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January 10, 2022

Airborne 01.10.22: Skydive Safety Record, Frasca Sold, Taliban MD-530 Crash

Also: Planes of Fame Museum, MagniX CEO Steps Down, Whiteman Airshow Canceled, VG Stock Slump

The United States Parachute Association announced that their overall safety rate that has been improving year over year has again beat the previous year, with 10 civilian skydiving deaths throughout 2021. The downswing began in 2018, when deaths dropped to 13, bringing the fatality index to 0.39 out of every 100,000 jumps. The year after saw a rise to 15, until 2020's drop in overall skydiving activity brought the index to mirror to its 2018 record. Frasca International has been sold to FlightSafety International, marking the end of 6 decades as a family-owned company based out of the appropriately named Frasca Field in Urbana, Illinois. Frasca president J

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An Engineering Marvel... NASA’s Webb Telescope Achieves Pivotal Milestone

After Getting Past Dozens of Possible Hitches, Mirror Unfolds

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team fully deployed its 21-foot, gold-coated primary mirror, successfully completing the final stage of all major spacecraft deployments to prepare for science operations. A joint effort with the European Space Agency (ESA) and Canadian Space Agency, the Webb mission will explore every phase of cosmic history – from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe.