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March 31, 2015

Airborne 03.31.15: Martian Marathon, B-52 To Oshkosh!, FAA Go-Around SAFO

Also: Aero-Calendar 03.31.15, Flower Town's UAV Ban, More Cockpit Access Updates, Chinook Rebuild, Airport tax Hikes, V280 On Display

There was no tape draped across a finish line, but NASA is celebrating a win. The agency's Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, completed its first Red Planet marathon last week of 26.219 miles. It’s time from start to finish was roughly 11 years and two months. It’s reported that the rover team at JPL plans a marathon-length relay run at the laboratory next week to celebrate. EAA has already announced a number of spectacular aircraft that are planned to show up at AirVenture 2015, and now they tell us that we will have a chance to stomp around a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber. The Stratofortress is celebrating its 60th year in serv

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Russia Says It Is In Talks With The U.S. For New Space Station

No Formal Agreement, Bolden Non-Committal

Reports coming out of Russia would indicate that Roscosmos and NASA are already discussing a space station that would eventually take the place of ISS, though U.S. officials are hardly definitive about the matter.

Pretty Darned Close To Being RIGHT There... FPV Offers Exciting Possibilities

While at eFest 2015, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, took the time to talk with Jack Marck, the foam category marketing manager for Horizon Hobby. When we use the word “foam,” we’re talking about extremely light-weight RC model airplanes that are constructed out of various types of plastic foams. The subject of this discussion was all about FPV.