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December 05, 2014

Airborne 12.05.14: Orion Launch, Smisek Leads A4A, Candy Bomber Honors

Also: D-Motor!, What's Ahead For ANN/Airborne, Gone West: Walter Ohlrich, Great Lakes Leases Available

America has launched a new generation of spacecraft... though many suggest it is far less than the "First Step To Mars" promoted by NASA. NASA's Orion spacecraft lifted of from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 0705 EST Friday morning in a flawless launch for its first test flight. United Airlines Chairman, President and CEO Jeffrey Smisek has been elected to a two-year term as Chairman of the Airlines for America, known as A4A, Board of Directors. American Airlines Chairman and CEO Doug Parker was elected to serve as Vice Chairman. A new engine by D-Motor USA now qualifies for special light sport aircraft as well as home built experimental aircraft. D-Motor USA has anno

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As the crowd gathered around the National Navy Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) Museum Nov. 19, 2014, it became clear this wasn’t a standard military retirement. There was no podium, no colors and no sound system. A small crowd gathered with their eyes fixed on the horizon.

Developed Cost-Saving Method For Manufacturing Canopies For The Aircraft

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) received one of the nation's top manufacturing awards for an innovative, cost-saving method for making advanced cockpit enclosures, or canopies, for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program Dec. 2.

Frost & Sullivan: Sector Reaching A Balance Between Multi-Role And Specific Mission Requirements

Repeated budget cuts and frozen orders have blurred promises of market recovery in the global military market, especially across Western regions. The adoption of remotely piloted aircraft systems seems to make manned helicopters further irrelevant. Nevertheless, unrivalled vertical take-off and landing capabilities as well as strong mission efficiency rates will sustain interest in military rotorcraft.

Flew Nearly All Of The Navy's Early Jets

Walter Ohlrich, EAA Warbirds of America member No. 1, passed away on Friday, November 21, in Jacksonville, Florida, just six days shy of his 86th birthday. He learned to fly in a Stearman PT-17 following in the footsteps of his father, Walter Ohlrich Sr., who flew P-40s and B-25s in the Army Air Corps during World War II.