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November 16, 2020

Airborne 11.16.20: Firefighting 737, New Levil App, Dynon Seneca Glass Panel

Also: 2020 Combs-Gates Award, Distinguished Flying Cross, Airbus Eurofighter Sale, Remote Sim Training

Coulson Aviation has been awarded a 5-year aerial firefighting contract for their Boeing 737 FIRELINER aircraft by the United States Forest Service (USFS). President and COO of Coulson Aviation. Britt Coulson said “We are honored to have our Boeing 737 FIRELINER selected by the USFS as the highest ranked aircraft/vendor in the latest Next Generation Airtanker contract award. With the impressive 4,000 US Gallons payload of both our B737 and C-130, our fleet continues to provide agencies with the largest capacity Large Airtankers.” Coulson is the first in the world to convert Boeing’s 737 commercial airliners into FIRELINER aircraft. The

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NASA/SpaceX Crew-1 Mission Launches Toward Monday Rendezvous With ISS

Six Month Mission Off To Nearly Flawless Start

Outside of a hatch that had to be unsealed and resealed to deal with a minor leak, Crew-1 made a beautiful night launch look easy at 1927 ET, Sunday night. An on-target landing of the First Stage got the proceedings off to a good start while the Crew Dragon settled into a nominal orbital profile fairly quickly. Within a few minutes of launch, the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, along with Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency were well on their way to the International Space Station having safely reached orbit, and opened the nosecone in prep for tomorrow's docking.