1.) Critical
heat shield installed on NASA's new Orion spacecraft - NASA and Lockheed
Martin engineers
have installed the largest heat shield ever constructed on the crew
module of the agency's new Orion spacecraft. [Full story]
2.) First
scheduled transatlantic flight for WestJet - WestJet marks
a key milestone in its 18-year history Sunday night with the launch
of its first scheduled transatlantic service between Toronto and
Dublin, Ireland, with a brief stop in St. John's, Newfoundland. [Full story]
3.) Lufthansa
receives milestone Boeing 747 jet - Boeing has
delivered the 1,500th 747 to come off the production line to
Frankfurt, Germany-based Lufthansa.
The milestone airplane is a 747-8 Intercontinental, the 14th one that
Lufthansa will incorporate into its long-haul fleet. [Full story]
4.) St
Louis FD find body after plane crash in Lake Superior - Shortly
after midnight Sunday, the St. Louis County Fire Department (FD)
reported that they had found the fuselage of an aircraft that crashed
into Lake Superior on Saturday. [Full story]
5.) Virginia-based
Navy fighter jet crashes into sea - A U.S.
Navy F/A-18E
Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 81 based at Naval
Air Station (NAS) Oceana,
Va., impacted the water during an approach to the USS Carl Vinson
aircraft carrier Wednesday night. [Full story]
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