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September 04, 2020

Airborne 09.04.20: Mooney Returns!, Prop Try n Fly, Midwest LSA Expo

Also: NEW Dates for DeLand Sport Av Showcase, Gogo Sells CommAv Biz, Eclipse SynVis and Autothrottle, I/ITSEC Cancelled

The rumors have been ghosting around for a few weeks, but the airplane that would not die appears to have resurrected itself again... for the umpteenth time. For Mooney owners and fans, this is good news, but the details of this new development promises some interesting Mooney Watching for the next few years. The wraps came off the whole works late yesterday when a notice was posted to the Mooney website, addressed to, "...The Mooney Community" and authored by Mooney CEO Jonny Pollack. "We are pleased to announce that as of September 1, 2020, a long awaited transition at Mooney took place..." OK... this has to be one of the better ideas we'v

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The three-person Expedition 63 crew focused its attention recently on Japanese science hardware and Russian cardiac studies. The International Space Station trio also serviced air conditioning and plumbing systems. The Kibo laboratory module from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) enables a multitude of space science taking place both inside and outside the orbital lab. Kibo has an airlock that the crew can place external experiments and even satellites for deployment into the vacuum of space. Commander Chris Cassidy spent the first part of Thursday removing a commercial science payload from Kibo’s airlock. The NanoRacks External Platform supports a variety of research requirin