Tue, Jun 14, 2016
The Solar Impulse-2 continued it's around the world journey, being fueled only by solar power, when it arrived at New York City’s JFK International Airport at about 4 AM local time on Saturday morning.
The arrival in New York marks the completion of its flight across the United States which started with its arrival over San Francisco on May 24. The most recent flight was one of its shortest at only 4 hours and 41 minutes to fly the 165 miles from the Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania. We have all watched with great interest as SpaceX has successfully returned rocket boosters for landings with the intent of the boosters being reused. SpaceX Founder, Elon Musk, tweeted last week that the booster that had carried the Thaicom 8 communications satellite into orbit and then landed safely on a floating barge in the Atlantic Ocean is now safely back in the company's hangar with the three other Falcon 9s that have been recovered. In the same Tweet, Musk said that the company now plans to launch its first refurbished booster in September or October of next year. The top elected official in the state of Kentucky took a big drop last week... but not in the polls. He participated in a tandem
skydive with the U.S. Army Golden Knights. Governor Matt Bevin was one of 13 people to participate in the jump, which started at about 13,000 feet. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 06.13.16 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Monday, June 13th, 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:
- Solar Impulse 2 Arrives in NY
- Musk Narrows Timeframe For First Flight Of Refurbished Booster
- Kentucky Governor Makes Tandem Skydive
- Ohio Funds Planned For Wright Brothers’ Factory Project
- AVW: Savage Bobber Surfing
- Airbus Defense And Space Completes PeruSAT-1 In Less Than 24 Months
- FAA Applauds Decade Of Success Working On Alternative Jet Fuels
- NASA Awards Grants To Two Universities For STEM Education Programs
- Minot B-52s Begin Baltops 16 Flying Ops
- OSIRIS-REx Arrives At Kennedy For Launch Processing
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 next week for the next edition of "Airborne Unlimited" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, tomorrow!
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