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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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Apollo 11 Moon Landing 40th Anniversary
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UK Royal Navy Centenary of Naval Aviation
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NASA research into rotor blades
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From 2008
AOPA Internet Flight Planner
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Sikorsky X2 first flight
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HeliExpo 2008 Texas
AIN
From 2007
FAA Revised Instrument Flying Handbook
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Robinson R66 RR300 engine
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X-47B Program Overview
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Sikorsky coaxial X2 helicopter
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From 2004
Pilot Guide In-Flight Icing
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From 2003
PopSci article on X-Plane Simulator
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
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From 2002
NIFC graphical TFRs
airspace.nifc.gov
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