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Airborne 05.30.18: Alan Bean Goes West, Belite Chipper, Diamond DART-550

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A dozen men have walked on the moon... yet today, only four survive to relate the extraordinary personal experiences of having walked the surface of a world other than Earth. Alan Bean, astronaut, artist and Lunar Module Pilot, has gone west at the age of 86. Bean’s life was extraordinary and spanned two pivotal manned space programs. He made his first flight into space aboard Apollo 12, the second manned mission to land on the Moon, at age 37 in November 1969, joining Pete Conrad in the l

Chinese Student Pilot Accuses Flight School Employees Of Attempted Kidnapping

IASCO Flight School Instructors Arrested In Connection With The Incident

A Chinese flight school student in the U.S. on a student visa says two employees of the IASCO flight school in Redding, CA attempted to kidnap him and have him deported back to China. The school has a contract with China's civil aviation authority to train new pilots.

Gone West: Apollo Moonwalker And Artist Alan Bean

Had Fallen Ill Only Two Weeks Ago While Traveling

Apollo and Skylab astronaut Alan Bean, the fourth human to walk on the moon and an accomplished artist, has Gone West. Bean, 86, passed away May 26, at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. His death followed his suddenly falling ill while on travel in Fort Wayne, Indiana two weeks before.

Airborne 05.25.18: Aero-Fraud Sentenced, Perimeter Flight, Desert Jet Ctr

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Robert Charles Jones Brady, owner of Beech Aviation, was sentenced in a US District Court to 7 years incarceration, 3 years supervised release, and a $400 special assessment fee for operating aircraft without an airman’s certificate, wire fraud, and falsification of records in a Federal investigation. An investigation by the DOT OIG found that it in 2016, FAA revoked Brady’s pilot certificates; yet he continued to operate aircraft and was involved in multiple schemes to defraud the Government, airmen,

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (05.30.18)

“Alan Bean is one of the great renaissance men of his generation — engineer, fighter pilot, astronaut and artist.” Source: Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 lunar module pilot and the only geologist to walk on the moon, remembering astronaut Alan Bean, who passed away May 26.