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September 27, 2017

Airborne 09.27.17: CA Skydiving Bill, KSMO Destruction Sked, Drone v Blackhawk

Also: ALPA v Norwegian, Quad-Rotor Odyssey, Betsy DeVos, Pilot Busted, Pence Plane, Airport Fails, Associated Air Center

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill, which passed unanimously in both houses of the state legislature, that will hold skydiving companies liable for injuries or deaths if they use ‘uncertified’ instructors to lead tandem jumps. The legislation was proposed by Assemblywoman Susan Talamantes Eggman after an accident at the Lodi Skydiving Center in August of last year in which an 18-year-old student and a 25-year-old instructor were both fatally injured after a parachute malfunction. The instructor, Yong Kwon, was not certified by the USPA, according to a review of the accident. The bill allows those injured, or their families or estates

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OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Slingshots Past Earth

Uses Planet's Gravity To Set Course For Asteroid Bennu

NASA’s asteroid sample return spacecraft successfully used Earth’s gravity on Friday to slingshot itself on a path toward the asteroid Bennu, for a rendezvous next August.

Will Carry Intelsat 37e And BSAT-4a Into Orbit

Arianespace’s ninth launch of 2017 is now scheduled for September 29 on a dual-payload Ariane 5 mission to geostationary transfer orbit with Intelsat 37e (for the global operator Intelsat) and BSAT-4a (for Space Systems Loral in the framework of a turnkey contract for the Japanese operator B-SAT).

EASA Certification Process Nearly Complete…

The Rotax 915 iS engine has been in the pipeline for some time, but now the engine is nearly ready to get flying.

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Vice President Pence Visits NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

Makes First White House-level Call To Space Station Crew From The Center

Vice President Mike Pence offered his thanks Monday to employees working on NASA's human spaceflight programs during a tour of the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.