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We have a packed episode today filled with the latest news, let's start with a video that will get your heart rate up... the Raptor aircraft makes it’s first flight… but it wasn't without a hitch... Several days ago, the first flight of an experimental aircraft headed for the kit aircraft market, someday, took to the skies. The Raptor Aircraft made bold promises... The designer Peter Muller claims "The Raptor is an extremely spacious 5 place, pressurized, composite aircraft with a 62 inch wid
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Center Weather Advisory
An unscheduled weather advisory issued by Center Weather Service Unit meteorologists for ATC use to alert pilots of existing or anticipated adverse weather conditions within the next 2 hours. A CWA may modify or redefine a SIGMET.
"This is a very exciting step into the future of product design and manufacturing. We are extremely grateful and proud to have been selected to take part in the Additive Manufacturing Accelerator grant program... We have been actively exploring all of the various benefits available through additive manufacturing techniques for the past 18-months. This grant gives us the opportunity to put our ideas into practice while working with the recognized leaders at Auburn University's National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME), it a significant push forward."
Source: Keith Bagley, president of Hartzell Engine Technologies (HET), commenting on their receipt of a grant from the city of Auburn, Alabama's Additive Manu
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