Archive for February, 2013

Southwest Airlines Adopt-A-Pilot Program Takes Off In Schools, Inspiring More Than 412,000 Students

Posted on February 27th, 2013 · Posted in Aviation News

Southwest Airlines (LUV) today announced the official kickoff of its award-winning Adopt-A-Pilot® program where thousands of fifth-grade students “adopt” Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways Pilots.  Through this unique volunteer program, Pilots commit their resources and time from February through May to educate students through aviation-themed activities related to math, science, and other..
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Last Tupolev TU-154 Delivered – 16 Years After Production Ceases

Posted on February 27th, 2013 · Posted in Aviation News

Tupolev TU-154 (OM-BYO) in Slovakian Government livery. Article and Photo by Jason Rabinowitz. Last week, a chapter of Soviet aviation has been closed forever. Over 40 years after its entry into service, the final Tupolev Tu-154 has been delivered to the Russian Defense Ministry, according to Russian news agency RIA Novosti...
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Boeing’s Phantom Eye UAV makes second flight

Posted on February 26th, 2013 · Posted in Aviation News

Two weeks after completing taxi tests, Boeing’s Phantom Eye, the liquid-hydrogen powered unmanned airborne system, took to the skies Feb. 25 for its second flight at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The flight lasted 66 minutes, reaching an altitude of more than 8,000 feet..
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Skyflash: Jetman-like wings designed to allow ground takeoff

Posted on February 25th, 2013 · Posted in Aviation News

Skyflash is a revolutionary, German-based aircraft project. The Skyflash shall be easily transported to your local airstrip and put together there with just a few strokes of work. You take off lying comfortably on your 10” offroad landing gear. After just a few moments you get airborne, harvesting the power..
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