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August 10, 2015

Airborne 08.10.15: NTSB-Harrison Ford, ICG Acquired, FAA v Anti-Skydive Airport

Also: 1st Customer Panther Sport, Precious Metal Deadstick, Runway Mower Killed, New ISS Boss, New Air Ambulance Base, Air Freight Slowdown

The NTSB has issued its probable cause report on the crash of a World War Two Ryan PT-22 being flown by actor Harrison Ford. Ford had just departed Santa Monica Airport when he radioed the tower that he had experienced an engine failure and was turning back towards the airport. Unable to make the runway, he took the next best choice -- which was to land on a golf course. Rockwell Collins has acquired International Communications Group, Incorporated, a leading provider of satellite-based global voice and data communication products and services for the aviation industry. International Communications Group’s products and services will be

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Thirty Finalists Named In Annual Moonbots Challenge

Competition Open To Students Ages Eight To 17

The Google Lunar XPRIZE announced the thirty finalists for MOONBOTS, an annual global educational competition open to students between the ages of eight and 17. In all, two hundred and thirty teams from twenty nine countries registered to compete.

One Year To Launch For The Software-Defined Satellite

The first commercial ALTAIR spacecraft is now in production, according to manufacturer Millennium Space Systems. ALTAIR I further validates DARPA's original SeeMe vision of game-changing affordability and responsiveness, coupled with high performance mission capability – ALTAIR leverages Millennium's SeeMe design, taking the next steps to make it a reality.

Brazilian-Led Team Leading The Search For A Solar System 2.0

An international group of astronomers has used the ESO 3.6-meter telescope to identify a planet just like Jupiter orbiting at the same distance from a Sun-like star, HIP 11915. According to current theories, the formation of Jupiter-mass planets plays an important role in shaping the architecture of planetary systems. The existence of a Jupiter-mass planet in a Jupiter-like orbit around a Sun-like star opens the possibility that the system of planets around this star may be similar to our own Solar System.

Rotax Raises The SportAv Powerplant Bar... In A Big Way

Rotax is the engine of choice for the low and slow light sport type aircraft… Right? While at EAA AirVenture 2015, ANN News Editor, Tom Patton, talked with Dean Vogel, who is the technology director for Lockwood Aviation. Tom and Vogel are found standing next to the new Rotax 915 iS engine, and Vogel says low and slow is not where this engine belongs.