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A photo provided by Lost52 Project shows the wreckage of the submarine USS Grayback. The Grayback sank on Feb. 27, 1944 during its tenth war patrol of World War II when, en route from Pearl Harbor to Midway Island, a 500-pound Japanese bomb detonated just aft of its conning tower. Tim Taylor/Lost52 Project / The New York Times

Navy submarine USS Grayback, missing for 75 years, is found off Okinawa

It was hidden from discovery all this time by a single errant digit

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November 12, 2019 - by John Ismay New York Times for nationalpost.com

A 75-year-old mystery has been solved, and the families of 80 American sailors lost at sea will now have closure: the USS Grayback has finally been found.

It was hidden from discovery all this time by a single errant digit.

The mystery began on Jan. 28, 1944, when the Grayback, one of the most successful American submarines of World War II, sailed out of Pearl Harbor for its 10th combat patrol. By late March, it was more than three weeks overdue to return, and the Navy listed the submarine as missing and presumed lost.

After the war, the Navy tried to piece together a comprehensive history of the 52 submarines it had lost.

The history, issued in 1949, gave approximate locations of where each submarine had disappeared.

The Grayback was thought to have gone down in the open ocean 100 miles east-southeast of Okinawa. But the Navy had unknowingly relied on a flawed translation of...

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Standard 737 Max planes are not equipped with a so-called angle of attack indicator or an angle of attack disagree light. The indicator will continue to cost airlines extra, but the light won't.

Standard 737 Max planes are not equipped with a so-called angle of attack indicator or an angle ofattack disagree light. The indicator will continue to cost airlines extra, but the light won't.

FAA: No Boeing MAX certification until 2020; analysis forecast 15 more crashes if MCAS not fixed

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December 12, 2019 - for airinsight.com

A new round of Congressional Hearings about the Boeing 737 MAX got underway today.

Peter Defazio, the chairman of the House Transportation Committee, said an FAA analysis following the Lion Air accident but before the Ethiopian Airlines crash concluded there would be 15 fatal MAX accidents if there was no fix to MCAS.

DeFazio asked Dickson why wasn't airplane grounded then? He did not have an answer...

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With no End of MAX Grounding in sight, Boeing may be forced to Cut or Suspend Production soon

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December 11, 2019 - by Scott Hamilton for airinsight.com

With confirmation by the Federal Aviation Administration that recertification of the 737 MAX won't happen until 2020, Boeing is rapidly facing a decision whether to reduce or suspend MAX production.

With no end in sight, Boeing can't continue production of the MAX at the rate of 42/mo much longer.

Through Dec. 6, there were just under 400 MAXes that have been produced. Another 381 MAXes were in service when global regulators grounded the fleet March 11-13.

No end of grounding in sight

Boeing only a month ago thought the MAX would be recertified this month. The FAA administrator, Stephen Dickson, quickly shot that down. Today, he was specific in an interview with CNBC and in testimony before Congress.

Certification won't happen until...

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U.S. Government Halted Deliveries of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

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December 11, 2019 - by Lee Hudson for aviationweek.com

The U.S. government halted deliveries of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for 15 days because the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) discovered comingling of titanium and Inconel fasteners, a Defense Department official said.

The Pentagon temporarily suspended F-35 deliveries on Nov. 12 when DCMA noted that...

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The F-35 Will Die: Long Live the 6th Generation Stealth Fighter

The future is coming...

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December 11, 2019 - by by Kris Osborn for nationalinterest.org

Key point: The F-35 is only the beginning for high-tech stealth fighters.

It is also possible that the new 6th-generation fighter could use advanced, futuristic stealth technology able to enable newer, more capable air defenses.

The air defenses of potential adversaries are increasingly using faster computing processing power and are better networked together, more digital, able to detect a wider range of frequencies and able to detect stealthy aircraft at farther distances.

The Air Force has begun experimenting and conceptual planning for a 6th generation fighter aircraft to emerge in coming years as a technological step beyond the F-35, service leaders said.

"We have started experimentation, developmental planning and technology investment," Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Acquisition, told Scout Warrior in an interview.

The new aircraft, engineered to succeed the 5th-generation F-35 Joint StrikeFighter and explode onto the scene by the mid 2030s, is now in...

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Families of crash passengers want wider review of Boeing Max

The Max remains grounded after two deadly crashes

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December 11, 2019 - by David Koenig Associated Press for theprogress.com

The Max remains grounded after two deadly crashes

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration will face questions about whether the agency is too cozy with Boeing when he testifies this week before a congressional panel.

The chairman of the House Transportation Committee says he plans to ask FAA Administrator Stephen Dickson about Boeing's influence over the FAA's Seattle office and incidents in which FAA managers vetoed the concerns of the agency's own safety experts.

"We are having a hard time piercing the veil of how consistently and repeatedly Boeing is managing to pressure and overcome the objectives of the safety specialists," committee Chairman Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., said Monday in an interview.

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Trudeau's new plane to replace damaged 'Can Force One' could be fast-tracked for replacement

The PM's plane is part of a fleet of five Airbus 310-300s and it is expected to cost from $1 billion to nearly $5 billion to replace all the aging planes

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December 11, 2019 - by Ryan Tumilty for nationalpost.com

The PM's plane is part of a fleet of five Airbus 310-300s and it is expected to cost from $1 billion to nearly $5 billion to replace all the aging planes

Government officials are considering speeding up plans to replace the aircraft the prime minister uses to fly around the world, after a week in which several problems hit the more than 30-year-old jets.

The prime minister's plane is part of a fleet of five Airbus 310-300s and it is expected to cost from $1 billion to nearly $5 billion to replace all the aging planes.

Of the five planes only one is typically used for the prime minister, with two others used mostly for troop transportation. Two of the planes have been converted into aerial refueling tankers.

The prime minister's usual plane, known as CC-15001 or Can Force One, was damaged in October when it was being moved out of a hangar at CFB Trenton.

Because of the hangar crash, another plane from the fleet was used to take Justin Trudeau to London for the NATO summit last week. But it was later found to have an engine problem.

The planes are not the government's only option when it comes to VIP transport. Canada also owns four smaller Bombardier Challenger jets that can transport VIPs and be used as air ambulance for the military, but those are also facing problems...

Read it all... https://nationalpost.com/news/trudeaus-new-plane-to-replace-damaged-can-force-one-could-be-fast-tracked-for-replacement-dnd

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The F-35 Stealth Fighter Might Have Another Problem...

And no, it does not involve suffocating pilots or sci-fi line helmets.

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December 11, 2019 - by Robert Farley for nationalinterest.org

And no, it does not involve suffocating pilots or sci-fi line helmets

Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon are fighting over intellectual property (IP). If they can't resolve their dispute, it could result in delays to critical elements of the F-35 program. What's going on, and how can we solve it?

In Aviation Week, Steve Trimble, Lee Hudson and Michael Bruno describe the problem as one of ownership and contracting. LockMart claims to have developed the algorithms designed to sort and manage flight data on its own, independent of federal funding.

The government claims that the algorithms were produced as part of a government contract. Given that the data and the algorithms that massage the data are important to long-term production and sustainment of the F-35, this matters a great deal to both parties. LockMart has lost the first ruling, and is awaiting the result of an additional appeal.

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Boeing, FedEx 777F Tests Confirm Wake Fuel Burn Benefit

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December 11, 2019 by Guy Norris for aviationweek.com

Boeing says formation flight tests conducted with FedEx Express using two 777F freighters confirm the potential for reducing fuel consumption by up to 10% by flying in the wingtip vortex of the lead aircraft.

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'World's first' fully-electric commercial flight takes off

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December 11, 2019 - by bbc.com

An all-electric powered seaplane has taken flight in Vancouver, Canada, in what the operators describe as a "world first" for the aviation industry.

The short test flight by Harbour Air and magniX involved a six-passenger aircraft fitted with an electric motor.

The companies said it was a first step to building the "world's first all-electric commercial fleet".

The push to electric could help slash carbon emissions in the high-polluting aviation sector.

"This historic flight signifies the start of the third era in aviation - the electric age," Harbour Air and magniX said in a statement.

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Navy submarine USS Grayback, missing for 75 years, is found off Okinawa

It was hidden from discovery all this time by a single errant digit

No end of grounding in sight

The future is coming...

The Max remains grounded after two deadly crashes

The PM's plane is part of a fleet of five Airbus 310-300s and it is expected to cost from $1 billion to nearly $5 billion to replace all the aging planes

And no, it does not involve suffocating pilots or sci-fi line helmets.

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