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Airborne 03.25.15: HR476 Opposed, AEA2015 LIVE Schedule, Airbus' 9000th A/C

Also: Nanchang CJ-6A, USAF T-X Program, UK AAIB Withholds Info, Aussie Aero-Politics, GPS Errors Found, ATC Reform

House Bill HR 476 will eliminate G.I. training benefits for those veterans wishing to build a career as a professional pilot. As a result, a letter-writing campaign has been mounted by an ad-hoc group which hopes to defeat HR 476. On a website designed to send letters to Congress on a variety of issues, the group "Stop HR 476 - Protect Veterans Post 9/11 Benefits" says that while the bill is titled: "GI Bill Education Quality Enhancement Act of 2015", it will actually eliminate the opportunity for

Aero-TV: An Affordable GA Turbo-Prop?: Turbine Solution Group Thinks So!

Could Your Next SportPlane Be Turbine Powered?

You never know what you’ll see at a Fly-in, so when ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, saw an RV-10 with a turbine engine, he just couldn’t pass it by. To find out what was going on, Jim met with Pete Pierpont, the CEO of Turbine Solution Group. Pierpont said the engine is a TP 100 that produces 250 horsepower, and has $25 million invested in its development. This engine has not been certified and that’s why it resides in an experimental airplane. Pierpont said they intend to ride it hard as they work their way towards certification.

Airborne 03.24.15: New Daher HQ, AEA2015 Prep!, 'Smart Transponder'

Also: Aero-Calendar, NTSB Looks At Parasailing, Commercial UAV Waivers Streamlined, Marenco Swisshelicopter, Predator B Record, U.S. Naval Test Pilot School

Daher has formally opened the new location for its Airplane Business Unit’s U.S. headquarters at Pompano Beach, Florida. The grand opening ceremony attracted more than 300 attendees and brought approximately 30 TBM family aircraft to Pompano Beach Airpark, coinciding with the TBM Owners and Pilots Association Safety seminar. The staff of the Aero-News Network is hard at work in preparation for its LIVE EVENT Coverage of the 58th Annual AEA Internation

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (03.25.15)

"As a government agency, the FAA is simply not set up to determine risks, pursue the most cost-efficient investments, manage people to produce results, reward excellence, or punish incompetence like a normal business." Source: Opening remarks by House Transportation Committee Chair Bill Shuster (R-PA) at a hearing on Air Traffic Control modernization.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.25.15): Fatigue Failure

Defined as the progressive and localized structural damage that occurs when a material is subjected to repeated or fluctuating loads (cyclic loading).

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.25.15)

The Beginner's Guide to Propulsion

The site was prepared at NASA Glenn by the Learning Technologies Project (LTP) to provide background information on basic propulsion for secondary math and science teachers.