ANN Daily Touch-And-Go:
04.19.10 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News
Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing:
04.19.10 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News
Program)
ANN Special Feature: Small Airport Battles -
04.19.10 (ANN Special Report,
with CFI Bob Miller)
Magnetosphere
A region of space above the Earth’s (or other
planet’s) atmosphere where magnetic fields influence the
motions of charged particles. The magnetosphere magnetically
deflects or traps charged particles from space that would otherwise
bombard the planet’s surface.
Aero-Linx: Lunar and Planetary
Institute - Apollo 13
Celebrating trhe 40th Anniversary of the successful
rescue/recovery of the flight of Apollo 13, the LPI offers up this
summary for the mission. Apollo 13 was the thirteenth in a
series of missions using Apollo-specification flight hardware and
was to be the third lunar landing.
"This commitment is a significant investment and
continues our entrepreneurial approach to meeting our customers'
demanding needs. These aircraft will ensure the AAS-72X
provides a fully capable, compliant Armed Aerial Scout solution for
America's warfighters at the earliest possible date... It is
part of a low-risk approach that combines mature, developed
technologies with the proven UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter
- which is in widespread service with the US Army."
Source: EADS North America CEO Sean
O'Keefe...
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