Mon, Sep 04, 2023
The Perlan Project’s Perlan 2 spaceglider took flight on August 23rd, looking to take a jaunt over the Andes mountains of Peru to celebrate “National Ride the Wind Day”.
After 2.5 hours of flight, the Perlan 2 was making a good vertical speed of 8 knots at a pressure altitude of 45,500 feet. By the end, the Perlan 2 was able to reach a max altitude just north of 60,300 feet, taking the better part of 5 hours to hit their max altitude. Californian defense contractor Advanced Tactics, Inc. has signed an agreement with Rotor X Aircraft Manufacturing Company for the design, modification, and production of a new and improved version of their A600 Turbo kit helicopter. In early 2022, Van’s Aircraft commenced subcontracting the manufacture of select aircraft parts to fabrication concerns utilizing laser cutting processes. Between February and June 2022, a significant number of Van’s customers reported cracks having formed in parts with laser-cut holes. The company immediately undertook corrective action, conducting testing of cracked parts for purpose of assessing the nature of the defects and devising corrective measures germane to such. All this -- and MORE in
today's episode of Airborne-Unlimited!!!
Airborne 08.25.23 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Friday, August 25th, 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:
- Airbus’ Perlan 2 Takes Flight Over Patagonia
- Licensed, Modified RotorWay A600 On the Way from Advanced Tactics, Inc
- Van’s Provides Updates Regarding Defective Parts
- Jet Belonging to Yevgeny Prigozhin Reportedly Shot Down
- Daher Supports Backcountry Aviation Defibrillator Project
- Delta Opens Academy with Skyborne
- EAA Comments on New FAA Destroyed and Scrapped Aircraft Policy
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!
© 2023, Aero-News Network, Inc., ALL Rights Reserved.
More News
Terminal Radar Service Area Airspace surrounding designated airports wherein ATC provides radar vectoring, sequencing, and separation on a full-time basis for all IFR and participa>[...]
Aero Linx: Utah Back Country Pilots Association (UBCP) Through the sharing experiences, the UBCP has built upon a foundation of safe operating practices in some of the most challen>[...]
From 2010 (YouTube Edition): Imagine... Be The Change... Inspire FROM 2010: One of the more unusual phone calls I have ever received occurred a few years ago... from Anousheh Ansar>[...]
(Pilot) Felt A Shudder And Heard The Engine Sounding Differently, Followed By The Engine Chip Detector Light On April 14, 2025, about 1800 Pacific daylight time, a Bell 206B, N1667>[...]
Also: AMA Names Tyler Dobbs, More Falcon 9 Ops, Firefly Launch Unsuccessful, Autonomous F-16s The Air Force has begun ground testing a future uncrewed jet design in a milestone tow>[...]
ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.07.25): Terminal Radar Service Area
See All