The latest Air and Space Smithsonian magazine had a couple of articles on fractionals. The main article primarily discussed fractional ownership in general, with a focus on NetJets. The second article included some information on Flight Options...
Garmin G5000 - a new Part 25 integrated avionics suite with touchscreens.
http://garmin.blogs.com/pr/2010/10/garmin-enters-the-part-25-business-jet-market-with-the-g5000-.html#more?activeBranchId=newsroom
Already, Cessna has announced they will put it on the revised Citation Ten...
Looks like Bombardier is responding to the G650.
Global 7000 -7,300 NM range at .85 ("at certain operating conditions" - their qualification), 2,637 cu. ft cabin, high speed cruise .90
Global 8000 - 7,900 NM range at .85(at certain operating conditions), 2,236-cu.ft cabin, .90 MMO...
Fortune magazine article on Sokol
Offered without opinion or comment - thought you might find it interesting.
http://money.cnn.com/2010/07/29/news/companies/buffets_mr_fixit_full.fortune/index.htm#sokol_full
Binder EB-29 self-launching. Sorry, in German only. Break out your favorite translator.
29.3 meters (96 feet) wingspan
http://www.binder-flugmotorenbau.de/eb29.html
http://www.binder-flugmotorenbau.de/erlebnisbericht-eb29.html
IAC President and 2007 Unlimited Aerobatic Champion Vicki Cruse was killed in an accident at the 2009 World Aerobatics Championships at Silverstone, UK.
I don't perform aerobatics, but I was watching the results online, and this was a punch to the gut . . .
Condolences to her family and...
Thought you guys would want to know:
Erica Simpson, a pilot who is listed in this article as a captain at CitationShares, was killed at Reno when her Formula One airplane had a structural failure during an evaluation flight...
Here's a video of the Klimov (a Russian military jet engine manufacturer) display booth at Farnborough.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwQpd6_SUSg
I'm sure that the "representatives" know a bit about "thrust", but not probably in the same meaning as the company's engineers!
Thought you guys might find this interesting . . .
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2008/04/study-flying-predators-bad-for.html
Here's the original study.
http://stinet.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA477976&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf
From the abstract of the Naval...
Apparently, an F-22 pilot was the target of an OPSEC investigation due to some posts on an online forum, but the information in question appears to have already been in the public domain.
http://formerspook.blogspot.com/search?q=dozer
EDIT:
Another article...
Thought you guys might find this interesting - some Israeli Defense Force Air Force general is proposing using Viagra-type pills for alertness at high altitudes.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3330873.ece
Looks like the board has committed to building the Large Cabin Concept.
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/01/24/221064/pictures-cessna-commits-to-large-cabin-concept.html
I posted this over at "videos":
Here's a 48 minute interview of Bob Hoover that an airline pilot/podcaster/occasional National Public Radio contributor did when he was trying to prepare a spot on NPR during the 60th anniversary of Yeager breaking the sound barrier. Discusses everything you...
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