He gave us a frank assessment of company morale and sales and dropped a bombshell or two about Mooney's future plans. Those plans include a possible merger partner, another chance at a military trainer contract, and the return to profitable contracts. AVweb's Oshkosh coverage includes Liz Swain's complete story on Mooney's past and future. It started at the top. The White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security asked NASA to address the fact that an average of 17 people a month are killed in aviation accidents attributable to weather.
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The next phase will be to broadcast real-time icing and turbulence reports. There are currently 57 sites in the U.S., with the remaining 53 sites to come on line later this year. Three sites have come on line since Wednesday, the opening day of AirVenture Oshkosh. The fuel scare that ruffled a lot of pilot's feathers at AirVenture Oshkosh is over. Mark Wagner of Phillips 66 announced Saturday at 1600 that after running the full range of 17 ASTM specification tests on 18 gallons of fuel collected from each of 14 trucks, the empirical evidence is that the gas is not contaminated and meets every standard for avgas.