Thu, Jan 04, 2024
Yeah.... it's one heck of a milestone.
CubCrafters made company history this week by delivering its 1000th new aircraft to Tim Sheehy, CEO of Bridger Aerospace, in Bozeman, Montana. The milestone aircraft, a CubCrafters CC19-215 XCub, was delivered in Bridger Aerospace firefighting livery, the paint scheme itself a tribute to the company’s fleet of Canadair CL-415 “Super Scooper” water-bomber aircraft -- where the bird is going to be in GOOD company. A Cessna 172 attempting a landing on Upper Red Lake broke through the ice, apparently taking the pilots by surprise on their intended ice fishing adventure. The quasi-crash landing happened around 0930, when the Grand Rapids aircraft touched down on the lake’s 1 to 2 inches of ice. That wasn’t enough to support it, unsurprisingly, though the pilot had assumed the landing zone could support the Skyhawk’s weight after a flyover. Uh... right... ooops. A Cessna 172 attempting a landing on Upper Red Lake broke through the ice, apparently taking the pilots by
surprise on their intended ice fishing adventure. The quasi-crash landing happened around 0930, when the Grand Rapids aircraft touched down on the lake’s 1 to 2 inches of ice. That wasn’t enough to support it, unsurprisingly, though the pilot had assumed the landing zone could support the Skyhawk’s weight after a flyover. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-Unlimited!!!
Airborne 12.22.23 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Friday, December 22nd, 2023... 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:
- CubCrafters Scores Its 1000th Delivery
- Minnesota Skyhawk Tests Thin Ice on Upper Red Lake
- EAA's AeroEducate Hits 40,000 Users
- ANN Wishes Our Readers, Listeners And Viewers A VERY Happy Holiday
- Lufthansa Group to Buy up to 100 737 MAX Jets
- SWA Pilots Announce Agreement
- Virgin Galactic Sets 1st 2024 Flight
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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