Also: Littlest Lycoming, Del Smith Goes West, Dreamliner Test Vehicle Becomes Museum Piece, More Airshow Cancellations, Sling Taildragger!
Bell Helicopter, announced the successful first flight of the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopter took place on Monday. The Bell 505 Jet Ranger X is a five-seat, single-engine, turbine helicopter. As noted in Monday's Airborne programming, ANN has learned that Mooney has a new airframe in the works... actually two of them and get this... they're both diesel powered. The company notes that the Mooney M10T and the M10J fill a need and reflect innovation at a different level of the fleet mix, and these aircraft will provide a stepping stone to the high performance M20 series. Three International Space Station crew members returned to Earth on Sunday after a 165-day mission that included hundreds of scientific experiments and several spacewalks. Expedition 41 Commander Max Suraev of Roscosmos, NASA’s Reid Wiseman, and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency are back on earth after traveling more than 70 million miles in space. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 11.12.14 is chock full of info in this news period ending Wednesday, November 12th, 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:
Bell 505 First Flight
Aero-News Alert: Mooney Confirms New Airplanes--TWO Of Them!
Space Station Crew Returns To Earth
Gone West: Evergreen Aviation Founder Delford Smith
Classic Aero-TV: The Littlest Lycoming - Lyc's Light-weight 233 Hits the LSA Market
Boeing Presents Original Flight Test 787 Dreamliner To Museum Of Flight
Manitowoc Cancels Airshow For Second Year In A Row
First U.S.A. Sling Taildragger Sold
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