Aero-News: Quote of the Day (11.26.08) - more details
Aero-Terms! Configuration in which one celestial body is opposite another in the sky. A planet is in opposition when it is 180 degrees away from the sun as viewed from another planet (such as Earth). For example, Saturn is at opposition when it is dire...

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (11.26.08): Opposition - more details
Aero-Linx! A private collection of flying and semi-derelict airplanes (aka projects), including a Ryan Sport Coupe, a Bellanca, a pre-WWII Cessna Airmaster, a Rearwin Sportster, a Fairchild 22, a St. Louis Cardinal, a Kinner Sportster, a Harlow PJC-2, ...

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News and Analysis by Jim Campbell, ANN E-I-C Briefly; we have to tell you that the following document, sent to Eclipse customers Tuesday, is a bit of a shocker. While bankruptcy can absolve a company of a number of liabilities; the extent to which Ecli...

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (11.24.08) - more details
Thielert Engine Owners Group Alerts Members It's a shot across the bow for owners of diesel-powered aircraft. In a letter sent by ExxonMobil US General Aviation Operations Manager Martin Tippl to distributors of Jet-A fuel on November 17, the comp...

Astronauts Complete Third ISS Spacewalk - more details
Send Them A Story -- We Don't Mind! Do you need another set of eyes to see that story you can't believe Jim just wrote? Want to spread Hognose's unique wisdom and perspective to the masses, or share the latest Klyde Morris with another m...

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"It would have been done anyway. It's just the travel cutbacks have been so severe. It's just not being used." Source: General Motors spokesman Tom Wilkinson. On Friday, GM and Ford Motor Company both issued statements announcing th...

Glasair Aviation Announces Economic Stimulus Sale - more details
Probe Powers Down Its Ion Drive As Scheduled NASA's Dawn spacecraft shut down its ion propulsion system Thursday as scheduled. The spacecraft is now gliding toward a Mars flyby in February of next year.

Liberty Joins The 'Fly For Free!' Fray - more details
"The main purpose of The Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust is to support general aviation. Emil Buehler dedicated his life to making aviation go further and faster. We hope this gift will help as many people as possible learn to fly and develop an inte...

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (11.22.08) - more details
Funds Will Be Used For New Aviation Maintenance Science Building The Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust has pledged $2 million to help fund construction of the Emil Buehler Aviation Maintenance Science building at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's ...

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Airline's Goose Was Cooked By Passing Truck Earlier this year, ANN reported on a story from Unalaska, AK that probably sounded a little foreign to most residents of the lower 48.