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No surprise here, as the inevitable takeover of Icon becomes an International Game.
ICON Aircraft will be moving “a portion” (with likely more to come) of its manufacturing to a new state-of-the-art facility in China but will (for now...) maintain its headquarters in Vacaville, California. Jason Huang will be stepping down as President and will transition into an advisory role with SG Investment America, the company that now owns ICON. Boom’s XB-1 took another step to achieving its goal of getting to airspeed Mach 1.0 in its latest Flight 10 on December 19, 2024. Chief Test Pilot Tristan “Gepetto” Brandenburg pushed the aircraft to a maximum altitude of 32,417 feet MSL and reached Mach 0.95 (553 knots true airspeed) in a 46-minute flight. The FAA announced it is postponing implementation of a new medical certification policy that would classify medical certification applications with incomplete paperwork as denied, rather than deferred, as they were previously. Rather than January 1, 2025, the new policy will take effect on March 1, 2025. All this -- and
MORE in today's episode of Airborne-Unlimited!!!
Airborne 12.23.24 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Monday, December 23rd, 2024... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Holland Lee. Holland is supported by ANN Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, as well as ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell. This episode covers:
- And So It Begins... ICON Admits Plans To Move 'Some' Production To China
- Boom XB-1 Flight 10 Hits Mach 0.95
- FAA Pauses New Medical Certification Policy
- FAA Green-Lights SpaceX For Starship Test Flight 7
- FAA Publishes TFRS Following Mysterious Drone Sightings
- Congress Approves New Commercial Drone Restrictions
- US Coast Guard Struggles With Fleet Crisis
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