Wed, Oct 06, 2021
GE's new, clean-sheet turboprop engine broke new ground Thursday, making its first successful flight on a King Air test bed.
Flying out of Berlin Airport, the 1 hour and 40 minute jaunt added another important milestone to the design's continued development. To date, 16 test engines have racked up over 2,600 hours of operation in ground tests and appear on track to continue a streak of promising performance. Dubbed "Catalyst", the engine will find its first home in launch customer Textron's (Cessna) Denali for further testing. Virgin Galactic has announced the outcome of an FAA inquiry into an airspace deviation during the Unity 22 Test flight on July 11, 2021. The FAA has accepted the company’s proposed corrective actions to prevent future issues during the aircraft’s re-entry phase. The next test flight, Unity 23, is expected to take flight Mid-October in conjunction with the Italian Air Force. The Inquiry began in response to Unity 22’s momentary airspace incursion during the reentry phase of its July flight. Unity 22 was the over-hyped mission that allowed Richard Branson to finally take a flight
aboard the spaceplane. Talk about learning a lesson the hard way.. a US Army Soldier and his instructor that was escorted out of restricted air space last week by US fighter jets over NYC. They were violating without knowing a TFR put in place for the duration of the United Nations General Assembly. The Army instructor and student flew a Cessna 182 owned by the US Military Academy at West Point momentarily into the TFR area over the Hudson River. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 10.01.21 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Wednesday, October 1st, 2021... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Kimberly Kay. Kimberly is supported by ANN Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, as well as ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell. This episode covers:
- GE's New Catalyst Turboprop Engine Takes Flight
- Virgin Galactic Cleared for Flight
- Fighter Jets Deployed Following USMA Cessna Entering Restricted NYC Airspace
- Young St. Jude Patients Still Talking About Space Chat
- Blue Angels, Thunderbirds, and Snowbirds Make Rare Joint Airshow Appearance
- New Details Available In New Mexico’s Fatal Hot Air Balloon Crash
- United Airlines Fined $1.9 Million
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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