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As Bell Helicopter gets back into the business of producing a light single-engine helicopter, their Bell 505 JetRanger X is approaching the end of high-and-hot flight testing in Arizona and Colorado, according to the company. It’s reported that, according to Bell 505 program manager David Smith, the aircraft has accumulated over 275 flight hours since its first flight in November of last year. The giant Stratolaunch aircraft, the brainchild of Microsoft co-f
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The Lee Bottom Flying Field "Aviation Migration" where “Everyone goes at the end of the summer," has added a friendly competition to the event, schedule for September 18-20 at the Southern Indiana airfield. This year the featured theme of the Migration is, which airplane do you like best; Aeronca Champs or Piper Cubs. According to Lee Bottom Flying Field owner Rich Davidson, the Champs vs Cubs Challenge will includ
"Those pilots who overnight in the Bahamas before flying to the Turks and Caicos or the Dominican Republic or further down the island chain are now stuck with what are essentially “new” ATC fees! Your little C172 is now paying the same fees as a B747 with 467 seats." Source: Jim Parker of Caribbean Flying Adventures.
The Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) is a non-profit war veterans organization filed under Section 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Service. It is dedicated to enhance and accredit the cohesiveness, esprit de corps, and traditions of valor of rotary wing aircrews that flew in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam Era.
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