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We all watched the live feed anxiously on Sunday as SpaceX launched its Falcon-9 booster from Vandenberg Air Force Base to place the Jason-3 satellite into orbit. The successful launch of the satellite was the primary purpose of the mission, and the mission was accomplished. NASA has awarded three cargo contracts for the delivery of supplies to the International Space Station from 2019 through 2024. The agency unveiled its selection of Orbital ATK of Dulles, Virginia; Sierr

For So Many.... This Is Where Aviation Begins

In this video taken at the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) 2016 Expo held in Ontario, California, we see ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, throw objective reporting out the window as he blatantly proclaims his love for the hobby of model aviation. Jim even recalls back to being 12 years-old when he first started in aviation through model aircraft. Jim says that if you want to see excitement and innovation in aviation, the AMA Expo is the place to be. Jim provides the introduction, and the video does the rest.

Building A Supportive Community to Enhance The ‘Let Bob Fly” Program

Within you now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This power becomes available to you just as soon as you change your beliefs. — Maxwell Maltz Greetings all… My apologies for the tardiness of this latest ‘Let Bob Fly’ update… but to be perfectly honest, the last few months have been like drinking from the firehose… and we’re researching, learning and absorbing knowledge at a breathtaking rate. Still, it does seem to be time to come up, breathe, and start to implement some much-needed processes. OK… let me explain (or try to) -- the ‘Let Bob Fly’ documentary program and the learnin

Says Airport Fees Were Collected But Not Paid

If you used Uber to arrange airport transportation between June 1, 2010 to November 20, 2015, you may be eligible to participate in a class action suit against the company.

Klyde's Not Kidding About Avoiding The Use of the Infamous 'B' Word... ASK ANY A&P!!!

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Among Those To Be Recognized At The 'Living Legends Of Aviation' Awards

Mr. Ray Conner, President and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, will be awarded the Living Legends of Aviation’s “Lifetime Industry Leader Award,” with Mr. Steven Udvar-Hazy and Mr. Herb Kelleher presenting. Boeing Commercial aircraft account for the majority of Boeing’s total revenues and with nearly 12,000 jetliners in service worldwide, this is roughly 75 percent of the world fleet.

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Aero Linx: Air Heritage Air Heritage has four primary goals: To research of our aeronautical history with an emphasis on the Tri-State area. To aid individuals and organizations engaged in similar research and education projects. To engage in the accumulation, restoration and preservation of historically significant aircraft, aeronautical materials and artifacts. To operate and maintain an aviation museum and restoration facility at the Beaver County Airport.

“During its first light, and for the first time in the history of long baseline interferometry in optical astronomy, GRAVITY could make exposures of several minutes, more than a hundred times longer than previously possible. GRAVITY will open optical interferometry to observations of much fainter objects, and push the sensitivity and accuracy of high angular resolution astronomy to new limits, far beyond what is currently possible.” Source: From comments made by Frank Eisenhauer, (MPE, Garching, Germany), as the newly installed instrument GRAVITY at ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile made its first observations. GRAVITY successfully combined starlight using four Auxiliary Telescopes as a lar