Thu, Oct 13, 2016
Air show legend Patty Wagstaff made her mark on aviation history by breaking gender barriers in aerobatic contests.
Now, Wagstaff has added her voice to those urging the restoration of America’s first airplane factory—the Wright Company factory in Dayton. Wagstaff says in a new video filmed inside the historic but unrestored factory. “I’m completely honored to be standing here. I want to know what it was really like, and I think the only way you can do that is to make this place as real as it was, and bring it back to its original space.” A pair of metal drums dating back to World War-Two that were donated to the Commemorative Air Force were opened earlier this week and the contents proved to be an exciting find. The drums contained two Norden bomb sights, a device that helped change the course of the war. CAF Curator Keegan Chetwynd told television station KTVT that the type of container donated to the group was the type that contained airplane parts. In another testament as to how difficult it is to make it in the light aircraft business, e-Go, a U.K. company that developed a
single-place "unregulated" aircraft for the European market, has announced it is closing and is up for sale. In a media newsletter, e-Go said it had secured funding for creation of the prototype aircraft but the shareholder interest generated was insufficient, coupled with the unsure financial market following Brexit. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 10.12.16 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Wednesday, October 12th, 2016... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Brianne Cross and Christopher Odom, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:
- Patty Wagstaff: Preserve Wright Brothers’ Factory
- CAF Opens Two Time Capsules From WWII
- e-Go Airplane Company Offered For Sale
- Remains Of Fighter Pilot Hero Return Home After 10 Years
- Classic Aero-TV: Yamaha Remotely Piloted Helos - Precision Agricultural Application
- Dassault Aviation Delivers First Falcon 8X
- FAA Certifies Aspen Autopilot Integration
- Lockheed Martin Helicopter Business May Suffer In Third Quarter
- IATA Marks A Decade Of Making Aviation Safer
- ASA Offers FAA Remote Pilot/Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Study Guide
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