Tue, Jan 10, 2017
Sonex Aircraft has announced the introduction of their new Xenos B-Model aircraft kit.
Sonex says the Xenos-B combines all of the enhancements of the Sonex and Waiex B-Models with the motorglider performance and value of the Xenos. Sonex says the Xenos is sport pilot eligible, or it can be flown by pilots that hold a glider rating with a self-launch glider endorsement. It can be flown as a powered aircraft, a self-launched glider that soars with the engine off, or it can motor-soar over great distances. The 34th FAI World Gliding Championships kicked-off in Australia earlier this week which will culminate after two weeks of high profile, high caliber competition. Some 116 pilots from 27 countries have converged on the small city of Benalla, Victoria to compete for the prestigious title of FAI Gliding World Champion in three separate classes. The ‘Irish Sun News’ reports that 25-year-old Rido Roeslan would walk around Indonesian airports in an airline captain uniform and strike up conversations with attractive female flight attendants. He would arrange dates with them, and
the con-game began when he would bring forth a convincing reason that they needed to loan him money. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 01.10.17 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Tuesday, January 10th, 2017... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:
- B-Model Xenos Motorglider Introduced!
- World Gliding Championships Are Underway
- Indonesian Con Man Poses As Pilot, Targets Flight Attendants
- New Racing Drone Introduced By Amimon
- Aero-Calendar
- Carolina Beach Town Council To Consider Zoning For Helicopter Tours
- Vanilla Aircraft Claims World Record With 56-hour Unmanned Aircraft Flight
- New Control Tower Planned At Piedmont Triad Airport
- Florida Man Makes Skydive For His 90th Birthday
- Boeing Recommends Hydraulic Reservoir Replacement Part On Multiple 737 Models
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