Recent AE Current Events
Dave Druga
I apologize for the months-long hiatus in these emails, but here are
some recent aerospace-related current events and videos for your
viewing pleasure!
-(from Maj Shelley Rosenbaum Lipman) "NASA Invites the Public to
Picture Their 'Face in Space'"
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/jun/M10-091_Face_in_Space.html
-(from Capt Joe Friel) "Gray Eagles film by Chris Woods"
http://www.asb.tv/videos/view.php?v=1bf99434&br=500
-(from 2d Lt Otis Richards) "Capt Malachowski: Former CAP Cadet and
current USAF Pilot" (YouTube video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=572_uWxlFCE&feature=related
-"Flying Cheap": A PBS documentary about regional airlines and the
challenges they face/risks they take.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/flyingcheap/
-(21 Sep) "Posthumous Medal of Honor goes to airman for valor during
Vietnam War"
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/21/medal.of.honor.recipient/index.html
-(29 Sep) "Recommendations to FAA often languish, review shows"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/28/AR2010092807001.html
-(1 Oct) "Lockheed Martin wins FSS contract renewal"
http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2010/101001lockheed_fss.html
-(4 Oct) "Airmen Drop 1st GBU-54 in Afghanistan"
http://www.military.com/news/article/air-force-news/airmen-drop-1st-gbu54-in-afghanistan.html?ESRC=airforce-a.nl
-(4 Oct) "Airship Provides Unique View for Whale Scientists"
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/AirshipProvidesUniqueViewForWhaleScientists_203383-1.html
-(5 Oct) "Local teen makes a big summer trip"
http://www.syvnews.com/articles/2010/10/05/news/featurednews/news01.txt
-(7 Oct) "FAA to Unveil Medical Helicopter Safety Proposals"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703735804575537050834637276.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
-(8 Oct) "Cessna looks to take off in China"
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/7159298.html
-(9 Oct) "Lighting the way to safety: Logan, with an alarming record
of near misses, is first US airport to get tarmac warning system"
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/10/09/logan_gets_new_system_designed_to_prevent_crashes/
-(10 Oct) "A first: GA aircraft land at Edwards AFB"
http://www.generalaviationnews.com/?p=30267
-(14 Oct) "Westwood pilot charged after toilet paper drop over high
school football field"
http://www.northjersey.com/news/101410_Westwood_HS_field_bombed_from_air_with_wet_toilet_paper_pilot_arrested.html
-(20 Oct) "Dedicated doc proves no man is an island" (NBC Nightly News video)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/ns/nightly_news/#39768836
http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2010/100902tangier.html
-(20 Oct) "Troops Discharged for Being Gay Re-Enlist"
http://www.military.com/news/article/troops-discharged-for-being-gay-reenlist.html?ESRC=airforce-a.nl
-(21 Oct) "Last year's moonshot splashed up lots of water"
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/national/12002538473772/last-year-s-moonshot-splashed-up-lots-of-water/
-(21 Oct) "P-39 Recovered from Russian Lake After Six Decades"
http://www.eaa.org/news/2010/2010-10-21_p-39.asp
-(25 Oct) "Experts: Huge space tourism expansion just months away"
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/10/15/space.tourism/index.html?hpt=C2
-(28 Oct) "Air Force Working to Isolate ICBM Glitch"
http://www.military.com/news/article/air-force-working-to-isolate-icbm-glitch.html?ESRC=airforce-a.nl
-(28 Oct) "Top Gun 2: Director Confirms Sequel is in the Works"
http://www.eaa.org/news/2010/2010-10-28_top_gun.asp
-(1 Nov) "Young algae industry getting government push"
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39898804/ns/business-going_green/
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2010/11/02/algae-biofuel-business.html
-(4 Nov) "Engineering the Electric Cessna 172"
http://www.evworld.com/EVWORLD_TV.CFM?storyid=1933
-(4 Nov) "Rutan to Retire Next April"
http://www.eaa.org/news/2010/2010-11-04_rutan.asp
-(5 Nov) "JetMan Yves Rossy Loops"
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/yves_rossy_jetman_loop_geneva_203571-1.html
-(6 Nov) "Hero pilot honored 65 years later" (this takes place in Melrose, MA)
http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/11/05/vif.crowley.hero.pilot.honored.cnn
-(6 Nov) "Pilot dies after small plane crashes in Fitchburg"
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/12002677027086/small-plane-crashes-in-fitchburg-2-hurt/
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2010/11/07/pilot-killed-in-plane-crash-in-fitchburg/
-(8 Nov) "US Army's new surveillance blimp will fly 'mid-next summer'"
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/us-armys-new-surveillance-blimp-will-fly-mid-next-summer
-(9 Nov) "Boeing Dreamliner makes emergency landing during test flight"
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/11/09/boeing.dreamliner.emergency/index.html?npt=NP1
-(9 Nov) "Rare fighter plane recovered from Lake Michigan"
http://www.nwherald.com/2010/11/08/rare-fighter-plane-recovered-from-lake-michigan/a3iiupt/
V/r,
Dave Druga, Capt, CAP
Aerospace Education Officer
Meskill, Bill CTR USAF AFMC ESC/HSN
Bill
William H. Meskill
C2ISR Directorate
Battle Control Systems (BCS) Division ESC/HSNI
NCR - IADS Information Assurance Manager
ETASS - Jacobs
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Dave Druga
these (I think the last one I put together was back in February). I
guess between grad school, work, CAP, and getting that instrument
rating done I ran out of time! At any rate, I really appreciate your
kind words.
Have a great rest of your week,
Capt Druga