Milestones Reached For Upcoming Ariane 5 Mission

Two Satellites Being Readied For Launch August 24

The two satellite passengers for Ariane 5's August 24 flight - both of which will be orbited at the service of global operator Intelsat - are advancing through their payload preparation phases during parallel activity at the Spaceport in French Guiana.

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Next Orbital ATK Launch To ISS Delayed

Will Not Fly Until September At The Earliest

The next ISS resupply mission by Virginia-based Orbital ATK has been pushed into September, according to the company.

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SpaceX Preparing For Raptor Engine Testing

First Rocket Motor Shipped To McGregor, TX Facility For Firing

SpaceX is preparing to test its latest rocket motor, the Raptor. Company president Gwynne Shotwell said in a speech at the 30th annual Conference on Small Satellites at Utah State University that the first such full engine had been shipped to its McGregor, TX test facility for firing.

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