Mon, Apr 23, 2012
After a fair bit of hype, smoke, and mirrors... the "Major Announcement" promised last week by Cirrus Aircraft is that they're going to do what they said they were going to do... last year... and the year before... and the year before that.
It's always exciting when someone rolls out a new airplane, and Wednesday the aviation community got its first look at Pipistrel's long-awaited new four-place airplane ... the Panthera. Meanwhile, Tecnam's latest offering, the P Twenty-Ten flew for the first time on April 12th. Transport Canada has certified both regular and special mission versions of the DA42 NG, powered by Diamond’s proprietary Austro Engine AE300 jet-fuel piston diesel powerplant. A tornado swept through south Wichita on Saturday night, causing significant damage but apparently no major injuries. The FAA has recently adopted a rule to address pilot fatigue for passenger flights after considering extensive scientific studies, hearings, and industry feedback. We have ALL this and SO MUCH MORE in this week's edition of AIRBORNE!
As always, PLEASE keep sending us your feedback and ideas... you have no idea how important that is to us as we evolve the Airborne mission. As we listen to your critiques, we're getting a far better idea as to how to tweak and fine-tune future Airborne programming to fit your needs. We think you're going to like what we have in mind for the future.
Airborne 04.20.12 is chock full of info about the week ending Friday, April 20th, 2012... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Glen Moyer, this episode covers:
- Cirrus Restarts On-Again/Off-Again Jet Program
- Pipistrel Panthera
- Tecnam P2010 First Flight
- DA42NG Canada Certification
- HBC King Air 250 EASA Cert
- Wichita Tornado
- Lawmakers Like LightSquared ... Somewhere
- Single Standard Crew Rest
- Boeing 737 MAX Update
- 4000th 737-NG
- USCG Sailor Rescue
- WingX Update
- ForeFlight Update
- Discovery Last Flight
- SpaceX Launch Window
- Barnstorming: Giving Up Our Future
- Aero-Video Of The Week: The Magnificent Launch Of A Space Shuttle
- Spitfires And Buried Treasure
Get Comprehensive, Real-Time, 24/7 coverage of the latest aviation and aerospace stories anytime, at aero-news.net. And be sure to join us again next week for the next edition of "Airborne" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you next week!
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