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Burt Rutan to retire in April from RLV and Space Transport News | As was rumored for several weeks, Burt Rutan is retiring: Burt Rutan, who designed 1st private manned spacecraft, plans to retire next year - AP/ABC. Official announcement (pdf) on the Scaled Composites website: Burt Rutan Announces Retirement Plans - Mojave, CA, November 3, 2010: Burt Rutan, founder of aerospace research firm Scaled Composites in 1982, has announced his plans to retire in April 2011. He currently serves as Scaled's Chief Technical Officer and following his retirement, Burt will assume the title of founder and chairman emeritus…

SpaceShipOne designer plans to retire - KMPH Fox 26 (AP) - Burt Rutan, who designed the first privately funded manned rocket to reach space, plans to retire next year. The announcement was made Wednesday on ...

APNewsBreak: SpaceShipOne designer is retiring – BusinessWeek | Aerospace maverick Burt Rutan, who designed the historic globe-circling Voyager aircraft and the first private manned rocket to reach space, ...

Qantas A380 Engine Issue over Indonesia from Airline Industry Review by Miyuru | SINGAPORE, AirlineIndustryReview.com - A Qantas Airbus A380-842, registration VH-OQA, operating as QF32 from London, LHR to Sydney, SYD via Singapore, SIN, with 433 pax + 26 crew onboard, had an unidentified engine issue over Indonesia and returned to Singapore for a safe landing. The aircraft left Singapore at 0956h local for Sydney, and landed back safely at 1146h. The aircraft subsequently was parked at gate C23…

Fairview Fly-In celebrates 59 years - Enid News & Eagle | The 59th annual Fairview Fly-In and Air Show and Fairview Regional Medical Center's "Run For Your Life" 5K run will take place that day. ...

Flight Against Cancer fundraiser this weekend in Danville - GoDanRiver.com | The Danville Regional Airport will be the site of the third annual Fighter Flight Against Cancer Fly-in from 9 am to dusk Friday-Sunday. ...

Army Golden Knights Prepare For World Record Attempt from Aero-News Network | "Women's Vertical World Record" Try Coming Thanksgiving Weekend The clear blue skies promised a great day one of the Women's Vertical World Record Skills Camp this past weekend, held in Eloy, AZ. This camp was just one of the many such camps leading up to the Women's Vertical World Record, to be held over Thanksgiving weekend, also in Skydive Arizona…

P-38 Lightning Newsletter -- Monthly News About Our Favorite WWII Airplane from p38assn.org | Well, the really big show is history, and those of us who made it to the California Capital Air Show will agree that it did, indeed, make history.  Read more about that below. But there is no time to rest on our past victories. There's much more to be done to keep alive the memory of our favorite warbird.  Welcome to the ride…

View the plane that ruled the skies in WWII - Thousand Oaks Acorn …6 at the Commemorative Air Force Aviation Museum at the Camarillo Airport, 455 Aviation Drive. The Commemorative Air Force will give a presentation of the ...

Air Force unit inducted into hall of fame - San Angelo Standard-Times | The Commemorative Air Force honors those who build, service and fly US military aircraft, which preserve freedom and democracy around the world…

Aviation Heritage Park Partners With The Center For A High Flying ... by Cara Pitchford | One November 13 the students will take a field trip to Aviation Heritage Park on Three Springs Road where they will hear the stories of the two aircraft commemorating the service of aviation heroes, Johnny Magda and Dan Cherry. ...

WWII in HD: The Air War - Military.com | To all the brave young men who manned the great war birds of WW2 and faced the enemy head on this nation owes a debt of eternal gratitude. ...

Discussion to mark plane's anniversary - Arizona Daily Star ... will discuss their experiences and answer questions from 1 to 4 pm Saturday in the main hangar at the Pima Air & Space Museum, 6000 E. Valencia Road. ...

Do Women Pilots Have A Place In Aviation? from All Things Aviation by JetAviator7 | When I first began my flying career it was very rare to find women involved in aviation in any capacity. However, over the years more and more women have begun to discover what a great career flying can be. The truth is that women have been involved in aviation since the very beginning. In 1908 [...]

New Media Marketing for the Aviation Industry from Thirty Thousand Feet Blog by Max Flight | Flight Plan to Sales Success: New Media Marketing for the Aviation Industry - "New Media" and social media are quite the rage these days. We see Twitter, Face Book, LinkedIn, YouTube, and all the rest mentioned throughout the traditional media. There are examples of companies that have used new media to great effect, building or extending their brand image and generating incremental revenue. There are also examples of companies who have bungled their attempt to enter this different world, and even companies who have lost control of their brand as social media forces have taken control…

Yep, I Think The USAF Needs A Negative Stagger V-Tail Bipe! by Martt | This design is what I call the MeSTOL Airlifter, or Medium extreme STOL Airlifter. It picks up where the Advanced Medium STOL Transport concept from the mid 70's left off. The AMST role was intended to be a replacement for the C-130, but with more lifting capability and even shorter takeoff and landing performance…