Thu, Jan 14, 2016
Daher’s Airplane Business Unit delivered a total of 55 TBM 900s in 2015, which is a 10 percent increase compared to 2014, and the second best year since the first TBM single-engine turboprop aircraft was provided to a customer in 1991.
The 2015 geographic distribution reflected global economic trends last year, as TBM 900 deliveries were led by 44 deliveries to the United States. Last year a weight restriction for pilots flying the F-35 lightning fighter was put into place that was unusual. Rather than the concern of pilots being overweight, the problem was pilots might not weigh enough. The issue was pilots weighing under 136 pounds not being able to safely eject from the aircraft. The fixes were initially expected to be completed by 2017, but the Air Force said last week in an email that it was going to be no sooner than 2018 before lighter-weight pilots could again fly the plane. When SpaceX launches NASA's Jason-3 ocean-monitoring satellite into orbit on Sunday, January 17, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, they will again attempt to recover the Falcon 9 booster. But this time, they'll once again go for a recovery on a floating platform. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 01.13.16 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Wednesday, January 13th, 2016... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Brianne Cross, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:
- Daher Delivered 55 TBM 900 Aircraft In 2015
- F-35 Ejection Seat Weight Restrictions Extended
- SpaceX Plans Ocean Recovery Following Next Falcon 9 Launch
- EAA And AMA Recommit To Working Together
- Classic Aero-TV: Homer Kolb’s Genius Lives On - Kolb Aircraft’s Time Tested SportPlanes
- ESA Plans Manned Lunar Mission By 2020
- Conservationists File Legal Challenge To IDFG Helicopter Flights
- Applications Now Being Accepted For Two GAMA Scholarships
- New Lawsuit Filed Over August Accident Near San Diego
- Hayden, ID Chamber Of Commerce Sued Over 2004 Air Show
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 next week for the next edition of "Airborne Unlimited" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, tomorrow!
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