May 2009 - Posts

• USAF-Navy-Raytheon AIM-120D AMRAAM Continues Test Program

  Raytheon Company's newest variant of the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile continued to demonstrate its advanced warfighting capabilities when it completed its seventh test flight. During the recent test, the AIM-120D AMRAAM was fired from... Posted May 31 2009, 11:53 PM by Aero-News Network

• Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (06.01.09)

  "This is an exciting discovery because it shows that planets can be found around extremely light-weight stars. This is a hint that nature likes to form planets, even around stars very different from the sun." Source: Wesley Traub, the chief... Posted May 31 2009, 11:43 PM by Aero-News Network

• Italian Canadairs To Help In Protecting Europe From Wildfires

  Sorem Deploys Two Canadair CL-215 to Corsica, France Following a competitive bid award from the French Ministry of Interiors on last May 29, Itlay-based Sorem has won a firefighting contract on the European territory for the incoming summer. Starting... Posted May 31 2009, 11:40 PM by Aero-News Network

• Has BizAv Slump Hit Bottom?

  Pain's Not Over, But Some Upturns Reported When Cirrus announced a few weeks ago that it was stepping up production of its top-selling piston singles, it was tempting to think the first robins of an economic spring were hopping across business aviation's... Posted May 31 2009, 11:29 PM by Aero-News Network

• Grosshans IT Announces Cell Phone Navigation

  Company Reports They Put FMS In A Flip Phone Is that a Flight Management System in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me? Grosshans IT Service International has released its next generation application dubbed "CyNAV" The company says it... Posted May 31 2009, 11:14 PM by Aero-News Network

• JPL Team Discovers New Planet

  Jupiter-Sized Body Is 20 Light-Years Away This new neighbor is practically next door, as distances in space go. The newfound "exoplanet", called VB 10b, is about 20 light-years away in the constellation Aquila. It is a gas giant, with a mass... Posted May 31 2009, 11:07 PM by Aero-News Network

• Aero-TV: L-3 Trilogy ESI-1000 -- Completing The All-Glass Cockpit

  Makes The All-Glass Part 23 Cockpit A Highly-Capable Reality L-3 Avionics Systems is fielding the new Trilogy ESI-1000 Electronic Standby Instrument -- which should be certified and available within a few weeks. Designed as a backup for glass cockpit... Posted May 31 2009, 10:59 PM by Aero-News Network

• ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.01.09)

  Aero-Linx: NOAA's National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center The Aviation Weather Center delivers consistent, timely and accurate weather information for the world airspace system. We are a team of highly skilled people dedicated to working... Posted May 31 2009, 10:23 PM by Aero-News Network

• ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.01.09): Radiation Fog

  Radiation Fog Fog that is created when radiational cooling at the earth's surface lowers the temperature of the air near the ground to or below its dew point. Formation is best when there is a shallow surface layer of relatively moist air beneath... Posted May 31 2009, 10:14 PM by Aero-News Network

• Petraeus: Video Shows Air Strikes Aimed at Taliban Targets

  Footage of a controversial US aerial bombing in Afghanistan this month shows the strike targeted Taliban militants, according to the commander of U.S. Central Command. Read More... Posted May 31 2009, 12:40 AM by Aero-News Network

• NTSB Offers Additional Details On RV-8 v CJ-6A MidAir

  Sad Accident Resulted In One Fatality While One Walked Away The puzzling details behind a tragic Alabama Mid-Air involving an RV-8 homebuilt (illustrated below) and a Chinese-made CJ-6A now appear more clear. Read More... Posted May 31 2009, 12:20 AM by Aero-News Network

• Klyde Morris (06.01.09)

  Klyde Bemoans TSA's Continued Attacks On GA FMI: www.klydemorris.com Read More... Posted May 30 2009, 11:59 PM by Aero-News Network

• ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.31.09)

  Aero-Linx: B-1B Lancer USAF Fact Sheet Carrying the largest payload of both guided and unguided weapons in the Air Force inventory, the multi-mission B-1 is the backbone of America's long-range bomber force. It can rapidly deliver massive quantities... Posted May 30 2009, 11:51 PM by Aero-News Network

• ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.31.09): Transponder

  Transponder An airborne transmitter that responds to ground-based interrogation signals to provide air traffic controllers with more accurate and reliable position information than would be possible with "passive" radar; may also provide air... Posted May 30 2009, 11:46 PM by Aero-News Network

• Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (05.31.09)

  "I was in Kabul the other night [and was] briefed by the brigadier general who I appointed to carry out an investigation of this particular incident, and there is indeed video from a B-1 bomber that very clearly shows bombs hitting individuals who... Posted May 30 2009, 11:33 PM by Aero-News Network