Editor's Note: Unfortunately, there is a goof at 00:45. Where Ms. Hurlock says "empty weight", we actually meant her to say "operating weight." Sorry about that, folks...
ANN was honored to undertake the first flight test of an American Registered Pipistrel Panthera Friday. We'll have much more to say in the coming days, but the very new airplane (less than 10 hours on it here in the USA) airplane is darned impressive... not just for its 196kt cruise speed (at 75%). but for a stability and control profile that was mostly downright docile -- which we did NOT expect. Keep in mind that this is accomplished with a three-blade MT CS prop, a normally aspirated IO-540 Lyc and an empty weight about 500 pounds below gross. The TSA collected $926,030.44 in unclaimed money that passengers left behind at airport security checkpoints during Fiscal Year 2019, including $18,899.09 in foreign currency. The money consisted of loose change and paper currency that passengers removed from their pockets and left behind in a bin during the security screening process at TSA checkpoints. The amount found during FY19, which ended September 30, 2019, marked a decrease in the amount of unclaimed
money collected in FY18 when $960,105.49 was left behind. North American Aerospace Defense Command F-22 fighter aircraft, supported by KC-135 air refuelers, intercepted three groups of two Tu-142 Russian maritime patrol aircraft that entered the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone late last week. The Russian aircraft loitered within the ADIZ for approximately five hours and came within 50 nautical miles of Alaskan shores; however, remained in international airspace and at no time entered United States or Canadian sovereign airspace. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 08.31.20 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Monday, August 31st, 2020... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Sophie Hurlock. Sophie is supported by ANN Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, as well as ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell. This episode covers:
- ANN Test Flight 1st Impressions: Pipistrel Panthera Could Dethrone Cirrus
- TSA Shakes Down The Public... In More Ways Than One
- NORAD Intercepts Three Russian Aircraft In ADIZ
- NASA Astronaut Jeanette Epps Selected For 1st Operational Boeing Crew Mission
- Thunderbirds To Lead 2020 Wings Over North Georgia Drive-In Air Show Line-Up
- Higher Education: Southern Utah University Adds Bell 505 Jet Ranger X
- Transport Canada Updates Status On 737 MAX
Get Comprehensive, Real-Time, 24/7 coverage of the latest aviation and aerospace stories anytime, at aero-news.net. And be sure to join us again tomorrow, for the next edition of "Airborne Unlimited" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, tomorrow!
© 2020, Aero-News Network, Inc., ALL Rights Reserved.
ANN's Daily Aero-Term (04.24.24): Runway Lead-in Light System
See All