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Tue, Sep 29, 2015

Airborne 09.29.15: Water On Mars, Bonhomme Wins Red Bull, First Flight: KC-46A

Also: Duncan Aviation's 15th, Aero-Calendar, NASAO Elects, 1st A350-1000, Orbital ATK, RPA Training Academy, Master Instructors

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NASA revealed yesterday that liquid water has been found on the surface of Mars -- upending the perception of Mars as a completely arid, desert-like planet.

A study published in the journal Nature Geoscience identified waterlogged molecules taken from readings from orbit. Researchers say that the recent discovery indicates that there is some sort of a briny water on Mars but they don’t yet know where it is coming from. Paul Bonhomme won his fourth Red Bull Air Race of the season on Sunday in Fort Worth with a sensational performance, but Australia’s Matt Hall stayed right on his heels in the championship battle with a solid second place finish. Japan’s Yoshi Muroya got his second podium of the season with a third place finish. Boeing’s legacy of providing the Air Force with aerial tankers continues as the first Boeing 767 configured as a KC-46A tanker flew for the first time late last week. This was the first flight of a KC-46A tanker-configured aircraft, following ongoing flights of the program’s first test aircraft, a 767-2C. During the flight, Boeing test pilots performed operational checks on engines, flight controls and environmental systems and took the tanker to a maximum altitude of 35,000 feet prior to landing. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!

Airborne 09.29.15 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode Tuesday, September 29th, 2015... 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:
 

  • NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows On Today’s Mars
  • Bonhomme Wins Fort Worth Red Bull Race
  • First Flight: KC-46A Tanker
  • Duncan Aviation Mobile Aircraft Engine Services Celebrates 15 Years On The Road
  • Aero-Calendar (09.29.15)
  • NASAO Elects 2016 Officers
  • Airbus Starts Assembly Of The 1st A350-1000
  • Orbital ATK To Provide Solid Boosters For ULA Atlas V, Vulcan Rockets
  • RPA Training Academy To Open In North Dakota 
  • Three Instructors Earn Master Designations For The Tenth Time

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