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Sustainable Aviation Fuel: A Recipe For Cleaner Flight

How Recycled Waste Can Help Aircraft Reduce CO2 Emissions

A new generation of sustainable aviation fuel is being made from recycled materials like cooking oil or municipal waste. In comparison to fossil fuels, they can reduce CO2 emissions by 80%.

Promising Progress For Exomars Parachutes

A Series Of Ground-Based Tests Designed To Check The Extraction Of The ExoMars 2020 Mission's Parachutes From Their Bags Have Started Successfully

Landing on Mars is a high-risk endeavour with no room for error. In just six minutes, a descent module with its precious cargo cocooned inside has to slow from around 21 000 km/h at the top of the planet’s atmosphere, to a soft landing at the surface controlled by the lander’s propulsion system.

The Shoulders Of Giants

Lilienthal And Wright Gliders Fly Side-By-Side At Nags Head

On December 14 and 15, replicas of the Lilienthal biplane and the 1902 Wright glider flew side-by-side over the sand dunes of Jockey’s Ridge State Park in Nags Head, North Carolina. The flights happened thanks to a remarkable joint effort among the Otto Lilienthal Museum, the German Aerospace Center, and Kitty Hawk Kites.

Young Eagles Celebrate The Yuletide Season In Central Florida

Flies 17 Potential Pilots On The Saturday Before Christmas

The Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 534 flew 17 youngsters at a Young Eagles event at the Leesburg International Airport in Leesburg, Florida (KLEE) on Saturday December 21, 2019, just four days before Christmas.

SpaceX Fairing Recovery Ships Return To Port Canaveral

Spacecraft Parts Were On Board When They Arrived In Port, But Things Apparently Got Rough

Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief, the two recovery ships SpaceX hopes will be able to regularly bring back payload fairings from launch operations, returned to Port Canaveral in Florida Thursday with the fairings from Monday's satellite launch. But the boats looked like they had had a difficult time of it.

Private Jet Travel Takes Off This Holiday Season

Flexjet Sees Major Uptick In Holiday Travel

With nearly seven million Americans expected to take to the skies this holiday season, up 4.9 percent from last year,1 global private jet travel provider Flexjet also is seeing major increases among those flying privately over the holidays, with travel reaching record levels over Thanksgiving and continuing its growth during the holiday season. Travel on December 20 and 21 was expected to exceed that of Thanksgiving weekend – annually the busiest travel days of the year.

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (12.25.19)

“Landing on Mars is difficult and we cannot afford to have any loose ends. After many hurdles, the parachute system modifications are moving forward, and these preliminary tests show very promising results that pave the way for the next qualification tests.” Source: Thierry Blancquaert, ExoMars Spacecraft Systems Engineering Team Leader following parachute extraction tests for the ExoMars rover.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (12.25.19): Not Standard

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (12.25.19)

Homebuilt Manned Quadcopter Conducts Test Flight

Here's something you might prefer to find in your driveway on Christmas rather than the Lexus or Jaguar. Or maybe not, but anyway, a video recently released on Twitter shows the test flight of a homebuilt manned quadcopter flying in the inventor's back yard.