On The Fly…

D.C. airspace shuts down during State of the Union Wednesday…GlobalFlyer launch postponed — again — maybe Feb. 8 at the soonest…BRS parachute systems now available for Velocity XL-5 kitplanes…Boeing’s 7E7 Dreamliner is designated the 787. 60 sold to China…X-ray movies reveal how flies fly…“Poop ice” fallen from an airliner wrecked a car in England.

Airspace above Washington essentially shuts down for GA during Wednesday night's State of the Union address...

The launch date has been bumped back again for Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer's attempt to fly around the world nonstop with one pilot. Steve Fossett will take off from Salina, Kan., on Feb. 8, if the conditions are favorable...

BRS parachute systems now available for Velocity XL-5 kitplanes...

Boeing last week officially designated its 7E7 Dreamliner as the 787, and announced orders for 60 copies from China...

X-ray movies reveal how flies fly...

A lump of "poop ice" fell from an airliner and wrecked a car in Leominster, England, on Thursday.

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