Wed, Dec 25, 2024
Flight Design general aviation GmbH has filed for bankruptcy.
The company is based at Eisenach-Kindel airfield in Germany. This development follows a string of financial troubles in the aviation industry, including bankruptcies from Hoffmann Propeller, Lilium, Sonaca, and ICON earlier in the year. The insolvency case is being managed by lawyer Marcello Di Stefano. Boom’s XB-1 supersonic demonstrator aircraft completed its ninth test flight on December 13. The flight sets a high standard for the upcoming subsonic test campaign finale. The test flight, piloted by Chief Test Pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg, lasted a total of 56 minutes. It reached a maximum altitude of 27,716 ft, surpassing its previous 25,040 ft mark. The airspeed topped out at 517 knots, or Mach 0.87 -- 30 knots greater than recorded in test 8. A Chinese citizen, 39-year-old Yinpiao Zhou, was arrested and charged after flying a drone over Vandenberg Space Force Base and using it to take aerial photos. A month prior, he allegedly made a Google search for “Vandenberg
Space Force Base Drone Rules.” All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-Unlimited!!!
Airborne 12.16.24 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Monday, December 16th, 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:
- Russia-Ukraine Conflict Pushes Flight Design into Bankruptcy
- Almost Supersonic XB-1 Completes 9th Flight Test
- Man Charged for Flying Drone Over US Rocket Launch Base
- San Francisco USCG Helo Pilot Receives DFC
- Enstrom And Japan Celebrate Operational Milestone
- IATA Analysis Dubs Alternative Fuel Growth as ‘Disappointingly Slow’
- NASA Provides Updates to ‘Moon to Mars’ Plans
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 tomorrow, for the next edition of "Airborne Unlimited" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, tomorrow!
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