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June 02, 2016

Airborne 06.02.16: Another MRJ Flies, Blue Origin Update, Sitka Seaplanes

Also: JLENS Deflated, Aero-Community Update, DARPA, Hartzell, KC-46 Basing, Nat'l Model Aviation Museum, Twin Otter Service Ctr

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, announced that they have conducted the first flight of the second flight test aircraft of their Mitsubishi Regional Jet, commonly referred to as the MRJ. The aircraft took off from Nagoya Airport and confirmed its basic characteristics and functionality in airspace off the Pacific coast. According to Mitsubishi, this airplane will carry out flight tests primarily to confirm MRJ's performances in the future. “Stand by for a hard impact” were the words uttered by mission control to the astronauts aboard Apollo 15 in 1971 when it landed in the ocean on only two of its three parach

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