February 2009 - Posts

• AOPA Sweeps Plane Awarded To Pilot From Poughkeepsie

  Refurbished Piper Archer II Winner Announced At WAI Conference AOPA President Craig L. Fuller presented the grand prize Saturday in the 2008 "Get Your Glass" Sweepstakes -- a fully refurbished, glass panel-equipped 1976 Piper Archer II -- to... Posted Feb 28 2009, 11:59 PM by Aero-News Network

• Textron Sells Off Defense Subsidiary For $365 Million

  Deal With Woodward Governor Set To Finalize In Q2 2009 Textron Inc. announced Friday that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell HR Textron, an operating unit within its Textron Systems segment, to Woodward Governor Company for $365 million in... Posted Feb 28 2009, 11:54 PM by Aero-News Network

• Obama Budget Includes More Funds For NASA

  Follows Goals Set By Bush Administration The release of next year's fiscal budget proposals by President Barack Obama spells good news for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the US space program as a whole, with more money going... Posted Feb 28 2009, 10:32 PM by Aero-News Network

• Report: Germany Reconsiders Support For A400M

  Magazine Says Country May Abandon Troubled Program Things appear to be heading from bad to worse for the stillborn Airbus A400M turboprop. In development for over 20 years -- but encountering numerous difficulties in achieving first flight -- the European... Posted Feb 28 2009, 10:30 PM by Aero-News Network

• NASA Awards Constellation Spacesuit Contract To Oceaneering... Again

  Persistence Pays Off For Houston-Based Company NASA has awarded an interim letter contract to Oceaneering International Inc. of Houston to begin work on the design, development and production of a new spacesuit system for the Constellation Program. The... Posted Feb 28 2009, 10:19 PM by Aero-News Network

• Omniflight To Open New Air Medical Services Base In Roswell

  Med Evac Helicopters To Be A 'Virtual Flying Intensive Care Unit' Southwest Med Evac, an Omniflight company, announced Friday the opening of a new air medical services base in Roswell, NM. Read More... Posted Feb 28 2009, 10:18 PM by Aero-News Network

• Two Lost In Mooney Downing Near Sacramento

  Witnesses Say Accident Occurred During Test Flight A pilot and mechanic reportedly conducting a test flight after making repairs to a 1966 Mooney M20E perished Saturday morning, when the aircraft came down near the Rio Linda Airport (L36) near Sacramento... Posted Feb 28 2009, 10:12 PM by Aero-News Network

• ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.01.09): Displaced Threshold

  Aero-Terms! A runway threshold located at a point other than the physical beginning or end of the runway. The portion of the runway so displaced may be used for takeoff but not for landing. Landing aircraft may use the displaced area on the opposite end... Posted Feb 28 2009, 08:18 PM by Aero-News Network

• Aero-News: Quote of the Day (02.28.09)

  "Your only choice with Ryanair, really, is not to fly Ryanair. Your dignity goes out the window. If you have a complaint, they're not programmed to care. If you are given a choice between wetting your knickers or not wetting your knickers, you... Posted Feb 27 2009, 11:31 PM by Aero-News Network

• Ryanair CEO Suggests Onboard Pay Toilets

  Is He Joking? Hard To Tell... On Friday, Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary -- no stranger to controversy, or the art of self-promotion -- suggested his airline may soon charge passengers to use the lav (er, loo) while inflight. Read More... Posted Feb 27 2009, 11:29 PM by Aero-News Network

• ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (02.28.09)

  Aero-Linx! The MHGA is Chapter #44 of the United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (USHGPA). They are dedicated to promoting the sport of hang gliding, site preservation and supporting the local flying community. Read More... Posted Feb 27 2009, 11:26 PM by Aero-News Network

• ANN's Daily Aero-Term (02.28.09): Transonic

  Aero-Terms! Referring to a range of velocities just below and above the speed of sound (about mach 0.8-1.2). It is defined as the range of speeds between the critical mach number, when some parts of the airflow over an aircraft become supersonic, and... Posted Feb 27 2009, 11:23 PM by Aero-News Network

• Delta Mechanics Decline Union Representation

  AMFA Granted Request To Terminate Certification An effort by mechanics at Northwest Airlines to expand their union representation with the recent acquisition by Delta Air Lines has failed. This week, the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association asked... Posted Feb 27 2009, 11:21 PM by Aero-News Network

• NASA Readies To Launch Kepler Telescope

  Liftoff Scheduled For March 6 At Earliest Launch of NASA's Kepler telescope is targeted for no earlier than Friday, March 6, from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. There are two launch windows, from 10:49-10:52 pm and 11:13... Posted Feb 27 2009, 11:17 PM by Aero-News Network

• Jeppesen Announces First Flight With Moving Map Class 2 EFB

  Continental Plans To Deploy Units Throughout B757, B767 Aircraft Jeppesen announced this week Continental Airlines recently completed the world's first flight using Jeppesen Airport Moving Map on a Class 2 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB). Also on board... Posted Feb 27 2009, 11:16 PM by Aero-News Network