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Colorado AAA Leader Describes His Lifelong Dedication to Aviation Founded in August of 1953 by Robert L. Taylor, the Antique Aircraft Association is the world's oldest organization specifically devoted to antique and classic aircraft. Yet as airfield accessibility continues to diminish and the general aviation community continues to grey, there is growing concern among antique aircraft enthusiasts: how can we appeal to youth in order to grow and support the next generation of pilots?

Launches Website 'Featuring The Only KC-X Tanker Entrant Flying Today' It's been a long-drawn-out war of words, politics, and finances as the Air Force STILL finds itself without a modern tanker to fill the needs of tomorrow's warfighters.

Trees Considered A Safety Hazard At Gillespie County Airport Texas DOT aviation officials are set to inspect tree-trimming work done this week at Lady Bird Johnson Golf Course in Texas after the FAA had ruled that the trees were a safety hazard in an expanded landing cone for night instrument operations at Gillespie County Airport.

Pushing Both Throttles Forward Results In 'Less-Than-Desired' Response... By Half It's every CFI-ME's worst nightmare -- the simulated engine failure that turns into the real thing. The best CFI-ME's are not only prepared for it... but they count on them happening at the worst possible times... like this time -- the biggest problem comes, though, when these incidents occur with no way out.

$10 Million Granted For Long-Term Study Of Health And Performance In Space NASA's Human Research Program and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, or NSBRI, of Houston will fund 11 proposals to help investigate questions about astronaut health and performance on future space exploration missions.

High School Teachers From Around The Country To Experiment In Microgravity NASA and the National Science Teachers Association, or NSTA, have selected high school teachers from Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Missouri, New York, North Carolina and Washington to fly an experiment in microgravity.

"In a gyroplane, if the engine quits, it's not an emergency because the gyroplane flies in a constant autorotation mode. You just make a normal landing." Source: Airline Captain and Gyroplane Pilot Roy Davis' talking the rudiments of gyroplane flying at Bensen Days 2010.

Pilots Say They "Love The Wind" The first thing you might notice when you look at the instrument panel of a gyroplane is that there is no stall indication on the airspeed indicator. That's because they don't (as one pilot put it) have the "stall demon" on their shoulders like fixed-wing pilots do.

Pilot Was Going For Altitude Record A well-known glider pilot, David Bigelow (69), lost his life last year while flying Hawaii's amazing mountain wave action in pursuit of an altitude record. Bigelow was a highly-experienced flyer, and a retired Air Force captain, as well as a former commercial airline pilot and member of the Mauna Kea Soaring Club. Bigelow's flight that was an attempt to set an altitude record, and was not his first such effort...

Community College Scholars From 28 States Will Visit Johnson Space Center Seventy-six students from community colleges in 28 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico have been selected to travel to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, May 20-22, to participate in a three-day on-site event to develop robotic explorers that will rove the surfaces of other worlds.

U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Agreement U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced Friday that the United States and Israel have reached an Open-Skies aviation agreement that will liberalize U.S.-Israel air services for the carriers of both countries.

Barcelona Moon Team Officially Enters The $30 Million Competition Today, Barcelona Moon Team, a multidisciplinary joint venture bringing together Spanish entrepreneurial, industrial and academic capabilities, announced its official entry into the Google Lunar X PRIZE this week.

Klyde's NOT Feeling The Recovery... FMI: www.klydemorris.com

FAA Looking For "Objectivity" In Evaluating Staffing Needs The FAA has awarded a contract to Quintiq for Air Traffic Control employee scheduling with the integrated Quintiq Workforce Planning Solution. The Quintiq software will provide an objective method for evaluating staffing required for safe and efficient operations at the FAA's Air Traffic Control facilities.

Darby Aviation Responds To FAA Press Release Actions involving the controversial Birmingham FSDO have again hit the news as Part 135 operator has refuted FAA statements and a Press Release released after the FAA supended the operating certificate of Darby Aviation. The statement was compiled and released to the media by Attorney Deanna L. Weidner of Anderson & Weidner, LLC.

"(The mission) flat can't be done if all the services don't work jointly." Source: Army Chief Warrant Officer Five John Jones, the acceptance pilot for the Army's light utility helicopter program, commenting on the cooperative effort between the Air Force and the Army...

Marks Completion Of A $14 Million Project Hawker Beechcraft Services (HBS) celebrated the grand opening of its expanded and enhanced aircraft maintenance facility at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (IWA) in Mesa, AZ on Thursday. HBS recently completed the final phase of a $14 million project.

As Long As You Ask Us, It's Usually OK It's a question the ANN staff is asked too many times per week to count. The message usually goes something like this: "I really enjoyed the story Aero-News did on (fill in topic here.) I'd love to post it on my blog/newsletter/website... is that OK?"

Aero-Linx: Rucker Army Aviation Center of Excellence Mission Statement: The U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence trains military, civilian, and international personnel in aviation and leadership skills, integrates Army aviation warfighting doctrine and requirements determination across the DOTMLPF...

Pilot's Discretion When used in conjunction with altitude assignments, means that ATC has offered the pilot the option of starting climb or descent whenever he/she wishes and conducting the climb or descent at any rate he/she wishes. He/she may temporarily level off at any intermediate altitude. However, once he/she has vacated an altitude, he/she may not return to that altitude.