[Spam] Re: REFLECTOR: NASA SATS Demonstration

Ron Brown romott at adelphia.net
Tue Mar 22 18:50:51 CST 2005


Jack,

Me too!

Ronnie Brown
Cornelius, NC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Affenit" <affenits at tvli.net>
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Spam] Re: REFLECTOR: NASA SATS Demonstration


>I probably would not be able to attend all 3 days but I'll try!
>
> Dick Affenit N732RA XL-RG Asheville, NC
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jack Sheehan" <j.f.sheehan at larc.nasa.gov>
> To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 4:58 PM
> Subject: [Spam] Re: REFLECTOR: NASA SATS Demonstration
>
>
>> Dear velocity Owners
>>
>> Year before last (2003) we had some plans for a Velocity Fly-in to be 
>> held in Virginia. The fly-in was cancelled due to Hurricane Isabel's 
>> pending arrival. Unfortunately Isabel made it. I am still cleaning up 
>> around the house.
>> In my real job I work with NASA and the FAA on the future technologies 
>> and procedures that will enable a Small Aircraft Transportation System 
>> SATS) in this country. That is the ability to have on-demand 
>> point-to-point transportation using small aircraft and small airports. 
>> Yeah I know that is something we already do. In this case we are trying 
>> to make it so that the other 99.5% of the population could also do it at 
>> somewhere a reasonable cost.
>> I use my Velocity in much of our public display and outreach activities.
>> This SATS project ends this year with a demonstration in June in Danville 
>> Virginia. The first day is a fly-in with the FAA sponsoring a Wings 
>> seminar focused on "Glass Cockpits" the entire techno exhibit will be 
>> open and it is all free. As I am somewhat responsible for this deal I 
>> would be able to coordinate some additional activities if a bunch of 
>> Velocities were to arrive.
>> The details about the demonstration are at http://www.sats2005.com. This 
>> is going to be a pretty neat event for the public and the government 
>> folks and is also a good reason to fly to Danville.
>> I am looking for some indication of interest. I realize this is only 
>> applicable to those of us on the east coast but if you think you might 
>> want to attend please do If I can get a count we can plan some specific 
>> Velocity activity.
>> You can contact me directly at the From e-mail
>> Check out the other SATS websites for more information.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Jack Sheehan
>> Executive Director
>> National Consortium for Aviation Mobility (NCAM)
>> Visit the following sites
>> http://www.ncam-sats.org, http://www.sats2005.com, http://sats.nasa.gov
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