After more than a year being grounded for modifications, the Scaled Composites Model 437 “Vanguard” has returned to flight testing. The aircraft first flew in 2024, quickly taking a break from the skies as it prepared to serve as the airframe for Northrop Grumman’s Beacon autonomy test program. Sergei Sikorsky, whose father, Igor, founded Sikorsky Aircraft decades ago, passed on September 18 at 100 years old. He spent 41 years building his father’s legacy in the industry, taking Sikorsky’s groundbreaking developments and shaping them into some of the most renowned military helicopters in history. Yosemite National Park has been off limits to BASE jumpers for nearly 50 years. Now, a nonprofit called BASE Access is suing in federal court, arguing the ban is unconstitutional and that Yosemite should reopen to legal jumps. BASE jumping was born in Yosemite in the late 1970s, when skydivers Mike Pelkey and Brian Schubert jumped from the 3,000-foot El Capitan cliff. However, the National Park Service quickly moved to shut it down... All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-Unlimited!!!

 

 

Scaled Composites Model 437 is Back in the Air 

Helicopter Community Mourns the Loss of Sergei Sikorsky 

Base Jumpers Fight for Access to National Parks  

British Airways Taking Crew Professionalism Too Far

Drone Operator Flying Over USMC Base Sentenced In Guam

Two CAP Members Appointed USAF Warrant Officers

Major Dallas Air Traffic Control Outage Blocks Hundreds of Flights

 

 

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