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July 02, 2013

Lego Helicopter Model In Australia Destroyed By Vandals

'Elvis The Helicopter' Was Comprised Of About 100,000 Of The Plastic Bricks

"Elvis the Helicopter" had taken Lego certified professional Ryan "The Brickman" McNaught over six weeks and 100,000 of the colored plastic bricks to construct at the Cairns Central shopping center in northern Queensland, Australia. It took a group of young vandals only seconds to tip it over, destroying the piece.

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Airborne 07.02.13: Terrafugia To Fly At OSH13, Electroplanes Too!, NASA Thruster

Also: Foxx Confirmed, AEA AML-STC Workshop, JetBlue iPads, Model Aviation Day Is Coming!

If you weren’t excited about Oshkosh before, you should be now... as it will likely be the first time for many of the aviation world to see a flying car actually fly! Terrafugia will be returning to EAA AirVenture in Oskhosh, WI, this July 29th through August 4th. Terrafugia’s Transition will be making its first airshow appearance as part of the "World's Greatest Aviation Celebration." Greenwing International (GWI) has been announced as the producer of the  eSpyder and e430 Yuneec-powered electric aircraft. Yuneec International, which first display

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (07.02.13)

"I believe the proposed Airmen Certification Standards (ACS) will complicate and increase the cost of flight training while having little if any effect on general aviation’s safety record." Source: Comments added to Docket FAA-2013-0316 by aviation author and flight instructor Rod Machado concerning the agency proposed Airman Certification Standards.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (07.02.13): Operating Center Of Gravity Range

The center of gravity for an aircraft loaded and ready for flight.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (07.02.13)

Space Frontier Foundation

The foundation says that it is transforming space from a government- owned bureaucratic program into a dynamic and inclusive frontier open to people. "We are determined to convert the image held by many young people that the future will be worse than the present, and we reject the idea that the world’s greatest moments are in its past."

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