Space Shuttle
Endeavour launched Feb.8
Tour of glass cockpit.
SpaceStation
Expedition 22 crew Nov30
NASA TV live from KSC RealMedia
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NASA_tv
Discovery Channel coverage Space Station.
NASA SkyWatch provides when Station is visible to the eye.
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calendar 2010
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Feb 8 - US Navy -
Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office awarded 70m cost-plus-fixed-fee repair
contract for repairs in support of V-22 aircraft.
Bell Helicopter (Textron) awarded undefinitized advance acquisition
contract with estimated value of 50.3m for long lead materials and
components associated with manufacture and delivery of 18 Lot 8 UH-1Y
build new aircraft, eight Lot 8 AH-1Z remanufactured aircraft,
and two Lot 8 AH-1Z build new aircraft.
defense.gov
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| Feb 8 - Helicopter Museum UK
acquisition of Mi-8 Mil transport helicopter.
helicoptermuseum.co.uk
museum background
wikipedia.org
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| Feb 8 - France to sell Russia advanced helicopter assault ship.
bbc
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| Feb 8 - Personal locator beacons re-introduced
on North Sea helicopter flights.
bbc
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| Feb 8 - Canon latest digital camera SLR, Rebel T2i (EOS 550D).
dpreview
digitalCameraReview
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| Feb 8 - Space shuttle Endeavour launched from KSC
nasaSTS130
nasaShuttle
nasaKennedy
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| Feb 7 - Southwest Med Evac (Omniflight Helicopters)
helicopter crashed at McGregor Range, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Crew training for simulated medical evacuation.
lcsunNews
kdbc
chron
starTelegram
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| Feb 7 - Midair collision Cirrus CR20 and Piper Pawnee
towing glider near Boulder Municipal Airport, Colorado.
cnn
denverpost
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| Feb 7 - Boeing 747-8 may have inaugural flight Monday Feb.8
seattletimes
boeing747family
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| Feb 6 - Flight simulators
instrumental in developing the Boeing 747-8.
wired.com
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Feb 6 - Eurocopter to sell three helicopters to Taiwan.
Beijing not happy with Eurocopter deal.
DWworld
Eurocopter Southeast Asia contract with Vinacopter four helicopters
to develop commercial helicopter market in Vietnam.
eurocopter
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| Feb 6 - R44 helicopter crashed into mountain
in Dominican Republic. Returning from aid efforts in Haiti.
npr.org
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| Feb 6 - AOPA Hover Power - Low-G pushovers
aopa.org
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| Feb 6 - FAA plans to implement procedures and
infrastructure to make general aviation operations in non-radar
airspace and at small airports safer and more efficient.
aopa.org
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| Feb 6 - A400M military airplane nearing
agreement over financing. 3yrs behind schedule, over budget.
uk.news.yahoo
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| Feb 6 - BAE agreement with UK Serious Fraud Office
(SFO) to plead guilty to breach of duty to keep accounting records.
bbc
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Feb 5 - FAA seeks comments on pilot training.
aopa.org
faa.gov
Testimony
faa.gov
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| Feb 5 - Eurocopter and Spanish Ministry of the
Interior contract for 12 EC135s (multi-purpose, light, twin-engine).
eurocopter.com
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Feb 5 - Bell 429 (light, twin-engine)
at Singapore Airshow exhibit of Bell Helicopter.
bellhelicopter.com
Bell 429 to visit operators in Asia.
bellhelicopter.com
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| Feb 5 - US Army officials look for answers in fatal
UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash in Germany.
stripes.com
army.mil
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Feb 5 - Cessna rollout of 300th Citation Mustang
at assembly facility in Independence, Kan.
cessna.com
Cessna (Textron) encouraged by stability of General Aviation market in Asia-Pacific region.
cessna.com
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Feb 5 - Boeing connects
1st F-22 Mission Training Center to USAF Network.
boeing.mediaroom
Boeing unveils first 787 Dreamliner interior on 3rd flight-test airplane.
boeing.mediaroom
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| Feb 5 - NASA and GM working to build new humanoid
robot capable of working side by side with people (Robonaut 2).
nasa.gov
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| Feb 4 - Goodrich delivered 500th AN/AVR-2B (V)
laser detecting system to US Army. AN/AVR-2B(V) system installed on
US Army UH-60 Black Hawk and AH-64 Apache helicopters.
prnewswire
goodrich.com
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| Feb 4 - US Navy H-1 WSSA team earns CMMI certification.
WSSA team expand role in development and integration of AH-1Z and UH-1Y helicopters.
navy.mil
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| Feb 4 - US military Black Hawk helicopter
crashed in German state of Hesse.
DWworld
army.mil
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| Feb 4 - Lockheed delivers
50th MH-60R helicopter to US Navy.
wbng
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| Feb 4 - Wyle air crew aerially
refuel F35B STOVL variant of Joint Strike Fighter.
wylelabs.com
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| Feb 4 - USAF C-5M Super Galaxy
completed operational test and evaluation.
af.mil
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| Feb 4 - Hubble Space Telescope observed mysterious
X-shaped debris pattern and trailing streamers of dust that suggest
head-on collision between two asteroids.
JPLnasa
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| Feb 3 - Sikorsky plan for unmanned version of Black Hawk.
courant
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| Feb 3 - Eurocopter recorded turnover
growth of 58 percent in Asia for 2009.
eurocopter
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| Feb 3 - New rescue helicopter grounded,
hot days plus altitude at hospital, Australia.
brisbanetimes.com.au
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| Feb 3 - DoD Secretary Gates restructuring
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter office.
af.mil
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| Feb 3 - Pratt Whitney delivered first
F135 production engine for F-35 Lightning II.
prnewswire
pw.utc.com
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| Feb 3 - NASA awarded 50m to further commercial
capability to support transport of crew to and from low Earth orbit.
nasa.gov
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| Feb 3 - Nikon new Coolpix camera models.
pcmag
wired
pcworld
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| Feb 2 - Sikorsky Aircraft launched new technology
development organization Sikorsky Innovations. Develop technologies,
products, processes that will redefine the future of vertical flight.
prnewswire
sikorsky.com
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Feb 2 - DoD requests 65m to train 1500 new helicopter
pilots by the end of fiscal 2012. Helicopters important in irregular warfare operations.
csmonitor
History Apr2009 - Fort Rucker trains about 1200 helicopter pilots a
year, about 300 less than the Army has asked for.
defense.gov
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Feb 2 - Buzz Aldrin endorse new direction for NASA.
buzzaldrin.com
Constellation program manned flights to Moon, Mars were out of NASA current budget.
wikipedia.org
NASA FY2011 Budget
nasaBudget
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| Feb 2 - Fujifilm expanded
FinePix with new point-and-shoot cameras.
pcworld
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| Three US Marine H-53 Sea Stallion
heavyLift helicopters (over 20yrs old) brought out of retirement from
DavisMonthan AFB Ariz. will be upgraded and put back into active service.
photo Aug2005
navy.mil
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| Mars Spirit Opportunity rovers.
jplNasa
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| US Navy helicopter San Diego Calif training 2007.
Photo courtesy of Jim Pratt "flybum" opens new window.
USN2007helicopter
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| Events |
| Monthy Van Nuys Propeller Aircraft Association,
Historical Aircraft Display Day.
vnyprop.org
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| Red Bull Air Race World Series
redBullAirRace.com
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| Blue Angels Show Schedule
navy.mil
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| EAA B-17 Tour
b17.org
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| USAF Thunderbirds Show Schedule.
thunderbirds
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| Collings Foundation B-17 B-24
collingsfoundation.org
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Reno NV Air Races
airrace.org
ThunderMustang
rarebear
Bearcat F8F
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From 2010
Great Images NASA
grinNasa
From 2009
AEA Pilot Guide to Avionics
aea.net
Sikorsky X2 test flights
prnewswire
Apollo 11 Moon Landing 40th Anniversary
nasm.si.edu
nasaApollo
UK Royal Navy Centenary of Naval Aviation
mod.uk
NASA research into rotor blades
nasa
From 2008
AOPA Internet Flight Planner
aopa
Sikorsky X2 first flight
sikorsky.com
HeliExpo 2008 Texas
AIN
From 2007
FAA Revised Instrument Flying Handbook
faa
Robinson R66 RR300 engine
rollsRoyce
X-47B Program Overview
northrop
From 2005
Sikorsky coaxial X2 helicopter
sikorsky
From 2004
Pilot Guide In-Flight Icing
nasa
From 2003
PopSci article on X-Plane Simulator
popsci
Astronomy Picture of the Day
gsfcNasa
From 2002
NIFC graphical TFRs
airspace.nifc.gov
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