Also: LearJet Vs Flyboard, C-17 Aflame, DAC/Mid-Continent, Sikorsky Legal Woes, Jazz Pilots Settle
Virgin Galactic’s Sir Richard Branson says they are applying their human spaceflight program and its team’s extensive background in low-cost launch systems to create LauncherOne, an orbital launch vehicle dedicated to the new and exciting small satellite market. Bombardier said last week that it will pause its Learjet 85 business aircraft program. They say the pause is due to weak demand for the Learjet 85 aircraft and follows a downward revision of Bombardier's business aircraft market forecast. This reflects the continued weakness of the Light aircraft category since the economic downturn. We are sad to report that the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo held in Sebring Florida was the site of a fatal airplane crash on Friday of last week. The airplane was being flown in the manufacturers showcase at the time of the accident. The airplane is said to have been an Aventura II, which is a two-place kit-built amphibious light sport aircraft. The occupants of the aircraft are reported to have been Dennis Gordon Day, of Groveland, and Jason Reid Spinks, of Orlando. Both perished in the crash. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 01.19.15 is chock full of info in this Daily news episode for Monday, January 19th, 2015... 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:
Branson: We’re Building Rockets That Will Launch The Small Satellite Revolution
Bombardier Pauses Its Learjet 85 Program, Revises 2014 Guidance
Aero-News Alert: Aero-Adventure Down During Sebring Fly-In (Updated)
ARSA To Congress: Overregulation Hinders Growth, Competitiveness
AVW: Insane Challenge LearJet Vs Flyboard
C-17 Damaged By Fire At Wright-Patterson AFB
DAC Signs Distribution Deal With Mid-Continent Instruments And Avionics
Sikorsky Battles Federal Court And ASBL To Withhold Damaging Data
Jazz Reaches A New 11 Year Tentative Agreement With Its Pilots
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