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Marianne Dyson To Be Featured Speaker At IWASM Dinner

Award-Winning Author And Former NASA Flight Controller Will Discuss Her Role In Early Days Of The Space Shuttle Program

The International Women’s Air & Space Museum (IWASM) will host Dinner with a Slice of History featuring a special presentation by award-winning author and former NASA flight controller Marianne Dyson, who will discuss her experiences as one of the few women in Mission Control during the early Space Shuttle program.

Airborne 01.12.16: CAFE Scandal, Gone West: RAF's Genzlinger, Boeing Record

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According to their website, The Board of the CAFE Foundation recently learned that its former president, Brien Seeley, has attempted to co-opt this CAFE program. They say Seeley has apparently formed a new nonprofit, and has now announced that he will be holding "EAS-2016". The CAFE Board has notified Seeley that he and his organization have no right to use the name, format, history or brand of this CAFE program. The Recreational Aviation Foundation, known as the RAF, is deeply saddened

Airborne 01.11.16: United CEO Heart Transplant, British Airways, 3DR Software

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United Airlines reported in a statement last week that their CEO, Oscar Munoz, who has been on medical leave since October, underwent a heart transplant operation. It’s reported that a transplant was considered the preferred treatment and was not the result of a setback in his recovery. United said they expect him to return to his position at the end of the first quarter or the beginning of the second quarter of this year. British Airways has shelv