Aviation News Item: 11169

2nd Aug 2010

Source: aero-news.net

This is Aero TV's Daily Update on EAA AirVenture Oshkosh for Wednesday, July 28th.
FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt was on hand today to address the media, and delivered a mixed report on safety. Babbitt defended his agency from charges it inflates the costs of certifying new designs. Regarding the future of leaded aviation fuel, Babbitt explained the FAA's place in what is really an EPA process..

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Thu, Jul 29, 2010
Aero-TV At Oshkosh 2010: Alan Klapmeier and Kestrel Aircraft Kestrel Turboprop Program Back On Track... With Alan Klapmeier As CEO!

As we noted in our breaking news coverage late last week, it's nice to finally be able to report two major pieces of news... a new life for the highly respected Kestrel Turboprop program... and the return of Alan Klapmeier to the leadership of an innovative general aviation design and manufacturing program.

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Thu, Jul 29, 2010
Aero-TV At Oshkosh 2010: EAA's New President New EAA Prez is Long-Time Member, Stearman Pilot/Rebuilder

During remarks in advance of the Piper press conference at Oshkosh 2010, current president EAA Tom Poberezny let loose with the fact that EAA has selected new leadership to 'augment' his aims for the organization.

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Wed, Jul 28, 2010
Aero-TV At Oshkosh 2010- Looking Back At Day Two This is Aero TV's Daily Update on EAA AirVenture Oshkosh for Tuesday, July 27th.

USA Today, which for whatever reason now has a standing policy of talking down general aviation, was out yesterday with a cheap shot at EAA AirVenture. Tuesday's story on page 3A appeared under a subhead that reads, "Air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin has history of fatal crashes. The writer, Alan Levin, did acknowledge that the fatals to which he referred did not involve the airshow at Oshkosh, and that most involved obvious pilot mistakes, and many weren't even in the area.

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Eurofighter DA1 Prototype Gets A Nose Job
Tue, 03 Aug '10

Radome Delivered For The European-Designed Aircraft, Now A Museum Piece
Eurofighter has delivered to the Deutsche Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim, Germany, a "real" radome for Eurofighter prototype DA1.

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Eurofighter Prototype DA1 In The Deutsche Museum Flugwerft

The DA1, equipped with Turbo Union RB.199 engines, made its maiden flight from EADS' Manching test facility, Germany, on 27 March 1994 and was decommissioned on 21 December 2005.

Displayed since 2007 in the museum close to Munich, the Eurofighter prototype had been delivered by EADS without its original radome. The only solution for the Museum was to build a makeshift radome, similar to the original one. Now Eurofighter, with the help of NETMA, BAE Systems and EADS Manching, have donated to the museum a real radome that has now been installed on the DA1 to complete the aircraft's appearance.

Eurofighter Typhoon

Not just an aerodynamic cover for the radar antenna, the Eurofighter radome is another example of high technology on the aircraft. Made in reinforced fiberglass and weighing around 65 kilos, the radome is produced to a very tight standard with small levels of tolerances because its internal and external surfaces have to be perfectly symmetrical, coping with the complex requirements of the polarisation of the antenna. Every radome is produced in different stages, with parts manufactured in Italy and Spain, full assembly taking place in Germany and the UK, before being delivered to the final assembly lines in the four partner nations of the Eurofighter program.

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