Tue, Oct 09, 2012
On-time and on-spec, SpaceX' Dragon is now its way to the ISS. Following a Sunday night, 2035 ET launch, the Dragon capsule reached its planned orbit of 212 miles above Earth, despite a single engine failure a little over a minute into the mission.
The vehicle is on course to catch up to the station during the next couple of days. The Falcon9’s redundant engine configuration didn’t miss a beat... Boeing, on Friday, marked a historic milestone with delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner built at its North Charleston, SC, facility to Air India. Boeing claims that the delivery marks the beginning of a new era of commercial airplane production in South Carolina. ANN continues to receive some very interesting input from readers all over the world, in response to the article we did a week ago on issues raised by those concerned with the current mission and direction of the 'Post-Boyer era' AOPA. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 10.09.12 is chock full of info about the half-week period ending Tuesday, October 9th, 2012... 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 Glen Moyer, this episode covers:
- SpaceX: There's a Dragon in Orbit
- First South Carolina-Built 787 Dreamliner Delivered
- AOPA Fallout Continues
- CAP Gets USAFA Gliders
- Bombardier Strike
- America’s Challenge Gas Balloon Race Underway
- MIA WWII Marines Identified, Honored
- Wag-Aero STCs Cessna 120, 140, 150 Aircraft Mufflers
- AVW: Seaplane Launch Off Dolly
- JetBlue Flies Above Politics
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!
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