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May 24
Solar plane completes second leg of cross-country flight in Texas

Yahoo News (Reuters), May 23, 2013

Cessna lays off salaried workers; numbers unclear

The Wichita Eagle, May 23, 2013

Proposal pitches drone deliveries to hard-to-travel areas

USA Today, May 23, 2013

Plane Debris Falls on Georgia Woman’s House, Walmart

ABC News, May 23, 2013

Regular ISS Power Distribution Resumes After Coolant Leak Repair

Aviation Week, May 23, 2013

There’s a Movie in the Works About the Bra Designers Behind the Apollo Spacesuits

Wired, May 23, 2013

May 23
Business Aviation Still Facing Acceptance Issues

AIN Online, May 22, 2013

Another Study Takes a Shot at F.A.A.’s Gadget Ban

The New York Times, May 22, 2013

Navy Completes First Flight Of Game-Changing MQ-4C Triton Spy Drone [Video]

Popular Science, May 22, 2013

Top NASA Official Visits California as "Dream Chaser" Tests Begin

NBC Los Angeles, May 22, 2013

Unlit Olympic torch expected to visit International Space Station

Florida Today, May 22, 2013

Nepal plane crash injures 21, including 8 Japanese

Fox 11 (AP), May 22, 2013

May 22
LIVE: Solar Impulse in flight

live.solarimpulse.com, May 22, 2013

Oklahoma Students Design Drones That Can Fly Into Tornadoes

Popular Science, May 21, 2013

Beechcraft Tests Hawker 400XPR Winglets

Flying, May 21, 2013

F.A.A.’s Concerns Hold Up Use of Wildfire Drones

The New York Times, May 21, 2013

The Next Gun Debate? Armed Drones Could Be Protected By the Second Amendment

US News & World Report, May 21, 2013

EBACE: Flying prototypes key to HondaJet test progress despite new delay

Flightglobal, May 21, 2013

May 21
DOT Will Audit FAA on Runway Incursions

AIN Online, May 20, 2013

Exclusive: U.S. Air Force to move forward target date for F-35 use

Chicago Tribune (Reuters), May 20, 2013

EBACE: Boeing discussing heavier 737 Max 8 option to hit BBJ range target

Flightglobal, May 20, 2013

First flight nears, A350 could make Paris show flyby

Chicago Tribune (Reuters), May 20, 2013

Norwegian Geologists Begin Drone-Guided Quest For Oil

Popular Science, May 20, 2013

Hangar One for rent: no NASA ties needed

Mountain View Voice, May 20, 2013

May 20
Crash landing at Newark Airport has happy ending

Bergen Record, May 20, 2013

Human Mars Lander Must Break New Ground

Aviation Week & Space Technology, May 20, 2013

Plane Crash Memorialized In The Deep Sahara

AOL, May 18, 2013

Osprey reputation rebounds in Afghanistan

Richmond Times Dispatch (McClatchy Tribune), May 19, 2013

Russia brings mice and newts back from Mars research mission

The Telegraph, May 19, 2013

Analysis: Airline emissions deal may not come before EU deadline

Chicago Tribune (Reuters), May 19, 2013

May 17
100 years ago, aviation pioneer made historic flight from Key West to Cuba

The Miami Herald, May 16, 2013

Is that a UFO, Honey? No, It’s a Drone

US News & World Report, May 16, 2013

Live experiment of the Point Merge concept in Paris (video)

ABC News (AP), May 15, 2013

Astronauts take Dream Chaser spacecraft for simulated spin

Daily Press, May 17, 2013

US aviation failing? We've screwed ourselves

Boston.com (blog), May 15, 2013

ANA Says 787 Switchboard Damage Won’t Affect June 1 Restart Plan

Bloomberg, May 16, 2013

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