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September 19, 2007

Aerojet Completes Ramjet Ground Testing

Facility Provided Mach 6 Environment

Aerojet tells ANN it recently completed ground testing of an advanced flight-weight combustor for the Dual Combustion Ramjet engine (DCR) on the DARPA/Navy/Boeing HyFly (Hypersonic Flight) program. Aerojet's DCR engine is fabricated entirely from lightweight, high-temperature composites -- making it less than half the weight of fuel-cooled metal engines.

A-29s Used In Surveillance And Training

Aero-News learned Wednesday that Embraer recently delivered the 50th A-29 -- the designation given to the Super Tucano trainer by the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) -- in a ceremony at the Company’s Gavião Peixoto plant, in Brazil. The event was attended by civilian and military dignitaries and Embraer executives.

ANN Special Feature: Mike Melvill, Brian Binnie, SpaceShipOne - 09.19.07

Today... you can hear the story of the X-Prize winning flights of SpaceShipOne three years ago, as told to an audience at AirVenture by Mike Melvill, Brian Binnie and Burt Rutan.

Britain To Bury WWII RAF Halifax Aircrew Lost Over Poland

Remains Located By Team In 2006

Aero-News has learned remains discovered last year of the aircrew from a WWII RAF Halifax bomber -- shot down over Poland in August 1944 while on a special operation at the time of the Warsaw Uprising -- will be buried with appropriate military honors in Krakow, Poland on Thursday, October 4.