Monthly Archives: March 2017

TransDigm Stock Upgraded: What You Need to Know

Every day, Wall Street analysts upgrade some stocks, downgrade others, and “initiate coverage” on a few more. But do these analysts even know what they’re talking about? Today, we’re taking one high-profile Wall Street pick and putting it under the … Continue reading

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New generation of aviators follows the footsteps of celebrated Turkish pioneer

Turkish pilot, engineer and entrepreneur Vecihi Hürkuş, the first Turk to design and build an aircraft, has inspired young generations for decades. Fatma Akyürek, a math teacher in a school in Samsun’s 19 Mayıs district, volunteers as an after-school teacher … Continue reading

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Remains of missing St. Pete World War II fighter pilot returning Wednesday night

On the morning of June 6, 1944, as history was being made off the coast of Normandy, Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. John Donald Mumford was flying his P-51 Mustang fighter through the skies over Romania. He was escorting a … Continue reading

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Supersonic Planes Are Mounting a Comeback—Without That Earth-Shaking Boom

Two things explain why you aren’t jetting across the country at the speed of sound: cost, and noise. Forty-eight years after the Concorde made its first flight, supersonic commercial aircraft remain enormously complex and prohibitively expensive. They also generate an inevitable sonic boom so … Continue reading

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Tecnam Aircraft founder Luigi Pascale has died

His nephew Paolo Pascale, CEO of the Italian aircraft manufacturer, issued a statement announcing the founder’s passing and noting that Pascale “was incredibly proud of Tecnam and all of its employees, and we will all miss him greatly. His drive … Continue reading

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Trump Force One Is Ready for Takeoff

Donald Trump has long had a thing about Air Force One. He denigrated the presidential jet on the campaign trail, calling it “a step down … in every way” from his own plane, a gilded Boeing 757. He mocked Air Force One’s fuel-guzzling … Continue reading

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Goodyear deflates blimp, but keeps familiar form in flight

By JOHN ROGERSAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) – Goodyear has let the helium out of the last of its fabled fleet of blimps, but the company’s flight program will continue. About two dozen employees were on hand early Tuesday to … Continue reading

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