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Airborne 01.13.16: 55 TBM 900s In '15, F-35 Ejection Issues, SpaceX Ocean Return

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Daher’s Airplane Business Unit delivered a total of 55 TBM 900s in 2015, which is a 10 percent increase compared to 2014, and the second best year since the first TBM single-engine turboprop aircraft was provided to a customer in 1991. The 2015 geographic distribution reflected global economic trends last year, as TBM 900 deliveries were led by 44 deliveries to the United States. Last year a weight restriction for pilots flying the F-35 lightning fighter was put i

NASA's CORAL Campaign Will Raise Reef Studies To A New Level

Will Use Aircraft To Help Determine Health Of Coral Reefs Worldwide

A new three-year NASA field expedition gets underway this year that will use advanced instruments on airplanes and in the water to survey more of the world’s coral reefs in far greater detail than has ever been assessed before. The COral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) will measure the condition of these threatened ecosystems and create a unique database of uniform scale and quality.

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