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Boeing USAF T-X Will Now Be Called The T-7A Red Hawk The name, Red Hawk, honors the legacy of Tuskegee Airmen, and pays homage to their signature red-tailed aircraft from World War II. The name is also a tribute to the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, an American fighter aircraft that first flew in 1938 and was flown by the 99th Fighter Squadron, the U.S. Army Air Forces’ first African American fighter squadron.
Aerospace Space News: SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashdown Marks End of DM1 Flight. The Crew Dragon spacecraft has been recovered after splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.
SpaceX claims they have “been approached to fly two private citizens on a trip around the moon late next year.” According to SpaceX the citizens have already paid a significant deposit to do a moon mission.
A statement issued by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says that the agency’s initial investigation indicates the light plane crash in East Hartford, Connecticut, on 12 October 2016, near a Pratt & Whitney plant, is the result of an intentional act.
SpaceX Dragon Splashes Down Safely In Pacific – SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 11:47 a.m. EDT Friday, 26 August 2016, southwest of Baja California with more than 3,000 pounds of NASA cargo, science and technology demonstration samples from the International Space Station.
FAA Grants Indonesia Category 1 Airline Safety Rating: Revised Rating Allows Indonesian Air Carriers To Establish Service To The United States and Carry the Code of U.S. Carriers.
NASA says it has selected five green aviation technology concepts that have the potential to reduce aircraft fuel use and emissions.
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