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| Jul 5 - American Heroes Air Show -
July 11 Hansen Dam Recreation Area, Lakeview Terrace, Calif.
heroesAirshow
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| Jul 5 - Marine Corps Capt. Kenneth Reusser,
WWII, Korean, Vietnam.
stripes.com
wikipedia.org
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| Jul 5 - Science journalist and space historian
Andrew Chaikin featured speaker July 9 at NASA Ames Research Center.
40th anniversary of first lunar landing, Apollo 11.
nasaAmes
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| Jul 5 - Boeing wants to buy
Vought Aircraft Industries South Carolina operations.
starTelegram
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| Jul 5 - Nasa Phoenix Mars
mission favorable environment for microbes.
JPLnasa
phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu
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| Jul 5 - Endeavour STS-127 Launch July 11 7.39pm EDT.
nasaKennedy
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| Jul 4 - AOPA Hover Power, Main rotor systems.
aopa.org
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| Jul 4 - Pakistani military helicopter crash kills 26.
voanews
cnn
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| Jul 4 - Hurricane Hunters
prep for upcoming storm season. photo
af.mil
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| Jul 4 - FAA issues advisory on in-cabin lithium fires.
ainonline
faa PDF
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| Jul 4 - National Transportation Safety Board
released annual report to Congress.
ntsb.gov
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| Jul 4 - British Airways cut capital spending.
bbc
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| Jul 4 - Battle for Helmand, Afghanistan.
bbc
defenselink.mil
sfgate
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| Jul 3 - Sikorsky X2 high speed
helicopter prototype made test flights using tail propulsor. photo
prnewswire
theregister.co.uk
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| Jul 3 - Flight For Life Transport
new EC145 entered into service.
eurocopterusa
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| Jul 3 - US major offensive in Afghan
province of Helmand. Forces ferried in by relays of helicopters.
bbc
voanews
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| Jul 3 - Unmanned airship capable of hovering at
about 70,000ft with unprecedented surveillance capability.
defenselink.mil
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| Jul 3 - General Atomics first flights of
Lynx Radar on Sky Warrior UAS.
ga.com
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| Jul 3 - French investigators believe Air France
Airbus (Atlantic crash) broke up on contact with water.
bbc
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| Jul 3 - NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
transmitted first images.
nasaHQnews
nasaLRO
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Jul 2 - Bell Helicopter 429 certification Transport
Canada Civil Aviation. FAA certification completed.
First deliveries scheduled to begin this month.
bellhelicopter.com
starTelegram
Bell Helicopter countersues rival Eurocopter over Bell 429.
montrealGazette
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| Jul 2 - Fifth Triennial International
Fire and Cabin Safety Research Conference.
fire.tc.faa.gov
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| Jul 2 - Northrop Global Hawk
Next-Generation payload flight testing.
irconnect
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| Jul 2 - Boeing team to develop
Spacecraft Power System for DARPA.
boeing.mediaroom
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| Jul 2 - US launched major offensive
against Taliban in south Afghanistan.
centcom.mil
bbc
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| Jul 2 - TerreStar-1 biggest commercial
telecommunications satellite into orbit by Ariane 5 rocket.
bbc
terrestar.com
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| Jul 2 - Space shuttle Endeavour
tanking test confirms repair.
theregister.co.uk
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| Jul 1 - Evergreen Helicopters filed antitrust and
breach-of-contract suit against Erickson Air-Crane. Claiming Erickson
shut it out jobs by limiting access to parts and other services.
mailtribune
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| Jul 1 - Lockheed delivery of first Target Sight System.
TSS multi-sensor fire control system for US Marine AH-1Z Cobra helicopter.
lockheedmartin
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| Jul 1 - Mi-35 attack helicopter again flying
skies of Afghanistan. photo
centcom.mil
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| Jul 1 - Lake County Sheriff Robinson R44 II helicopter
landed hard. Main rotor blades impacted tail boom. Conducting 180-degree
autorotation with power recovery. Northern Calif.
ntsb.gov
pressdemocrat
lakeconews
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| Jul 1 - FAA Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin
alerts potential for fuel vapor in high ambient temperatures and altitude
on Robinson R44 II helicopters.
faa.gov
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| Jul 1 - Edmonton Police Service delivery of
second Eurocopter EC120B patrol helicopter. photo
eurocopter.ca
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| Jul 1 - Lifesaver Air Medical Helicopter with new
Astar helicopter. Auburn-Opelika Robert G. Pitts Airport AL.
oanow
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| Jul 1 - US Navy Training Air Wing 5 celebrated
30,000th rotary student pilot.
navy.mil
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| Jul 1 - USAF awarded Lockheed 30 million contract
to begin concept development for Space Fence.
lockheedmartin
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| Jun 30 - Air Methods Corp filed petition with NTSB
requesting reconsider of probable cause determination related to
June 29, 2008 mid-air collision accident in Flagstaff, Arizona.
prnewswire
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| Jun 30 - MV-22 Ospreys conduct medical evacuation. photo
navy.mil
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| Jun 30 - NTSB report on HUGHES 269B crash Salesville, AR.
Probable cause failure to maintain clearance from crossing transmission line.
ntsb.gov
ktlo
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| Jun 30 - Aurora Flight Sciences demonstrated fully
autonomous takeoffs and landings on General Aviation aircraft.
aurora.aero
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| Jun 30 - Raytheon team wins NASA award for NextGen Research.
Better understand impacts of NextGen on National Airspace System.
raytheon.mediaroom
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| Jun 30 - Boeing connects 1st F-15E simulators
to USAF Worldwide Training Network.
boeing.mediaroom
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| Jun 30 - USAF officials concerned Ares I-X Rocket flight test.
orlandoSentinel
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| Jun 30 - NASA and Japan
released new digital topographic map of Earth.
JPLnasa
nasaEarth
bbc
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| Jun 29 - United Auto Workers Local 317 approved
a 3yr contract with Bell Helicopter.
bellhelicopter.com
starTelegram
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| Jun 29 - Frasca International and Era Training Center
agreement for Frasca to build Sikorsky S76 C++ Level 6 Helicopter Flight
Simulator Training Device (FSTD).
frasca.com
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| Jun 29 - Airbus A380 interior tours
at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2009, July 28.
airventure.org
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| Jun 29 - Boeing, NASA, NOAA
receive 1st signal from GOES-O satellite.
boeing.mediaroom
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| Jun 29 - Air Line Pilots Association calls on
Congress to control excessive oil speculation.
alpa.org
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| Jun 29 - AOPA and EAA asked FAA to extend comment
deadline on request to ban nighttime traffic at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif.
aopa.org
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| Jun 29 - Raytheon demonstrates breakthrough
antenna technology during USAF flight.
raytheon.mediaroom
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| Jun 29 - Toyota test of brainwave driver control.
toyota.co.jp
theregister.co.uk
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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 2008 |
| 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 2009
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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