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Jul 30 - Boeing A160T Hummingbird UAV helicopter crashed Southern Calif vvdailypress
Jul 30 - Helicopter down while fighting wildfire in Canada B.C. crew safe. cbc.ca
Jul 30 - Air Methods Corp ground LifeNet helicopter crews in Arizona azstarnet kvoa
Jul 30 - Dragonfly helicopter demo AirVenture, rotor blade tips with rocket power tipjetusa.com
Jul 30 - NTSB finds R44 helicopter crash accidental, July2009, clipped unmarked steel guy-wire about 70 feet above I70. wjz ntsb.gov
Jul 30 - USAF to consolidate F-22 fleet af.mil
Jul 30 - Mars site may have rocks that contain fossilised remains of life bbc
Jul 29 - Air Methods Eurocopter AS350 helicopter crashed into yard in midtown Tucson AZ kvoa azstarnet kpho
Jul 29 - Four UH-72A Lakotas deployed to US Army missile test site on Kwajalein Atoll eurocopterusa
Jul 29 - Bull wildfire 12 percent contained bakersfield
Jul 29 - UK RAF Merlin squadron to return from Helmand deployment mod.uk
Jul 29 - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not set deadline for removal of lead from avgas. aopa.org
Jul 28 - US Marine Medium Helicopter Training Squadron 164 and Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 at Santa Maria Calif. CH-46 Sea Knights, AH-1W SuperCobras, UH-1Y Yankees. lompocrecord
Jul 28 - more on Bull wildfire Kern County Calif bakersfield tehachapinews kvsun
Jul 28 - UK documents revealed Gen. Jackson warned in 2005 that helicopter fleet in Iraq was inadequate. bbc
Jul 28 - Lockheed F-35B failure rates are higher than predicted wired.com
Jul 28 - Twin-engine Beechcraft 95-855 crashed shortly after departure from Oceanside Municipal Airport signonsandiego
Jul 28 - Panasonic with 3D lumix camera lens pcworld
Jul 27 - Sikorsky X2 Technology(tm) Demonstrator achieves 225 knots, unofficial speed record for rotorcraft. sikorsky
Jul 27 - Bull wildfire Kern County Calif, 7 helicopters, 7 air tankers kerncountyfire.org
Jul 27 - Russian Navy KA-26 helicopter conducted interoperability deck landing training on board US Navy Mount Whitney navy.mil
Jul 27 - CH-53 military transport helicopter crashed into mountain during low-altitude exercise in Romania bbc
Jul 27 - Cessna 162 Skycatcher Pilot Handbook Online cessna.com
Cessna marks anniversaries at 2010 AirVenture cessna.com
Jul 27 - NASA Spitzer Space Telescope discovered carbon molecules (buckyballs) in space JPLnasa
Jul 26 - Helitankers fight wildfires in Northern Calif plumasnews fire.ca.gov
Jul 26 - Two helicopters battle Brush Fire near Dodger Stadium scpr.org
Jul 26 - Coast Guard helicopters had busy Sunday along Washington coast seattlepi
Jul 26 - UK HMS Ocean operates with largest USMC helicopters mod.uk
Jul 26 - Proposed US arms sale to Saudi Arabia of 72 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters businessweek
Jul 26 - Latest EAA AirVenture 2010, Oshkosh eaa.org
Jul 26 - Leaked documents Afghanistan war voanews wikipedia.org
Jul 25 - Oregon Coast helicopter aerial tours gives you larger perspective, Seaside Helicopters. bendbulletin
Jul 25 - Rescue helicopter crashed into mountain in central Japan. npr.org
Jul 25 - USAF C-17 III Globemaster centerpiece of the static display at 2010 Farnborough International Air Show af.mil
C-130J Super Hercules at Farnborough, can reach remote locations af.mil
Jul 25 - GE Aviation receives FAA engine certification on GEnx-2B and CF34-10A engines. GEnx-2B to power 747-8. geae
Jul 24 - Class C airspace over Long Beach Calif not justified aopa.org
Jul 24 - AOPA Hover Power
Helicopter CFI, Jul 23 aopa.org
Jul 24 - First Torrance meeting on helicopter noise dailybreeze
Jul 24 - Helicopters and airtankers busy with Southern Calif wildfires scpr.org latimes
Brush fire shuts down Interstate 5 in Santa Clarita knx1070
Jul 24 - Solar-powered UAV completed two weeks of non-stop flight above US Army range in Arizona bbc
Jul 24 - US Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) 10th Anniversary Air Show, Aug.7,8 Calif navy.mil
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
US Navy Fleet Readiness Center East delivered last H-53E helicopter to come out of desert retirement. photo Jun2010 navy.mil
Mars Spirit Opportunity rovers. jplNasa
US Navy helicopter San Diego Calif training 2007. Photo courtesy of Jim Pratt "flybum" opens new window. USN2007helicopter
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NTSB developed 5-day course in rotorcraft accident investigation, August 16-20, Ashburn, Virginia ntsb.gov
Monthy Van Nuys Propeller Aircraft Association, Historical Aircraft Display Day. vnyprop.org
Red Bull Air Race World Series redBullAirRace.com
Blue Angels Show Schedule navy.mil
EAA B-17 Tour b17.org
USAF Thunderbirds Show Schedule. thunderbirds
Collings Foundation B-17 B-24 collingsfoundation.org
Reno NV Air Races airrace.org
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From 2010
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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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San Luis Obispo is located on the Central Coast of California about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The airport (McChesney Field) is about a mile south of downtown San Luis Obispo.
 
 
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