Flying and Driving Mustangs arrive in Central Florida for
Yearly "Round-Up" April 8, 9, & 10th, 2005
Fantasy of Flight, World's Greatest Aircraft Collection will
host the Mustang Club of America's National Show; "Mustangs and
Mustangs... Legends Havin' Fun" on April 8th, 9th and 10th,
2005.
Improved technology helped make the North American Aerospace
Defense Command’s 50th “Santa Tracker” season a
success Dec. 24. NORAD officials said that a worldwide network of
radar and space satellites was used to track Santa, who began his
journey at 5 a.m. MST Dec. 24.
Eliminating “friendly fire” accidents is a priority
for the American military. A giant leap forward was recently made
in this effort due to a very successful joint test flight made at a
Naval Air Station Patuxent River flight test range. The Navy, Air
Force, and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) joined together to
examine a new Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system known as
Mode 5.
A Boeing X-45A unmanned aircraft was controlled by a
pilot-operator in Seattle, Wash., after launching from NASA's
Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on
early December.
The salt-stained jets streaked across the sky signaling the
arrival of the newest squadron on the block. They were exhausted
from a trans-Atlantic flight that started at Marine Corps Air
Station Yuma, Ariz., and ended at Al Asad, Iraq in a few short days
in mid-November.
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