Wed, Nov 22, 2023
The much-anticipated second test flight of the SpaceX Starship may finally be imminent... but the main reason for the delay has little to do with R&D, but bureaucracy... especially from the folks at the Fish & Wildlife department... which hold the keys to the last remaining roadblock.
Nearly a year after its original unveiling last December, the B-21 Raider was spied making its first flight test, exciting aviation enthusiasts with the long-running B-2 Spirit’s successor. Despite the futuristic and utilitarian design of flying wings, they remain a niche aircraft type, only really in service with the US Air Force in the B-2. Helijet International placed a firm order for 4 Beta Technologies Alia 250 eVTOL aircraft with the intention of running them along its fleet of almost 20 aircraft already in service. The deal is a bit of a first for Canada, marking off the initial firm sale of a next-gen sustainable AAM platform to a domestic operator. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-NextGen!!!
Airborne-NextGen 11.07.23 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Tuesday, November 7th, 2023... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Holland Lee, Sophie Hurlock, Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, and Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, this episode covers:
- Starship Launch May Be Imminent... Waiting Only On For ‘Fish & Wildlife’
- B-21 Raider Makes First Flight
- Helijet Inks Deal for 4 Beta eVTOLs
- Another Ugly Flying Car Design Arises
- Ingenuity Makes a Twofer
- AeroVironment Continues Work on its Shipborne JUMP 20 UAV
- Montgomery Council Approves Police Drone
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