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Tempest Plus Marketing Group has announced support for Able Flight as a Platinum Level Sponsor in 2015. With Tempest's backing over the next three years, Able Flight plans to train three pilots designated as recipients of the Tempest-Able Flight Scholarship in Memory of Lloyd Smith.

Piper Aircraft announced at Sun 'n Fun on Tuesday that its team member, Technify Motors, has received validation approval from the FAA for their EASA supplemental type certificate in support of the new diesel trainer option, the Archer DX. Now you too can have your own White Knight and SpaceShipOne … sort of. A company formed to develop, manufacture, and distribute innovative radio controlled model aircraft announced its launch of a Kickstarter campaign to fund the tooling, development and initial production of its first models, which are Burt Rutan’s epic, SpaceShipOne and White Knight. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!

Airborne 04.23.15 is chock full of info in this Daily news episode for Thursday, April 23rd, 2015... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, Chris Odom, and Brianne Clark, as well as Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:

• Tempest Supports Able Flight For Memorial Scholarship
• Diesel Archer DX Receives FAA Validation 
• RutanRC To Launch Kickstarter Campaign To Develop RC SpaceShipOne, White Knight
• Security Expert Barred From United Airlines Flight 
• Aero-Community Update: Airborne Advisory Board
• NTSB Releases Video Safety Alert On Importance Of Preflight Checks 
• Avidyne Announces AML-STC For AXP340 Panel-Mount Mode S Transponder
• Cessna Announces Long-Term Agreement With The Ohio State University 
• ACI-NA Supports Development Of Airport Access Control Measures 

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