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December 21, 2018

Airborne 12.21.18: SparrowHawk III Returns, Robinson-Avidyne, Aspen STC

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American Autogyro International, Inc. (AAI) has announced the restart of production of the SparrowHawk III Quickbuild kit. In addition, AAI will be offering enhanced support for the more than 100 SparrowHawk kits sold thus far. When the original SparrowHawk Gyroplane was first introduced, AAI notes that the homebuilt gyroplane kit industry had a poor reputation due to accidents. The majority of these could be attributed to flawed designs that used misplaced thrust vectors. The SparrowHawk corrected this issue by introducing the innovative "center-line-thrust" placement of the propeller and appropriately aligning the rotor thrust vector. Robinson Helicopters has be

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NASA Sends CubeSats To Space From New Zealand

First Dedicated Launch With U.S. Partner Rocket Lab

A series of new CubeSats now are in space, conducting a variety of scientific investigations and technology demonstrations, following launch Sunday of Rocket Lab’s first mission for NASA under a Venture Class Launch Services (VCLS) contract.

Phenomenon Can Disturb Essential Radio Communications

An SRI International miniature satellite (CubeSat) space-weather mission, the Ionospheric Scintillation Explorer (ISX), was launched into space on December 15 to investigate regions of natural ionospheric turbulence. These patches of disturbed ions and electrons corrupt radio transmissions and wreak havoc on essential Earth and space-based communication and navigation channels.