Bombardier today announced that its Board of Directors has granted approval for the launch of the CSeries family of aircraft, a new game-changing five abreast commercial airliner family, with the economics, performance, environmental and passenger-oriented improvements demanded by airline customers for the next quarter century. Entry into service is scheduled for 2013.

Cirrus Design Corporation announced that the most highly anticipated aircraft in the company’s history, currently called ‘The-Jet’, made its first flight at approximately 10 AM CDT today, July 3rd, 2008.  The 45-minute flight was conducted from company worldwide headquarters at the Duluth International Airport, Duluth, MN and the aircraft performed flawlessly.

About a month ago I listened over the console as a pilot gave a co-worker what can only be labeled as the “pilot report from hell”. 

As fans sat anxiously by, it became apparent as the day wore on that the preliminary round of the third stop of the Red Bull Air race circuit would have to be postponed until the next day. Winds peaked at sixty miles per hour making it unsafe for the pilots let along being unable to inflate the pylons.  Fans were entertained as support crew chased the inflatable markers down the river before officials cancelled the preliminary round.