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June 12, 2014

Airborne 06.11.14: Schumer Wants Public Pilot Records, Air Race Classic, UAS OPs

Also: Brit Microlight Regs, Classic Aero-TV: Bob Showalter, Record Skydive, More Oshkosh Airshow Acts Announced

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer has attached language to a pending transportation funding bill that would require the FAA to provide a status report on a proposed pilot record database. Congress requested that the FAA create the database following the Flight 3407 accident near Buffalo, New York. It was found that the pilot of that flight had reportedly failed several flight tests before being hired by Colgan Air, which said it had no way of knowing about those test results. Buchanan Field Airport in Concord, California will be the start of th

"Now that we're getting so close to launch, the spacecraft completion work is visible every day." Source: Mark Geyer, NASA's Orion Program manager.

A pattern seen on satellite infrared photographs of thunderstorms, in which a thunderstorm anvil exhibits a V-shaped region of colder cloud tops extending downwind from the thunderstorm core. The enhanced V indicates a very strong updraft, and therefore a higher potential for severe weather.

Tennessee Museum Of Aviation

The Tennessee Museum of Aviation opened in mid-December 2001. The 50,000 sq. ft. facility is located right beside the 5,500 ft. runway at the Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport (GKT). This unique location makes bringing aviation history to life possible, as airworthy vintage aircraft are sometimes seen performing flight demonstrations.