Young Will Oversee B747SP Observatory Erick Young, a widely recognized authority on infrared astronomy, has been appointed science mission operations director for NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA. The airborne observatory is currently under development at NASA’s Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, CA.

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Holidaychatter – NASA Dryden Selects SOFIA Science Missions Ops Director

2009-04-09 11:22:01

Will Review Ditching Safety, Bird Ingestion Standards The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public hearing on June 9-10, 2009, as part of its ongoing investigation into the ditching of a US Airways Airbus A320 into the Hudson River in New York City in January. The hearing will be held at the NTSB’s Board Room and Conference Center in Washington, DC.

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Holidaychatter – NTSB To Hold Flight 1549 Hearing In Early June

2009-04-09 11:21:59

Aero-Linx! The American Helicopter Museum and Education Center is the nation’s premier aviation museum devoted exclusively to helicopters.

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Holidaychatter – ANN’s Daily Aero-Linx (04.09.09)

2009-04-09 11:21:58

Aero-Terms! A galaxy with a central bulge and disk but apparently lacking spiral arms and substantial amounts of interstellar material. Lenticular galaxies are so named because of their lens-like appearance when seen edge-on. In the Hubble scheme of galaxy classification, lenticulars are known as S0 galaxies and are intermediate in form between spiral galaxies and ellipticals.

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Holidaychatter – ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (04.09.09): Lenticular Galaxy

2009-04-09 11:21:56

The Spirit Of St. Louis Flies Again! The Lindbergh Foundation announced Wednesday its third-annual on-line auction includes only one item — a ride in the Spirit of St. Louis — with up to 12 winners possible.

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Holidaychatter – Lindbergh Foundation Offers Flights On EAA’s Ryan NYP Replica

2009-04-09 11:21:54

“We are extremely grateful to EAA for making the Spirit available to us for our auction. The Spirit remains one of the most recognizable airplanes in the world, an icon of Charles Lindbergh’s famous record-setting New York-to-Paris flight. We hope the opportunity for a ride in this incredible aircraft will draw lots of excitement from the aviation community and increase the interest in the mission and programs of the Foundation as well.” Source: John King, co-chairman of King Schools and Chairman of The Lindbergh Foundation. The Foundation announced Wednesday its third-annual on-line auction includes only one item — a ride in the EAA’s replica of the Spirit of St. Louis — with up to 12 winners possible.

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Holidaychatter – Aero-News: Quote of the Day (04.09.09)

2009-04-09 11:21:52

LAX-Brisbane Service Begins Wednesday It’s amazing what a couple new planes can do when it comes to launching a new airline. Less than six weeks after starting its inaugural Los Angeles-Sydney service, V Australia will launch its second route, to Brisbane, on Wednesday.

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Holidaychatter – V Australia Launches Second Trans-Pacific Route

2009-04-08 10:37:09

Hey… It Works On The Subway… Right? It works for a number of other transportation systems… so maybe it will work for aviation… so says a unique program instituted under FAA guidance by a small New York based commuter carrier looking to build upon its rep as a low cost flyer.

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Holidaychatter – Commuter Airline To Remove Seats From Short-Haul Flights

2009-04-01 08:25:43

To Reintroduce “Dulcinea 500″ VLJ In 2010 ANN APRIL 1st “SPECIAL” EDITION: There’s apparently yet another company hoping to purchase the assets and intellectual property of now-defunct Eclipse Aviation. Aero-News received word Wednesday of a mysterious entity, known only as “Quixotic Enterprises Inc. LLC.”

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Holidaychatter – Quixotic Enterprises Enters Eclipse Bidding Fray

2009-04-01 08:25:40

Twice The ‘Propwash!’ No Fooling! To our loyal readers — Due to this year’s April Fools Day falling on a Wednesday (what we in the business call a “real” news day) ANN opted to split our daily Propwash newsletter into two segments.

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Holidaychatter – And Now… ANN’s Annual April 1st ‘Special Edition!’

2009-04-01 08:25:37