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It looks like Boeing is keeping a close eye on the airliner market, and is adjusting inventory accordingly. Boeing CFO Greg Smith said that production would only increase if the market demands it, and it's not the end of the world if production sits at 12 airplanes per month rather than increasing to 14 as is currently planned. Smith said, "We can still be profitable in the program as I see it today at 12." SpaceX is preparing to test its latest rocket motor, whic

System Demonstrated For RTAF Aboard C-130H Hercules Aircraft

The Royal Thai Air Force has successfully completed testing of a Containerized Aerial Fire Fighting System (CAFFS) developed by Caylym.

Sometimes You Don’t Want The Wind In Your Hair…

While at EAA AirVenture 2016, ANN news editor, Tom Patton, talked with Christopher Bowers, who works in sales with the Waco Aircraft Company. The conversation centered on their Great Lakes airplane which provides the open cockpit feeling of the golden age of aviation. But wait, this Great Lakes airplane has an enclosed canopy - what’s going on?

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A Government Accountability Office report published this week determined that as a result of the unfounded presumption that truckers are cheating the system, between $1 billion and $2 billion has been improperly held back from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and diverted to the Highway Trust Fund. The GAO report determined that any uses of aviation fuel in ground vehicles over the past decade have been “rare,” and that both “economic and technologi

Sample Bag From Apollo 11 Mistakenly Sold After Previous Criminal Case

The sample bag used by the Apollo 11 astronauts to collect the first lunar soil samples has become the focus of a legal dispute.

Downburst A strong downdraft which induces an outburst of damaging winds on or near the ground. Damaging winds, either straight or curved, are highly divergent. The sizes of downbursts vary from 1/2 mile or less to more than 10 miles. An intense downburst often causes widespread damage. Damaging winds, lasting 5 to 30 minutes, could reach speeds as high as 120 knots.

Aero Linx: Colorado Pilots Association (CPA) Colorado Pilots Association was incorporated as a Colorado Nonprofit Corporation in 1972. It is a statewide organization of over 700 members dedicated to making Colorado a better, safer, and more desirable place to fly. Objectives of the organization are to promote aviation and flying safety, to protect the rights of pilots, and to be of assistance to the general public in aviation matters. Most organizational activities are administered from central offices located in the Denver area. Officers of the association are elected by the membership at an annual meeting in November of each year. The officers and appointed committee chairpersons make up the Board of Directors that

"The Feds remind us that on August 15, that’s today, Lockheed Martin Flight Service will be renamed Leidos Flight Service. Some of us remember when the flight service station were operated by the FAA. Then, the FAA turned the operation over to private business and Lockheed Martin became the successful bidder. In a deal put together by Lockheed Martin and Leidos Holding, Inc., a new operator will now be in place. Business at Flight Service won’t change. Such things as telephone numbers, user passwords, profiles, and other information pilots exchange with Lockheed, CSRA, and DUATS will not be affected." Source: ANN's Earl Downs, writing in Monday's AeroSports Update about changes in the nation's Flight Service offerings.