Airborne 12.05.14: Orion Launch, Smisek Leads A4A, Candy Bomber Honors | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-05.19.25

Airborne-NextGen-05.20.25

AirborneUnlimited-05.21.25

Airborne-AffordableFlyers-05.22.25

AirborneUnlimited-05.23.25

Fri, Dec 05, 2014

Airborne 12.05.14: Orion Launch, Smisek Leads A4A, Candy Bomber Honors

Also: D-Motor!, What's Ahead For ANN/Airborne, Gone West: Walter Ohlrich, Great Lakes Leases Available

America has launched a new generation of spacecraft... though many suggest it is far less than the "First Step To Mars" promoted by NASA.

NASA's Orion spacecraft lifted of from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 0705 EST Friday morning in a flawless launch for its first test flight. United Airlines Chairman, President and CEO Jeffrey Smisek has been elected to a two-year term as Chairman of the Airlines for America, known as A4A, Board of Directors. American Airlines Chairman and CEO Doug Parker was elected to serve as Vice Chairman. A new engine by D-Motor USA now qualifies for special light sport aircraft as well as home built experimental aircraft. D-Motor USA has announced the successful completion of the D-Motor LF-26 ASTM engine certification process. The LF-26 is a four cylinder, horizontal opposed, four stroke engine that has met or exceeded the ASTM international consensus standard requirements for engine certification. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!

Airborne 12.05.14 is chock full of info in this news period ending Friday, December 5th, 2014... 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, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:

  • Orion Launches!!!
  • UAL's Jeffrey Smisek To Chair A4A Board Of Directors 
  • D-Motor Introduces New ASTM Compliant Engine 
  • Berlin Candy Bomber Receives The Congressional Gold Medal
  • Barnstorming: A Peek At The ANN/Airborne Crystal Ball
  • Gone West: Walter Ohlrich, EAA Warbirds Of America No. 1
  • Factory Leasing Program Announced For Great Lakes By WACO

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" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, in just a few days!

© 2014, Aero-News Network, Inc., ALL Rights Reserved.

FMI: www.aero-news.net, www.aero-tv.net, www.youtube.com/aerotvnetwork, http://twitter.com/AeroNews, The Full ANN/YouTube AIRBORNE Roster -- www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL42E90078D99B1053&feature=view_all

 


Advertisement

More News

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.29.25): Terminal Radar Service Area

Terminal Radar Service Area Airspace surrounding designated airports wherein ATC provides radar vectoring, sequencing, and separation on a full-time basis for all IFR and participa>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.30.25): Very High Frequency (VHF)

Very High Frequency (VHF) The frequency band between 30 and 300 MHz. Portions of this band, 108 to 118 MHz, are used for certain NAVAIDs; 118 to 136 MHz are used for civil air/grou>[...]

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (05.30.25)

“From approximately November 2021 through January 2022, Britton-Harr, acting on behalf of AeroVanti, entered into lease-purchase agreements for five Piaggio-manufactured airc>[...]

Airborne 05.23.25: Global 8000, Qatar B747 Accepted, Aviation Merit Badge

Also: Virtual FLRAA Prototype, IFR-Capable Autonomous A/C, NS-32 Crew, Golden Dome Missile Defense Bombardier announced that the first production Global 8000 successfully completed>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.30.25)

Aero Linx: The 1-26 Association (Schweizer) The Association’s goal is to foster the helpfulness, the camaraderie, and the opportunity for head-to-head competition that is fou>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2025 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC