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September 05, 2018

Airborne 09.05.18: P-38 Ice Recovery, Corvair-Powered JAG-2 Twin, Astro Resigns

Also: Avidyne ADS-B Upgrades, Crew Dragon Update, Russian Airline Proposal, SkyWork Ceases Operation

The Greenland glacier that is the final resting place for six P-38 fighters and two B-17 bombers may soon give up another of the aircraft that has been buried in the ice since 1942. The aircraft were forced to land on a remote glacier off Koge bak in Southeastern Greenland when they ran into weather en route to Reykjavik, Iceland where they planned to refuel. The aircrews were all rescued, but the airplanes remained on the glacier, and were eventually buried in up to 350 feet of ice and snow. One of the P-38s, "Glacier Girl", was discovered in 1992 and restored to airworthy condition. Now, a second P-38, dubbed "Echo" and flown by Robert Wilson, has been locat

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SpaceX Exec: Crew Dragon Will Be A Single-Use Spacecraft

Announcement Made At NASA Advisory Council Meeting Last Week

SpaceX has made a decision to not to use "flight proven" Crew Dragon spacecraft to carry astronauts to ISS, despite a requirement by NASA to have the option of using commercial crew capsules up to 10 times.

Breaks Own Altitude Record, Surpassing Even U-2 Reconnaissance Plane

For the third time in a week, Airbus Perlan Mission II set a new world altitude record for a glider, this time soaring the engineless Perlan 2 to 76,124 feet, in the process collecting vital data on flight performance, weather and the atmosphere.

NASA Administrator Bridenstine Announces $20 Million Boost In Funding

The Commercial Spaceflight Federation applauds NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine’s announcement that NASA will support congressionally directed increased funding of $20 million for the Flight Opportunities program. The Flight Opportunities program enables low-cost access to the spaceflight environment for students, researchers, and technologists on commercial low-gravity simulating aircraft, high-altitude balloons and reusable suborbital rockets.