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Blackhawk Aerospace sold
Texas-based aircraft performance
upgrade company Blackhawk
Aerospace announced it has
sold its majority ownership to
New State Aviation Holdings, the
general aviation-focused arm of
aviation private equity firm New
State Capital Partners.
CubCrafters acquires
Summit Skis
Yakima, Washington-based
CubCrafters, one of the leading
manufacturers of backcountry
aircraft, recently announced it has
acquired Summit Aircraft Skis.
Mesa makes move to
United Express
American Airlines announced
it will end its six-year regional
cooperation with Mesa Airlines,
citing concerns over Mesa's
financial and operational
challenges. Mesa was finalizing
a new agreement with United
Airlines that would transition its 80
Embraer E175s to United Express.
11-blade propeller
takes flight
German-based high-performance
and noise reducing propeller
systems manufacturer MTPropeller
performed the first test
flight of its new 11-blade propeller
installed on a Piper PA-31T1
powered by Pratt & Whitney
PT6A-135 turbine engines.
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Test Pilot /
BY BARRY SCHIFF
1 From reader George
Shanks: Estimate within 4,000
feet the world altitude record
for a helicopter.
2 Which of the following was
the only aviation movie to have
won an Academy Award for
Best Picture of the Year?
A. The High and the Mighty
B. The Spirit of St. Louis
C. Twelve O'clock High
D. Wings
3 From reader Brett Schiff: ICAO, the International
Civil Aviation Organization, is responsible for
creating the four-letter airport codes. For example,
it begins the designations of airports in the 48
contiguous states with K, the designations of airports
in Northern Europe with E, and so forth. What is the
location of landing sites beginning with J?
4 What was the world's first pressurized airliner?
5 From reader Kay Sundaram: Why did the Green
River, Wyoming, city council on July 5, 1994, officially
name its public airport (48U) as the Greater Green
River Galactic Spaceport?
6 True or false? The Wright brothers never flew
together in the same airplane.
7 On what occasion did the United States
government suspend all pilot certificates except
those held by airline pilots?
8 In which years did the Boeing B-47 (the XB-47)
Stratojet and the Boeing B-52 (YB-52) Stratofortress
make their first flights? (You have already been given
sufficient clues.)
See Answers on p. 48
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