Monthly Archives: January 2011

IAF Inducts India's First Light Combat Aircraft 'Tejas' | Air …

Inching closer to modernization with self sufficiency, India’s first homegrown supersonic fighter jet, the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) ‘Tejas’, was handed over.

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Model aircraft present potential hazard at Ardmore

The Papakura Local Board is reminding model aircraft enthusiasts to abide by civil aviation rules following recent reports of model aircraft being flown within restricted flight areas near Ardmore Airport.

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Model aircraft present potential hazard at Ardmore

Air Force Completes Another Software Upgrade to GPS Groud System

As part of a larger on-going effort by the Air Force to improve and maintain the current GPS ground system, Air Force Space Command completed another sustainment software release for the GPS operational control segment ground system.

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Piper Names Western Aircraft, a Greenwich AeroGroup Company, as New Aircraft Dealer

Piper Aircraft Inc. VERO BEACH, Fla., Jan. 10, 2011 – Piper Aircraft Inc. selected Western Aircraft, a Greenwich AeroGroup® company, as Piper’s dealer for new aircraft sales in Alaska, northern California, Oregon and Washington. The appointment is effective immediately.

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Piper Names Western Aircraft, a Greenwich AeroGroup Company, as New Aircraft Dealer

Astronauts Urge Preservation Of T-38s | AVIATION WEEK

The aircraft should remain an essential part of future astronaut training, they say.

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Air Force plans to expand jet-fuel testing

An Air Force test to see how military cargo planes perform using commercial jet fuel is going so well, the test has been extended into a second year and will expand to fighters.

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Air Force plans to expand jet-fuel testing

Elevation of Rhetoric Unsafe at Any Altitude

Much is being said today about the elevated temperature of discourse in American politics in light of the apparent attempted assassination of newly elected Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday. Readers of Flying Lessons may remember that I’ve been writing , writing, and writing some more about how the increasingly hostile us-versus-them tone has seeped into aviation.

Business Aviation Predictions for 2011 – Aviation Week

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Business Aviation Predictions for 2011 – Aviation Week

SIUC Aviation Alumni in Action

Testimonials from SIUC Aviation Alumni

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MIT Admissions | Blog Entry: "Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft"

If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me, it’s going to be a good year!

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MIT Admissions | Blog Entry: "Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft"