May 2010 - Posts

• Aero-TV: Avionics Top Of The Week -- Aspen Evolution Backup Display

  Evolution Backup Display Changes The Secondary Display Game, In A Big Way One of the cooler product debuts this year was the advent of Aspen Avionics's ingenious new backup display system. Read More... Posted May 31 2010, 11:34 PM by Aero-News Network

• Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (06.01.10)

  "We know our job has some risks... but we have to keep looking at the wonderful life we have with it. It sure beats the nine to five jobs and a lot of others. Besides the flying that we all love, the best rewards to us are the friends we make and... Posted May 31 2010, 08:50 PM by Aero-News Network

• ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.01.10): Beaufort Wind Scale

  Beaufort Wind Scale A system of estimating and reporting wind speeds. It is based on the Beaufort Force or Number, which is composed of the wind speed, a descriptive term, and the visible effects upon land objects and/or sea surfaces. The scale was devised... Posted May 31 2010, 08:46 PM by Aero-News Network

• Classic Aero-TV: Positive Images -- Red Eagle Airshows

  Red Eagles In Aerobatic Flight... Updated, Aggressive, Exciting! While many might assume that the sight of two Eagles in aerobatic flight was something that had been seen/done been before, two guys are out to prove you wrong. Red Eagles delivers a spectacular... Posted May 31 2010, 01:17 AM by Aero-News Network

• NTSB Prelim: Fuel Leak Results In Explosion, Loss of Airplane

  Occupants Escape Harm, But Airplane Is A Total Loss Here is a tragedy... though we must note that its a tragedy that could have been FAR worse. The loss of a carefully crafted Experimental, especially a really prized airframe like the RV-10, is tragic... Posted May 30 2010, 11:30 PM by Aero-News Network

• NASA's First 'Earth Venture' Projects Have A Distinctly Terrestrial Theme

  All To Be Conducted With Airplanes Rather Than Spacecraft Hurricanes, air quality, and Arctic ecosystems are among the research areas to be investigated during the next five years by new NASA airborne science missions announced Thursday. The five competitively... Posted May 30 2010, 10:59 PM by Aero-News Network

• Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (05.31.10)

  "The inaugural launch of the GPS IIF-1 is a milestone in Boeing's 30 years of support to the Air Force that goes back to the first days of this program. The new GPS IIF satellites bring key improvements, including a more jam-resistant military... Posted May 30 2010, 10:43 PM by Aero-News Network

• New Generation of GPS Sats Checks In

  GPS IIF-1 Satellite Sends 1st Signals from Space The first on-orbit signals from the new GPS IIF-1 satellite, the inaugural spacecraft in a 12-satellite constellation that the company is building for the U.S. Air Force have been received. The signals... Posted May 30 2010, 10:38 PM by Aero-News Network

• Obama TFR Bags RV-8

  NORAD and USNORTHERN Command Intercept Transgressing SportPlane Two NORAD F-15 fighters got more slow-flight practice than they might have intended as they intercepted an RV-8 small aircraft in violation of a temporary flight restricted area near Chicago... Posted May 30 2010, 10:28 PM by Aero-News Network

• Rolls-Royce Having Success In Two-Shaft Engine Research Program

  Latest E3E Engine Core Test Produced "Excellent Results" Rolls-Royce says it has successfully run the latest core engine build in its E3E two-shaft research program. E3E is developing technologies which increase engine temperature, pressure... Posted May 30 2010, 10:02 PM by Aero-News Network

• Boeing, Honeywell Join Chinese Energy Officials In Biofuels Initiatives

  Collaborative Effort Underway To Develop, Commercialize, And Fly Aviation Biofuel Two U.S.-based firms joined with PetroChina, other representatives of the Chinese energy sector and the global aviation industry in announcing the an agreement to evaluate... Posted May 30 2010, 09:58 PM by Aero-News Network

• ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.30.10)

  Aero-Linx: BLS -- Aircraft and Avionics Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition: Today's airplanes are highly complex machines with parts that must function within extreme tolerances for them to operate... Posted May 30 2010, 09:56 PM by Aero-News Network

• ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.31.10)

  Aero-Linx: Alan Henley -- My Story One of sport aviation's more indefatigable characters is a guy by the name of Alan Henley... once best known for this flying with AeroShell Aerobatic Team. A tragic accident nearly two years ago has left him partially... Posted May 30 2010, 09:44 PM by Aero-News Network

• Klyde Morris (05.31.10)

  Klyde's Kinda Tired Of The Same Ol' Thing FMI: www.klydemorris.com Read More... Posted May 29 2010, 10:08 PM by Aero-News Network

• Honeywell To Analyze Volcanic Ash Ingestion In Its Turbine Engines

  Data Was Collected By A Research Aircraft That Flew 30 Hours Through Ash Clouds Honeywell said Thursday that it will be analyzing the effects of ash ingestion in two of its TPE331 turboprop engines which were used to gather scientific data during the... Posted May 29 2010, 09:51 PM by Aero-News Network