Dennis Fitch will never forget the safety lessons he learned one tragic day in July 1989. The former United Airlines captain and flight instructor helped pilot a DC-10 to a crash landing in Sioux City...
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Study Investigates Mental Overload in Pilots
Advanced technology could help pilots when they are operating under dangerous levels of stress, fatigue and distraction.
It Began Because He Was Crazy About Airplanes
On a Saturday in late May in 1958, Roy Harris graduated from Georgia Tech. A Saturday later, he got married. Two Saturdays after that, he and his new bride rented a small trailer, loaded it and drove ...
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Aeronautics, Space Science on Exhibit at Balloon Fest
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NASA Debuts Global Hawk Autonomous Aircraft for Earth Science
01.15.09 - NASA and the Northrop Grumman Corp. of Los Angeles have unveiled the first Global Hawk aircraft system to be used for environmental science research, heralding a new application for the world's first fully autonomous high-altitude, long-endurance aircraft.
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Astronauts Call Lakebay Washington Students From Space Station
01.15.09 - Students from Key Peninsula Middle School of Lakebay, Wash. chat with NASA Expedition 18 astronauts Mike Fincke and Sandra Magnus.
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NASA Tests Engine Technology for Landing Astronauts on the Moon
01.14.09 - A technology development engine that may help NASA safely return astronauts to the lunar surface has successfully completed its third round of testing.
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