When Peggy Whitson arrived at ISS this weekend, she became the oldest woman to fly in space at the age of 56.
According to a report from NPR, Whitson will turn 57 during her stay on the space station, which is her third visit to the orbiting outpost. She will assume duties as the Station's Commander when the current crew returns to Earth, and when she returns to Earth next spring, she will hold the record as the U.S. astronaut having spent the most time in orbit. A program to provide aerial surveillance along the Mexican border has been quietly ended by the Department of Homeland Security. According to the U.S. Army, Operation Phalanx was established in July 2010, based on a presidential executive order authorizing up to 1,200 Soldiers and Airmen along the 1,933-mile southwest border in support of the Customs and Border Protection agency. With Black Friday just around the corner it’s a pretty sure bet that someone is going to be running special deals on small drones. Here’s a few things to think about if you end up one of these really fun gadgets. The Federal Aviation Administration has recently
issued regulations and registration requirements for any remotely controlled aircraft that weighs more than about one half pound, that’s 25 kilograms, and less than 55 pounds. The FAA is referring any kind of remote-controlled aircraft falling into this classification as a, Small Unmanned Aerial System; they call this a sUAS. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 11.23.16 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Brianne Cross and Christopher Odom, 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:
- Peggy Whitson Becomes Oldest Woman Astronaut
- DHS Shuts Down Operation Phalanx On The Mexican Border
- sUAS Black Friday
- First Royal Navy AW101 Merlin Mk4 Makes Initial Flight
- Classic Aero-TV: Aero Electric Aircraft Corp. - 2016 AirVenture Innovation Preview
- Ameriflight Signs Career Path Pilot Program Agreement
- New Report Focuses On Global Commercial UAS Market
- NASA Successfully Launches NOAA Advanced Geostationary Weather Satellite
- Cessna Announces 2017 University Partners For Its Third Annual Top Hawk Program
- DSCA Approves Sale Of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Aircraft To Kuwait
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