July 21st, 2006
Over at AeroNews there is some scoop that there will soon be a Turbo Cirrus, the Cirrus Turbo SR22. The turbonormalization system will be supplied by Tornado Alley Turbo.
“Our collaboration with Tornado Alley Turbo has been invaluable. The knowledge, insight and expertise they provided was significant in the creation of the Cirrus Turbo,” said Cirrus […]
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July 20th, 2006
Cessna has announced they will take the wraps off of their new plane marking their entry into the LSA market on Monday at 9:30. (At Oshkosh of course.) Cessna will then hold a news conference where they are expected to talk about the aircraft as well as release details about new prop aircraft they are […]
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July 20th, 2006
AV Web is reporting about a group from the Tokyo Institute of Technology who flew the world’s first manned plane powered by conventional dry-cell batteries. The aircraft which has a 100 foot wingspan reached about 15 feet off the ground during its flight.
What is perhaps more amazing is that the aircraft is powered by 160 […]
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July 20th, 2006
Starplulse has an article questioning if Angelina Jolie should be flying a Cirrus. Of course I question how much the author knows about the Cirrus since he referred to it as a “speedy jet”. Yes it is speedy… jet it is not. ;)
Specifically they question her experience saying that she has 80 hours in a […]
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July 20th, 2006
The New York Times has reported about a scenario where a Space Shuttle arrives at the International Space Station only to find that there is significant tile damage and the risks of reentry are too great. In that scenario the crew would hunker down in the International Space station until they could be rescued.
So what […]
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July 20th, 2006
Since taking over Flight Service Stations last fall there hasn’t been too much conversation about Lockheed Martin’s services. Recently they announced a new website for AFSS. The website contains contact information for each of the regions, a general overview of the services they provide, and also a contact form where you can submit your comments […]
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July 7th, 2006
Those of you who are followers of many blogs will be happy to know that AOPA now offers RSS feeds. There are currently two feeds available. One feed is a combination of the AOPA homepage and the AOPA Members page and can be found here. The second feed contains all of their news stories and […]
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July 7th, 2006
Further indicating that Cessna is serious about producing a light sport aircraft we are now hearing that they have joined the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association.
“We have all the important producers in the emerging light sport aviation industry, so as Cessna studies the opportunities, we believe that aligning with LAMA was the right thing to do.” […]
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