October 2008 - Posts

• Layoffs Planned As Grob Files Full Insolvency

  But Company Still Hopes Funding Will Come Through A bad situation appears to be growing ever-worse for Grob Aerospace. Company CEO Niall Olver announced Thursday the storied planemaker has filed for full insolvency... and starting Monday, most Grob employees... Posted Oct 31 2008, 10:55 PM by Aero-News Network

• Aero-News: Quote of the Day (11.01.08)

  "This proposal represents a significant regulatory change in the conduct of private aircraft operations. We believe that the 60-day comment period is insufficient in order to provide TSA with answers to the substantial number of questions posed in... Posted Oct 31 2008, 10:54 PM by Aero-News Network

• NBAA, AOPA Ask For Extension To TSA NPRM Comment Period

  Wants More Time For Concerned Pilots To Weigh In This week, National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) President and CEO Ed Bolen announced his organization signed a joint letter with the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) asking the Transportation... Posted Oct 31 2008, 10:52 PM by Aero-News Network

• NASA Clears Endeavour For November 14 Launch

  STS-126 Will Ready Station For Full Crew Complement NASA managers completed a review Thursday of space shuttle Endeavour's readiness for flight and selected the official launch date for the STS-126 mission. Commander Chris Ferguson and his six crewmates... Posted Oct 31 2008, 10:49 PM by Aero-News Network

• Royal Navy Pilot Receives Distinguished Flying Cross

  Thrice Flew His Chinook Into Harm's Way A Royal Navy helicopter pilot who repeatedly braved enemy fire to save the lives of British troops wounded in Afghanistan received his Distinguished Flying Cross from Queen Elizabeth II, at ceremony this week... Posted Oct 31 2008, 10:48 PM by Aero-News Network

• Google Lunar X-Prize Competitor Plans Series Of Moon Landings

  Astrobotic Technology Expeditions Will Build Lunar Data Library At a meeting Friday of worldwide Moon exploration experts, Astrobotic Technology Inc. unveiled its plans for a series of robotic expeditions to build a lunar data library. Read More... Posted Oct 31 2008, 10:44 PM by Aero-News Network

• CAE Goes With Diamond Aircraft For Ab-initio Program

  Orders 22 Planes, Four Training Devices For Location In India CAE has selected Diamond Aircraft as its provider of choice for flight training airplanes and Diamond-specific flight training devices in order to support the deployment of the CAE Global Academy... Posted Oct 31 2008, 10:43 PM by Aero-News Network

• Transport Canada Designates AeroMechanical As Design Approval Organization

  Company Approved To Perform Testing, Certification Of Avionics Installs AeroMechanical Services Ltd. announced this week it received the designation as a Design Approval Organization (DAO) from the Canadian Minister of Transport. Read More... Posted Oct 31 2008, 10:41 PM by Aero-News Network

• Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Friday 10.31.08

  The Man Behind The Ant, Part Two: Klyde Morris Creator Wes Oleszewski ANN Daily Touch N Go: 10.31.08 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 10.31.08 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- The Man Behind... Posted Oct 31 2008, 02:09 PM by Aero-News Network

• NASA Managers Delay Hubble Servicing Mission Again

  Replacement Component Won't Be Ready Until April NASA managers announced Thursday they will not meet a February 2009 launch date for the fifth and final shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. The decision comes after engineers completed assessments... Posted Oct 30 2008, 10:00 PM by Aero-News Network

• Aero-TV Exclusive: Bigger, Better, Brighter-The NEW Garmin GPSMAP 696 (Part 2)

  Part 2: Just When You Thought The Portable GPS Map Game Couldn't Get ANY More Interesting... We've been sitting on this secret for several weeks now and FINALLY, we get to let the feline out of the paper sack... Garmin has upped the ante in the... Posted Oct 30 2008, 09:48 PM by Aero-News Network

• Aero-News: Quote of the Day (10.31.08)

  "By any measure, this contract proposal is a good offer. Did it get everything, no. However, we made significant gains with respect to job security and the ability to help guide this company into the future." Source: The International Association... Posted Oct 30 2008, 09:47 PM by Aero-News Network

• Machinists' Reactions Mixed To Boeing TA

  Say Job Protections Don't Go Far Enough "I don't like it... It's basically the 2005 contract with minimal changes." That's how 11-year Boeing employee Kim Dove characterized the tentative agreement reached this week by Boeing... Posted Oct 30 2008, 09:45 PM by Aero-News Network

• ANN's Daily Aero-Term (10.31.08): Cassegrain

  Aero-Terms! Reflecting scheme in antennas and telescopes having a primary and a secondary reflecting surface to "fold" the EMF back to a focus near the primary reflector. Read More... Posted Oct 30 2008, 09:39 PM by Aero-News Network

• ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.31.08)

  Aero-Linx! If you have ever heard the unique sound of a radial, and know its timeless design, then you understand why these engines remain "Ageless." Thus, Ageless Engines is dedicated to the men whose engineering talents and efforts produced... Posted Oct 30 2008, 09:33 PM by Aero-News Network