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Fan programming will run daily from Oct. 5-8, headlined by the first-ever Rattle Battle, Rattlesnake Cook-off, hosted by Chef Tim Love, in Mule Alley on Friday, Oct. 6

Merlin Flight Simulation Group’s IT FLIES USA was another closely contested competition this year. Judged by Test Pilots Gary Konnert, Frank Delsing and Aaron Tucker, the competition drew an interesting and varied selection of aircraft designs from university students, which were flown and assessed on The University of Dayton’s MP521 flight simulator.  

The Cessna SkyCourier has recently been recognized with two prestigious aviation awards. The Aviation Week Network Laureate Award for Business Aviation and the James McDonnell Team Achievement Award from the Society of Flight Test Engineers were recently bestowed and presented to the Textron Aviation Cessna SkyCourier teams.

On January 9, 1941 test pilot Captain Harry Albert (“Sam”) Brown, O.B.E., (1896–1953) made the first flight of the Avro Lancaster prototype, BT308, at RAF Ringway, Cheshire, England, south of Manchester.

On September 29, 1954, at Edwards Air Force Base in the high desert of southern California, McDonnell Aircraft Corporation test pilot Robert C. Little made the first flight of the first F-101A-1-MC Voodoo, 53-2418. During this flight, the new interceptor reached 0.9 Mach at 35,000 feet (10,668 meters).

Karnataka gives country its first woman flight test engineer Karnataka gives country its first woman flight test engineer Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: May 24, 2021, 06:00 IST Squadron Leader Aashritha V Olety becomes the first female flight test engineer in the country. Aashritha, who hails from Kollegal and did her engineering from MVJ College of Engineering in Bengaluru, was part of the 43rd Flight Test Course of Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE). She recently graduate...

By Jeanne Dailey, Air Force Research Laboratory Public Affairs / Published May 19, 2021 Air Force Research Laboratory engineer Evelyn Kent holds her Space Test Fundamentals course diploma with the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate headquarters at Kirtland AFB, N.M in the background. Kent graduated from the inaugural space test course earlier this year. (Courtesy photo) Air Force Research Laboratory Space Test Fundamentals course graduate Evelyn Kent gets ready for one of her cour...