Fri, Oct 12, 2012
The NTSB met Wednesday and determined that the probable cause of the crash of an experimental Gulfstream G650 on April 2, 2011, in Roswell, NM, was the result of an aerodynamic stall and uncommanded roll during a planned takeoff test flight conducted with only one of the airplane’s two engines operating.
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft was berthed to the International Space Station at 0803 CDT Wednesday, a key milestone in a new era of commercial spaceflight. The delivery flight is the first contracted resupply mission by the company under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract. EADS and BAE Systems have mutually agreed to end discussions of a possible merger of the two companies. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 10.12.12 is chock full of info about the half-week period ending Tuesday, October 12th, 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:
- G650 Probable Cause
- Dragon Delivers
- No EADS BAE Merger
- Aspen Equity Round
- Baumgartner Postponed
- ABQ Balloon Fiesta
- Continental Not Liable
- GAO Report GA Safety
- Piper’s 75th??
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, again, in just a few days!
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