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Airborne 04.13.15: AEA 2015 Updates, Aspen's Stunning AOA, Merlin LSA Flies!

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We hope you enjoyed our LIVE Coverage of AEA2015 over the last few days... but there’s still lots of news to catch up on! AEA president and CEO Paula Derks and GAMA president and CEO Pete Bunce shared the stage last week at the AEA Convention for the annual "State of the Industry" address. Both Derks and Bunce delved into numerous areas of their respective segments of the aviation industry. They discussed many details, but the overall attitude expressed from both organization leaders was th

Classic Aero-TV: Historically Unique -- Marlin Horst's Exquisite Fairchild 71

Exotic Rebuild Reveals Aerial Work Of Art

During EAA AirVenture 2014, ANN's Michael Maya Charles took the time to get a history lesson about a great airplane from days gone by. By 1929 aviation was being recognized for its ability to transport people and cargo to areas that were extremely hard to get to. This led the Fairchild Company to come up with a single engine transport plane known as the Fairchild 71. ANN's roving reporter met up with Marlin Horst who was responsible for the restoration of one of these classic Fairchild's. In this video, Horst recounts the massive project of first locating an airplane as

Klyde Morris (04.13.15)

Klyde May Be The Biggest Grumbler of Them All!

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (04.13.15): Moist Adiabatic Lapse Rate

Moist Adiabatic Lapse Rate The rate at which the temperature of a parcel of saturated air decreases as the parcel is lifted in the atmosphere. The moist adiabatic lapse rate (abbreviated MALR) is not a constant like the dry adiabatic lapse rate but is dependent on parcel temperature and pressure.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.13.15)

Aero Linx: International Society of Air Safety Investigators ISASI is a society formed to promote air safety by the exchange of ideas, experiences and information about aircraft accident investigations, and to otherwise aid in the advancement of flight safety; to promote technical advancement by providing professional education through lectures, displays and presentations and by the exchange of information for mutual development of improved investigations; to broaden professional relationships among members; to maintain and increase the prestige, standing and influence of the Air Safety Investigator in matters of air safety.

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (04.13.15)

“These two technologies together will add orders of magnitude to the precision and resolution of our atmospheric measurements. We’ll be able to take a continuous slice of data through space and time, getting information that no one has been able to capture before.” Source: John Selker, a hydrologist and professor in OSU’s Colleg