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June 01, 2016

Airborne 06.01.16: End Of The Legacy, Enstrom TH-180, XCOR Setbacks

Also: Valdez STOL, AMA President Bob Brown, CA UAV Ban, Fighter Pilots, EASA Action Plan, French ATC Strike, Counter-UAV Tech

For those who are involved in the homebuilt airplane movement, this announcement from Lancair closes a chapter with a popular kit-built airplane. Lancair has announced that it will no longer be offering "Legacy" kits after 15 years of production. In a post on the company's website, Lancair said that the final kit will be a retractable Lancair Legacy "Reno Race Version." According to Lancair, Closing down the Legacy production line was a "tough but necessary decision." Enstrom helicopter has now continue flight testing of their TH-180 helicopter that is intended for the training market. The testing is being resumed with the se

NASA Telescopes Find Clues For How Giant Black Holes Formed So Quickly

Researchers Combined Data From Chandra Observatory, Hubble

Using data from NASA’s Great Observatories, astronomers have found the best evidence yet for cosmic seeds in the early universe that should grow into supermassive black holes.

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XCOR Idles Workers From Lynx Program

Work On The Spacecraft Has Been Suspended

XCOR has suspended work on the Lynx spacecraft and idled many of its employees working on suborbital spaceplane.

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Blue Origin Plans Parachute Failure Test On Next Flight

Will Intentionally Fail Crew Capsule Parachute Following Suborbital Flight

The next flight of Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft will have a problem. They're sure. It's planned.

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