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Pilot Shortage Threatens Online Shopping
// AVweb Top News
The president of the Regional Air Cargo Carriers Association says the escalating pilot shortage could soon be hitting mainstream America where it hurts most. "Millions of Americans are not going to get their online purchases delivered to their front door if the situation does not improve," RACCA President Stan Bernstein told Global Trader magazine.
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India flight tests new reusable space plane
// TechCrunch
India has successfully completed their first small step toward joining the other players in the market of reusable spacecraft. On Monday, the Indian Space Research Organization (India's version of NASA) launched a 22-foot winged spacecraft to an altitude of 65 kilometers (about 40 miles) and navigated the vehicle back down into the Bay of Bengal, east of India. The entire mission… Read More
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Report: Plane sat dormant for five years
// Federal Aviation Administration News
Pilot Samuel Gore said he lacked power to clear trees at the end of the Pine Mountain Lake Airport runway when his plane crashed on May 10. A 40-year-old Beechcraft that took off and crashed May 10 about 600 yards from the end of the runway at Pine Mountain Lake Airport had not been maintained, operated or flown in at least five years, and possibly 10 years or more, until pre-flight maintenance was conducted before it crashed, according to a preliminary report released Monday.
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Automated systems watch skies as airports can't find enough controllers
// Federal Aviation Administration News
The world's airlines have ambitious plans to double the fleet of commercial jets during the next two decades as the number of air travelers approaches 7 billion. A shortage of air traffic controllers may rein in expansion by the aviation industry and economic development by emerging nations such as India, which wants to activate hundreds of unused runways to spur growth.
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Guy Straps Himself Into Falling Helicopter To Prove Neil deGrasse Tyson Wrong
// Neatorama
People who question or disagree with a scientific theory often have a hard time proving the theory is wrong, and if they want their proof to resonate with the internet community they must put the proof on video.
So when Destin Sandlin, host of SmarterEveryDay, took issue with a Tweet sent by Neil deGrasse Tyson claiming "A helicopter whose engine fails is a brick" he knew he'd actually have to ride in a falling 'copter to debunk the theory.
Strapping yourself into a falling helicopter to prove it can be landed safely using physics is both sheer lunacy and the most thrilling scientific theory debunking ever caught on video.
-Via Laughing Squid
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Bonanza Pilot Declares Emergency Before In-Flight Breakup
// AVweb Top News
A Bonanza BE35 crashed in a residential area on New York's Long Island Tuesday after the pilot declared an emergency, reporting a failed vacuum system. All three people on board are dead and the aircraft appears to have broken up in flight.
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Watch this man obliterate the world record for the longest hoverboard flight
// The Next Web
A few weeks back, French jet ski champion Franky Zapata released a video testing this amazing hoverboard that can (theoretically) propel its riders up to 10,000 feet in the air. The video quickly went viral and despite having impressed its viewers, Zapata's remarkable invention – that he calls the Flyboard Air – left many people in doubt about the authenticity of what they've seen. Last week, however, Zapata put out new footage of him flying the hoverboard that decisively answers the doubts of all the naysayers. In his latest video, Zapata not only proves the Flyboard Air is real, but also sets a new world record for the longest…
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The Airplane Seating Arrangement that Triggers 'Air Rage'
// io9
New research shows that the mere presence of a first class cabin on an airplane—plus the added experience of having to shuffle through this cabin while boarding—contributes to "air rage," both among economy and first class passengers.
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Probe Seeks Why EC225LP Rotor Detached in Flight
// Aviation Today :: Commercial
International investigators are seeking clues to why an EC225LP's main rotor detached in flight during a return flight from an offshore rig in Norway April 29. ...
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