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August 12, 2015

Airborne 08.12.15: Banner Plane Down, 900th T-6, Airline With A Heart

Also: Elon Musk -- Wingwalker, NM Aviation Career Expo, Asiana Crash Settlement, Nigeria Boots Abandoned Airliners, USAF Upgrades, Fort Drum FOAMED!

The pilot of a banner towing plane was fatally injured in California Sunday after making multiple attempts to pick up a banner at Compton-Woodley Airport. Media reports suggest that the banner the pilot was trying to pick up was an ad for Budweiser Light Beer. A witness is reported to have said that the plane made seven attempts to hook the banner. While the seventh attempt was successful, the plane suddenly nose-dived into the ground. A post-impact fire ens

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Aero-TV: Redbird's Sidekick - Managing What You Measure

Information Is A Critical Property In Rebuilding GA’s Future--Here’s A GREAT New Tool

Jerry Gregoire, the owner of Redbird Flight Simulations says, “You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” That may sound odd coming from Gregoire, whose company is well known for producing flight simulators where managing and measuring seem to go hand-in-hand. While at EAA AirVenture 2015, ANN News Editor, Tom Patton, finds out that what Gregoire is talking about as it relates to taking real-time airplane activity and converting it to measurable data. Redbird Flight Simulations has cre

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Airborne 08.11.15: Ultralight Record Attmpt, NTSB Accident Stats, Drunk Flt Crew

Also: China's 5-Year Plan, Aero-Calendar, Emergency Helo AD, Airline Transparency, WWII Airman ID'ed, ICAO Fraud Warning, Young Eagles Raffle Winner

Considering that ultralights usually stay pretty close to home, it’s hard to imagine an event being held to set a worldwide ultralight Fly-in Guinness record. But, that’s exactly what’s planned for October 10th of this year. The event, put together by Dayton Ultralights with the help of members of EAA Chapter 48 in Moraine, Ohio, is open to all pilots who fly aircraft classified as ultralight and/or open air. The NTSB has released prelimina

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (08.12.15)

"I’ve admired PCC’s operation for a long time. For good reasons.” Source: Warren E. Buffett.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (08.12.15): Closed Traffic

Successive operations involving takeoffs and landings or low approaches where the aircraft does not exit the traffic pattern.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (08.12.15)

XP-82 Twin Mustang Restoration Project

Information and links about the restoration of one of the most unique post-WWII airplanes we've seen.

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