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Sling TSi Flew Nonstop From California To Wisconsin For AirVenture

The Airplane Factory made an epic trip from California to Wisconsin for AirVenture, flying a Sling TSi airplane from Torrence, CA to Wittman Regional Airport on one tank of gas. The Airplane Factory pilot Wayne Toddun told Aero-New Editor in Chief Jim Campbell that the flight took about 14 hours. During the flight, the crew took the airplane up to about 27,000 feet in a ceiling test of the airplane.

Klyde Morris 09.13.19

Klyde Predicts There Will Be No Oscar Nomination For Zif ...

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Airborne 09.11.19: Tico Belle, Transat Balloon Crossing, Moon Colony

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An airplane that once carried paratroopers into France on D-Day has taken a role in providing humanitarian relief to the hurricane-ravaged islands of the Bahamas in the wake of Dorian. Tico Belle, a C-47 Skytrain owned by the Valiant Air Command based in Titusville, FL flew to Orlando International Airport on Saturday to pick up about 5,000 pounds of much-needed supplies, and then carried the cargo to Sandy Point on Great Abaco Island. Norman Daniels, commander of the Valiant Air Command, said that the aircraft wa

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (09.13.19)

“We had a mechanical incident with our V Tail Bonanza this evening after landing. I wanted to let people know that I and my passenger (one of our instructors) are doing fine and all is well.” Source: Patty Wagstaff, in a post on Facebook following a runway excursion at the Northeast Florida Regional Airport Wednesday.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (09.13.19): Interrogator

The ground-based surveillance radar beacon transmitter-receiver, which normally scans in synchronism with a primary radar, transmitting discrete radio signals which repetitiously request all transponders on the mode being used to reply.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (09.13.19)

The Model Aeronautics Association of Canada

In 1949, a group of 11 very enthusiastic modellers assembled to form an organization for those interested in model aviation. Their vision was for an association to officially represent the aircraft modeling fraternity in Canada. Today, the Model Aeronautics Association of Canada has grown from that group of 11 to a body of Canadian modelers over 13,000 strong, representing all facets of this exciting hobby, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In 1995 they were proud to have inducted these 11 founding members into our MAAC Hall of Fame.