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November 15, 2017

Airborne 11.15.17: XCOR BK, V-22 Osprey Milestone, GAMA 3rd Quarter Stats

Also: UK Airport Cancellation, Gone West: Robert Wagstaff, EASA Certifies Bell 505, USN's 1st MQ-4C Triton

This is a heartbreaker, as we were big fans of XCOR Aerospace -- which filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, according to federal court documents filed last week. The 18-year-old company will be liquidated in an effort to satisfy its creditors. According to the court filing, XCOR has assets valued at between $1 million and $10 million, against liabilities estimated between $10 million and $50 million. Bell Helicopter and Boeing have marked a milestone for the Bell Boeing V-22 fleet of tiltrotor aircraft,

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Bye Aerospace, SolAero Technologies Announce Successful Solar Wing Ground Test

Solar Wings Integrated On MALE UAV StratoAirNet

SolAero Technologies has successfully completed ground testing of the integrated solar wings on Bye Aerospace's medium-altitude, long-endurance solar-electric unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called "StratoAirNet." SolAero successfully integrated lightweight, flexible solar modules incorporating their state-of-the-art, high efficiency solar cell technology onto the wing structure, manufactured by Bye, while minimizing add-on mass and preserving the critical laminar flow surface of the wing.

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Aviation Film To Show In IMAX At TCL Chinese Theater In Hollywood

'Living In The Age Of Airplanes' Documentary Narrated By Harrison Ford

An aviation documentary will be screened at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood on December 2.

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Aero-TV: XTI's Trifan 600 - What the Future Might Fly

First Look At The Innovative Airplane At NBAA-BACE

 

Aero-News readers know that one of the most innovative airplanes under development for the business market is the XTI TriFan 600, which was displayed for the first time at NBAA-BACE this year.

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Aero-TV: XTI's Trifan 600 - What the Future Might Fly

First Look At The Innovative Airplane At NBAA-BACE

Aero-News readers know that one of the most innovative airplanes under development for the business market is the XTI TriFan 600, which was displayed for the first time at NBAA-BACE this year. The company says the six-seat TriFan 600 will have the speed, range and comfort of a business jet and the ability to take off and land vertically like a helicopter. Using three ducted fans, the aircraft will lift off vertically and its two wing fans rotate forward for a seamless transition to cruise speed, at 400 miles an hour and a range of up to 1,600 miles...

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Airborne 11.13.17: AK Aero-Taxes, T-50A Milestone, Turbo Bonanza AD

Also: Drone Registration-Part 2, Juneyao Airlines, Space Needle Drone Bust, Canadian Airlines v St. Maarten

Airplanes are vital to Alaska.... there are six times as many pilots per capita, and 16 times as many airplanes per capita, as compared to the rest of the US... BUT Governor Walker (I) wants to make it more expensive to fly there. The Governor has proposed a state airplane registration system that would be used to create a database for instituting an airplane tax. The tax would be $150 on any private plane, single engine, twin, reciprocating or turboprop, and $250 on any commercial aircraft of any

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (11.15.17)

“The team at Terrafugia (has) been at the forefront of believing in and realizing the vision for a flying car and creating the ultimate mobility solution. This is a tremendously exciting sector and we believe that Terrafugia is ideally positioned to change mobility as we currently understand it and herald the development of a new industry in doing so.” Source: Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Founder and Chairman Li Shufu. The Chinese entity has acquired the U.S. based company developing a roadable aircraft.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (11.15.17): Tricycle Gear

Landing gear employing a third wheel located on the nose of the aircraft.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (11.15.17)

EXODUS: Getting Boeing C-97G ‘Angel of Deliverance’ Out of New York

Warbird News offers this in-depth account of the restoration of a C-97G, as well as an the transcript of a conversation with Tim Chopp, founder of the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation, about flying the airplane to Reading, PA and what lies ahead for the BAHF.

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