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EAA Releases New Book 'The Final Mission'

Offers First Person Accounts Of B-17 Flight, Personal, Powerful Remembrances From WWII Veterans

Personal and poignant accounts of flying the Boeing B-17, one of history’s most significant aircraft, have been gathered in the new book The Final Mission, newly published by the Experimental Aircraft Association.

Klyde Morris 04.03.20

So Pretty Much Business As Usual, Klyde

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

Airborne 04.02.20: Sun 'n Fun Cancelled, Elixir Cert, Thrush 2020

Also: NASA Adds Shannon Walker, Gone West: Joe Clark, NASA’s Artemis, Spirit Airlines

The much-feared decision was made late yesterday... there will be no Sun ‘n Fun for 2020.... Another casualty of the global pandemic. Sun 'n Fun president and CEO John Leenhouts posted remarks on their website late Wednesday. "This year, we will serve those same communities by assisting in the defeat of the COVID-19 pandemic. We stand with our local, state, and national leaders in supporting the social distancing and other health practices that will bring this outbreak to a hal

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (04.03.20)

"We are initiating a voluntary layoff (VLO) plan that allows eligible employees who want to exit the company to do so with a pay and benefits package. This move aims to reduce the need for other workforce actions." Source: Boeing president and CEO Dave Calhoun, in an open letter to Boeing employees.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (04.03.20): Spiral Instability

A condition that exists when the static directional stability of the airplane is very strong as compared to the effect of its dihedral in maintaining lateral equilibrium.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.03.20)

Opinion: The Threat We Face By Grounding History

From the Long Island Business News, an opinion piece from Dr. Libby O’Connell, a cultural historian and the Chief Historian Emeritus at History Channel and former Senior vice president, Corporate Social Responsibility at A&E Television Networks.