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August 15, 2013

NASA Introduces New Blueprint For Transforming Global Aviation

Designed To Ensure Continued U.S. Leadership In Aeronautical Research

There's something new in the air at NASA. Based on a fresh look at the future of aviation – as well as global trends in technology, the environment and economics – the agency's aeronautical innovators have chartered a new strategic vision for its aviation research programs.

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Colorado, We Have Liftoff

New Exploration Of Flight Reaching Major Milestones

During AirVenture 2013, ANN had an opportunity to meet with one of the recent inductees to the Living Legends of Aviation, Greg Anderson, President and CEO of Wings Over the Rockies Museum, based at the former Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado.  Greg was presented with Harrison Ford's Living Legends Award in January 2013 by the actor/pilot/and recent EAA Young Eagle's Chair. 

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Air Traffic Controller Files Charges Against FAA, Union

Cites Overt Religious Discrimination On The Part Of The Agency, NATCA

With the help of National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, an FAA employee has filed charges against his employer and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) union with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Federal Labor Relations Authority. Matthew Gray's charges allege that union and FAA officials used his religious beliefs to punish him after he decided to resign from the union.

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NASA Plans Unmanned Hurricane Research Flights

Two Global Hawk UAVs To Fly Over Atlantic Storms

NASA is again prepping two Global Hawk UAVs for hurricane research as the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season approaches. This will be the second year for the agency's Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel, or HS3, field campaign.

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Amelia Rose Earhart Drops Claim Of Family Tie To Lost Aviatrix

Posts On Facebook That Genealogists Have Found No Connection

Up until recently, television traffic reporter Amelia Rose Earhart said she believed she had a "distant" family tie to Amelia Earhart, the famed aviatrix who was lost during an around-the-world attempt in 1937. But on Friday, the woman who hopes to replicate the journey ... to a successful conclusion ... posted on her Facebook page that a team of genealogists she hired has not been able to make any connection between the two

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NASA Transfers NextGen Software Tool To The FAA

Precision Departure Release Capability (PDRC) Helps Accurately Predict Departure Times, Runways

In the latest example of NASA and the FAA working together to enhance safety and efficiency in the nation’s airspace, NASA has handed off to the FAA a new, NextGen software tool that will improve the flow of aircraft from runways to cruising altitudes.

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Harbinger Capital Partners Seeks To Recover LightSquared Losses

Has Filed A Lawsuit Against GPS Makers, Deere & Co Seeking Nearly $2 Billion

Remember LightSquared ... the company that sought to build a wireless broadband network it said would be satellite delivered and then added high-powered terrestrial transmitters that would have interfered with just about every GPS currently in use? Well, they're back, at least in court.

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