Archive for 2010
Gulfstream Expanding
Apparently the economic depression hasn’t affected the very rich.
The Gulfstream business-jet unit of General Dynamics Corp. said it plans to spend $500 million and increase the number of jobs at its Savannah, Ga. facilities by more than 15% as part of a seven-year expansion plan. Gulfstream had previously posted poor performance figures that weighed on [...]
Spaceport Under Construction
Apparently Scaled Composities is really serious about building a fleet of “spaceships.”
It has begun construction of a production facility at the Mojave, Calif. “Air and Space Port” that would build the world’s first fleet of commercial spaceships.
The 68,000-square-foot facility will be home to The Spaceship Co., or TSC. TSC is a joint venture owned by [...]
Former Grumman President Dies
A retired president of Grumman Aerospace of New York, Joseph Gavin, died Oct. 31 at his home in Amherst, Mass. at the age of 90.
Gavin headed Grumman’s Apollo lunar module program in the 1960s.
His death was announced in a statement issued by Northrop Grumman Corp. of Los Angeles-based, the defense contractor formed in 1994 when [...]
Massive Naval Air Celebration Due In SD
The Navy will kick off its 100th birthday year with a special air show Feb. 12, including a massive flyover of San Diego Bay by more than 150 aircraft.
“It is expected to be the largest aerial flyover since World War II and the largest in San Diego since November 1918,” said Lt. Cmdr. Alli Myrick-Ellison. [...]
Corsair Recovered In Illinois Lake
An F4U-1 Corsair, mangled and barely recognizable except for the bent wings, was pulled from Lake Michigan at Waukegan Harbor, Ill. last month.
The Navy pilot, Ensign Carl H. Johnson, went down June 12, 1943. A crowd of aviation enthusiasts, military personnel and other spectators were on hand at Larsen Marine in Waukegan, according to the [...]
Lockheed Has Merry Christmas
Lockheed Martin Corp. has received a fourth production contract for 31 more F-35 Joint Strike Fighters valued at $3.48 billion.
Lockheed said will build 16 planes for the U.S. Marine Corps configured for short takeoffs and vertical landings, 10 for the Air Force version of the jet, four Navy models and one for the United Kingdom.
The [...]
Air Force Sends Competitors Secret Data
This was what you might call a major “oops.”
Both Boeing and EADs (the European consortium) have been competing against each other to build the Air Force’s next refueling plane. The contract is worth $50 billion, not counting cost overruns.
Their plans and specifications are top secret and will be used by the Air Force to pick [...]
Air Force museum On Web
Ever wanted to tour the nation’s largest military aviation museum - the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright Patterson AFB - but just couldn’t get to Dayton, Ohio?
Now you can do the next best thing, courtesy of the internet. Air Force history buffs can walk by JFK’s Air Force One or the [...]
F22 Pilot Killed In Crash
An Air Force team has recovered the remains of F22 pilot Capt. Jeff Haney of the 525th Fighter Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, who lost contact Nov. 16 with air traffic control at 7:40 p.m. local time.
The search for the pilot and the $150 million aircraft was coordinated by officials with the Alaska Air [...]
Old Blue Meets New Ones
Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Fla., held its 27th air show Oct. 23-24, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the station and featuring a special guest.
The air show’s guest of honor was 91-year-old Alfred “Al” Taddeo, the last living member of the original Blue Angels team that was established at NAS Jacksonville in 1946. Taddeo and [...]
