Also: Avidyne, Piper, AeroNav, Satellites, EAA,
AVW, NTSB, SpaceX... and SO MUCH MORE!!!!
Happy Holidays from the crews at Aero-News, Aero-TV and
Airborne! Even though the year is coming to a surprisingly busy
close (and thank God for that, eh?), there was plenty to cover this
week in Airborne-land.
Airborne 12.23.11 is chock full of info about the week ending
Friday, December 23rd, 2011... Presented by Aero-TV veteran
videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, and supported by ANN
CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan
Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton and Paul Plack, this
episode covers:
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European Space Agency
(ESA)
A fifteen-member consortium of European countries for the
design, development, and deployment of satellites. The Space
Telescope — European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF) supports
the European astronomical community in exploiting the research
opportunities provided by the Earth-orbiting Hubble Space
Telescope. The ESA members are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, with Canada as
a cooperating state.
Aero Linx: NASA Eclipse
Site
This is NASA's official Eclipse Web site. It contains maps and
tables for 7000 years of solar and lunar eclipses and includes
information on Eclipse photography and numerous other
Eclipse-related topics. Eclipse predictions provided by Fred
Espenak, NASA/GSFC.
"We are proud of both Maintenance groups' initiative and
persistence, allowing for Mechanics from both Unions a voice in
their future, outside of arbitration. The integration of two
large airlines is not an easy task, but the Aircraft Mechanics from
both sides demonstrated understanding and diligence through this
process, and their efforts should be recognized and
commended."
Source: Brian Hirshman, Southwest Airlines
Senior Vice President of Technical Operations, in comments
associated with the upcoming vote to send a negotiated
Seniority Integration Proposal to the memberships of both
the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), the union
representing Southwest Airlines aircraft Mechanics, and the
Internat
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