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September 08, 2014

Airborne 09.08.14: TBM900 Lost At Sea, iFlightPlanner Upgrades, CSeries Update

Also: Patty Wagstaff, P85 Gets A V8, Bell 407 Upgrades, Team America Rocketry Challenge, CJ3+ Certified

Last Friday a Socata TBM 900 went down at sea off the coast of Jamaica after what appears to have been a loss of cabin pressurization. This is the same TBM-900, N900KN, that was shown, during our Aero-TV interviews at Lakeland in April, 2014. iFlightPlanner has announced its Trade-up program which is an initiative that allows pilots using any competitive flight planning products to trade-in their existing subscription and have the time remaining on it added to their new iFlightPlanner premium or premium plus membership. Robert Dewar, the Vice President and General Manager of the CSeries Bombardier Commercial Aircraft Division, and Graham Webb, the Pratt and Whitney Vice

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Memory Reformat Planned For Opportunity Mars Rover

Increased Number Of Computer Resets Prompt The Flash Memory Reset

An increasing frequency of computer resets on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has prompted the rover team to make plans to reformat the rover's flash memory.

Launch Of The Probe Expected Later This Year

The Japanese space agency JAXA has shown its asteroid hunting spacecraft to the public for the first time. Launch of the Hayabusa-2 probe is expected sometime later this year.

Collected By NASA, JAXA Satellites

The most accurate and comprehensive collection of rain, snowfall and other types of precipitation data ever assembled now is available to the public. This new resource for climate studies, weather forecasting, and other applications is based on observations by the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, a joint mission of NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), with contributions from a constellation of international partner satellites.

Uber-Compact Trig Solutions Continue to Evolve

While at EAA AirVenture 2014, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell stopped by the Trig Avionics display to find out what they’re doing about ADS-B installations. Campbell meets up with Trig Avionics CEO, Andy Davis, to talk about the Trig TN70 GPS receiver, and other Trig products.

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CSXT GO FAST! Rocket Confirms Multiple World Records

Crew Of Civilian Space eXploration Team Breaks Own World Records From 10 Years Ago

On May 17, 2004 history was made when the Civilian Space eXploration Team, also known as CSXT, completed a successful rocket launch to outer space. The Space Shot 2004 "GO FAST!" Rocket, which was launched from the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, was the first amateur rocket to exceed 62 miles, the official boundary of space.