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Key Takeaways:

  • The Department of Defense will continue producing FLIP charts for aviators for two more years.
  • SpaceX has postponed its rocket launch until at least mid-December due to technical glitches.
  • The Hiller Aviation Museum will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Douglas DC-3 on December 17.
  • Multiple aviation incidents occurred, including a part falling off an aircraft in Detroit and an emergency landing by a Gulfstream IV carrying White House chief of staff Andrew Card in Nashville.
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The Department of Defense will continue to produce its FLIP charts for aviators for two more years, AOPA said on Tuesday…

SpaceX has scrubbed its rocket launch till at least mid-December, due to technical glitches…

The 70th anniversary of the Douglas DC-3 gets celebrated at Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, Calif., on Dec. 17. Lectures, photos, videos and a DC-3 fly-over…

A 12-ounce part fell off an aircraft landing at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Saturday, hit the roof of a home and left an 8-inch hole in the ceiling; nobody was hurt…

A Gulfstream IV with White House chief of staff Andrew Card as 12 others on board made an emergency landing in Nashville on Saturday after smoke was detected in the cockpit; nobody was hurt…

If you’re feeling philanthropic – the Astronaut Autograph Club, benefiting the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, is accepting applications for its limited 2006 enrollment. Membership, at $499 per year, gets you an autographed photo of a U.S. astronaut every month. All money raised goes to scholarships for exceptional college students pursuing advanced degrees in science or engineering…

…Or the Aero Club of New England welcomes tax-deductible donations to its aviation scholarship fund.

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