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Kamala Harris Criticized for ‘Patronizing’ Astronauts

Missing the Silence of Space Tasked with awarding Congressional Space Medals of Honor to former NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken in recognition of the bravery the two men demonstrated during NASA’s May 2020 SpaceX Demonstration Mission-2 (Demo-2) to...

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (02.09.23)

"We’ll make a business out of converting ATR-72s. It’s a good business. But the real aim is to demonstrate to the flying public, the airlines, and the customers of Airbus and Boeing that flying aircraft on hydrogen—particularly with this modular...

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Aero-TV: Recognizing the Invaluable Work of the Veterans Airlift Command

In Service of Those Who Served The aviation community abounds with largess. Air ambulance services save and safeguard lives. Charitable organizations such as the Flying Doctors of Mercy, Flying Samaritans, and the Missionary Air Force deliver physicians, medication, food, disaster...

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Airborne 02.06.23: Dick Rutan’s Long-EZ, Aspen Upgrade, 5 B-24s Located

Also: Online Unleaded Avgas STC, General Atomics CEO, Sporty's 'IFR Month', Overture Production One of Dick Rutan's babies made its way to be immortalized in the Experimental Aircraft Association Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Rutan's aircraft, a Long EZ, joins his...

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Boeing to Slash 2,000 White Collar Jobs

Planemaker to Bolster Engineering and Manufacturing Staffs Seeking to simplify its much-impugned corporate structure, Boeing, the aerospace giant and builder of iconic, world-changing aircraft such as the 707, 747, 777, B-52 Stratofortress, and F-18 Super Hornet, is making ready to...

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Intuitive Machines to Redesignate Lunar Landing Site

Houston Company Aligns with NASA Artemis Objectives Intuitive Machines, LLC—the Houston, Texas-based supplier of space products and services that support sustained robotic and human exploration to the Moon, Mars, and beyond—is collaborating with NASA to prioritize the accumulation and return...

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Airborne-Flight Training 02.09.23: SWA Hiring, L3Harris-ANA, Sheltair-Avfuel

Also: VT Soaring Opportunity, AERO Oklahoma, RAF F-35s v Women, Drone Insurance In a move certain to elicit ire from pilot unions and the traveling public, Southwest Airlines is reducing the flight experience requirements prospective new-hire pilots must meet in...

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Dutch Investigators Tie Putin to 2014 MH17 Disaster

“Strong Indications” Putin Approved Missile System Transfer Speaking to the subject of the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service’s Joint Investigation Team set forth on Wednesday, 08 February 2023, that it had identified “strong...

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Airlines Tell White House & DOT to ‘Get Facts Straight’

Biden, DOT, and Dems Move Toward Re-Regulation of Airlines Speaking on behalf of Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and others, the airline industry trade group Airlines for America (A4A) has condemned a series of proposed regulations...

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Memorial Planned to Honor Fallen USMC C-130 Aircrew Members

Remembering Victims of Lesser Known Wars Since 1965, eight Marine Corps C-130s and 43 Marine aircrew members have been lost—some two dozen in the 1960s alone. The pain of loss is borne stalwartly by the families and friends of the...

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