October newsletter coming

The October issue of the Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor/Gulf Coast Reporters League newsletter will be published Tuesday, Oct. 20.

The cover story by Timothy Boone is about next month's Green Run test of NASA's Space Launch System core stage at Stennis Space Center, Miss. During the test, all four RS-25 engines will be fired up to test the system and controls. It will be loud, and it will be a crucial test.

We also have in the eight-page newsletter a profile of Scott Luth, executive director of FloridaWest Economic Development Alliance. Reporter Martha Simmons will tell you how this Ohio native got involved in economic development, and what brought him to Pensacola.

Reporter Jane Nicholes will provides and update on plans for the Mobile Downtown Airport. Right now flights go to Mobile Regional Airport to the west of Mobile, but the new airport at the Mobile Aeroplex is south of downtown and much closer.

Finally, I review a non-fiction book by Ken Fortenberry. I once worked for Ken when he was managing editor of the Pensacola News Journal. His book, "Flight 7 Is Missing," is a whodunit about why his father's passenger plane went down in the Pacific in 1957, when Ken was just six. Part of the title is "The Search For My Father's Killer," which should pique your curiosity.

The newsletter is scheduled to be published Tuesday, and the PDF will be sent to the inbox of subscribers. If you're not a subscriber, you can get the newsletter PDF Tuesday at www.gulfcoastaerospacecorridor.com.