Also: Zenith Aircraft, E-2D Deployment, Ford Island Restoration, Jabiru Disputes CASA, GoPro UAVs?
An NTSB report on the Boeing 787 fire of a lithium-ion battery that occurred in January of 2013 has been issued. At that time, ground workers discovered smoke and flames coming from an auxiliary power unit lithium-ion battery in a Japan Airlines 787 that was parked at the gate at Boston Logan International Airport. The NTSB said that the fire began after one of the battery’s eight cells experienced an internal short circuit leading to thermal runaway of the cell, which propagated into full battery thermal runaway. Healing can be more that physical, and in this case, Scott Miller looked to aviation for inspiration. Several years ago an accident caused Miller to lose the use of his legs, but not his drive. Late in 2012, he started flight training at Indian Hill Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa, and last week, he passed his private pilot checkride. If you flew on a commercial airliner over the Thanksgiving holiday, and did not have to depart from Midway Airport in Chicago, you missed standing in a TSA security line that was measured at over a mile long last Sunday morning. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 12.03.14 is chock full of info in this news period ending Wednesday, December 3rd, 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:
NTSB Concludes Investigation Of The 787 Boston Battery Fire Incident
Paraplegic Man Passes Private Pilot Checkride
Midway Airport Security Line Measured At Over A Mile
Aero-TV: The Legacy Will Go On - Zenith Designer Chris Heintz Honored at Oshkosh
VAW-121 Launches Squadron's 1st E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
Trust Donates $1.5 Million For Ford Island Control Tower Restoration
Jabiru Disputes Aussie Proposed Limitations
GoPro Pictures Itself In The UAV Market
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