Thu, Oct 02, 2014
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has filed a legal challenge to the award of contracts to Boeing and SpaceX under the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability, referred to as the CCtCap program.
The CCtCap program will restore U.S. transportation capability to the International Space Station. The first of twenty A-29 Super Tucano aircraft to be produced in Jacksonville, Florida arrived at Georgia's Moody Air Force Base on September 26th, in preparation for the Afghanistan pilot and maintenance training mission. USA Firefighting Air Corps (USAFAC) has announced that Russia has signed a collaboration agreement with an American company to develop a US-built Beriev Be-200 multipurpose amphibious aerial firefighting jet, and that the collaboration would be headquartered in Colorado. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 10.01.14 is chock full of info in this Daily Oshkosh 2014 news period ending Wednesday, October 1st, 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:
- Sierra Nevada Corporation Challenges NASA Commercial Crew Contract
- A-29 Super Tucano Arrives At Moody AFB
- USAFAC Promotes US-Built Beriev Be-200 Firefighter
- Aero-TV: Seated On The Edge Of Forever - A PPC's Bird's Eye View
- UK Flying Club Hopes To Build 12 Spitfire Replicas
- Cessna Sued Over 1981 Accident
- City Of Santa Monica Seeks To Recoup Airport Cleanup Costs
- Phase 1 Flight Testing Now Allows Additional Crew Member
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