Thu, Apr 24, 2014
Sierra Nevada Corp. co-program director John Curry is reported to have said that they will conduct additional drop tests of their Dream Chaser spacecraft at California’s Edwards Air Force Base in the fall of this year.
The North Dakota Department of Commerce team has been authorized to begin using a Draganflyer X4ES small UAS at its Northern Plains Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site. The authorization is effective for two years, and the team plans to begin flight operations during the week of May 5. If there was ever a time to see a movie in the modern 3D format, this has got to be it. A new theatrical release of Air Racers 3D from 3D Entertainment Distribution is now showing at select IMAX theaters. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 04.23.14 is chock full of info in this thrice-weekly news period ending Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014...
Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:
- Sierra Nevada Corp. Plans Dream Chaser Flights Later This Year
- FAA Announces First UAS Test Site Operational
- ‘Air Racers 3D’ Hits Select IMAX Theaters
- Teen Survives CA-HI Flight In Hawaiian Airlines Jet Wheel Well
- Classic Aero-TV: Oshkosh Seaplane Base
- Flight Suits, Military Jargon At Center Of Georgia Lawsuit
- Wisconsin Adds Recreational Aircraft To Recreational Use Statute
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