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June 19, 2023

Airborne 06.19.23: Diamond DART-750, Virgin Galactic 'Ready', Ryanair Scandal

 Also: C-390 Millennium FlightSim, Space-Launch Airspace Protocols, Elixir Aircraft Bucks, Nolen's New Gig

 
 
Diamond Aircraft’s PT6A-25C-powered DART-750 aerobatic trainer has made its first flight at the company’s Austrian headquarters. The test-flight, which spanned thirty-minutes and covered all basic flight-maneuvers and performance and handling checks—was piloted by Diamond’s head of flight test Sören Pedersen and senior test pilot Niko Daroussis. Despite a fairly small number of "test flights," Virgin Galactic announced the date for its very first commercial spaceflight, planning on launching between June 27 and 30 of this year, with another mission on tap for early August. On 15 June 2023, R



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