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December 30, 2020 — A remote Ohio facility used to test NASA's new moon-bound spacecraft has been renamed for the first astronaut to step foot on the lunar surface. NASA's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, which in March completed a three-month test campaign in support of the agency's Artemis I Orion crew capsule, has been redesignated the Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility. The legislation directing the change was signed into law on Wednesday (Dec. 30). "Before Neil Armstrong became the first person to step foot on the moon, he was an up-and-coming test pilot in northeast Ohio at what is...

Share Credit: NBAA VBACE On-aircraft experience in addition to simulator time is key to training pilots in aircraft upset recovery, safety and training experts say. “Simulators are different than airplanes. The way your brain processes things and thereby the way you react to a situation is going to be different,” said Scott Glaser, speaking Dec. 2 during the NBAA VBACE virtual conference.  “The research shows that you need to train in an environment like the environment you’re going to experience these events in, so that means at least part of the training must be in an aircraft,” ...

At buckingham. i remember the first graduationened i thought to myself, was it possible for me to go into combat and fly, and i said, yes, we -- it was necessary. and i could do it. so we nerve her to do it, of course. burt -- >> what was the lure, i guess, about becoming a b-17, excuse me, pilot? did you feel pretty eager about learning how to be this pilot in the first place? how did you find yourself in this position? >> well, it was all by chance, and i was asked to be a member of the cpt organization in cornell university. there was a program for new pilots, and this particular person, dr...

And i was asked to be a member of the cpt organization in cornell university. there was a program for new pilots and this particular person was asked to be director of flight research. he thought there might be some way you could figure out how to avoid pilot training in an airplane and a cheaper method. i was one of his guinea pigs. that led to jackie cochran's program and i was selected for pilot training. i loved it. i absolutely loved it. >> is she extraordinary or what. 92-year-old dawn seymore. actor tom harchgs is proving he is as generous of a guest as he is an actor. he and steven spi...