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June 17, 2020

Airborne-Flight Training 06.17.20: Purdue Degree, eTrainer, Virtual Med Exam

Also: Transport Canada Updates, Flight Path Museum, AMA 2020 Scholarships, SEMSU Flt Degree

Purdue University Global has launched its professional flight program and will begin training students through its flight training affiliate, Sterling Flight Training LLC, this fall. Students may now apply to enroll in the online Bachelor of Science in Professional Flight program. Those accepted into the School of Aviation program will complete their Bachelor of Science degree courses online through Purdue Global, which includes aviation and general education classes, while completing professional flight training at Sterling Flight Training in Jacksonville, Florida. Though expected several months ago, EASA has finally announced the certification of an electric airplane, the Pipistrel Veli

Airbus Wins Next Study Contract For Martian Sample Fetch Rover

Work Progresses On Joint ESA/NASA Mission To Bring Samples Back From Mars

Airbus Defence and Space has won the next phase of the study contract (Advanced B2) from the European Space Agency (ESA) for the advanced Sample Fetch Rover which will be used to collect samples from the surface of Mars. Mars Sample Return is a joint NASA and ESA campaign to return samples from the Red Planet. NASA’s 2020 Mars rover mission Perseverance will collect Martian soils and rock samples and leave them on the surface in small metal tubes. In 2026 NASA will launch an ESA rover to Mars to collect these tubes. Landing in 2028, the rover will then travel an average of 200 metres a day, over a period of six months to find and pick up the samples. It will collect up

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