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Airborne 02.02.18: 'That's All Brother' Flies!, Super Bowl Flyover, SmartSky STC

Also: South Wind Cabin Heater AMOC, Commander Maintenance, U.K. Fighter Pilots Fly F-35, Skydiving's New Heights

The aircraft that led a formation of more than 800 C-47s to Normandy to drop paratroopers on D-Day, has taken its first flight since the restoration began.

On January 31, 2018, at 1 p.m. CST in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, D-Day C-47 That’s All, Brother returned to the sky. It has been nearly ten years since C-47 That’s All, Brother flew, but the airplane’s incredible D-Day history was only recently discovered by U.S. Air Force historian, Matt Scales. This airplane, which led the first major blow in the Allied liberation of Europe, was found in an aircraft boneyard in Wisconsin. After a far-reaching fundraising campaign, supporters made it possible for the CAF to acquire and begin an unprecedented restoration returning That’s All, Brother to its original D-Day configuration. The CAF estimates that more than 22,000 hours have already gone into this project. The Wings of the North Air Museum’s P-51D Mustang Sierra Sue II will lead the U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight over U.S. Bank Stadium at Super Bowl LII on February 4th, 2018. Sierra Sue II will be first in a diamond formation which will include two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs and an F-16 Fighting Falcon. The FAA has awarded an STC to Avidyne, manufacturing partner for SmartSky, for the installation and operation of a SmartSky 4G LTE system, in this case, on a Cessna Citation Excel. SmartSky expects these follow-on STCs to begin to be available this summer. That timing aligns well with the planned completion of the majority of the network coverage expansion effort currently underway across the continental United States. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!

Airborne 02.02.18 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Wednesday, February 2nd, 2018... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalist Tom Patton, this episode covers:

  • WWII Aircraft that Led the D-Day Invasion Flies Again 
  • P-51D Mustang “Sierra Sue II” To Lead Super Bowl LII Flyover 
  • FAA Approves First STC For SmartSky
  • FAA Approves AMOC Responding To South Wind Cabin Heater AD 
  • Commander Maintenance Classes Set For 2018 
  • U.K. Fighter Pilots Fly F-35 For The First Time Following Training 
  • Skydiving Reaches New Heights In 2017

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